Research
“Tell me what you pay attention to and I will tell you who you are.”
~ José Ortega y Gasset
Publications (5)
- Tellis, Gerard J. and Sood, Ashish and Sood, Nitish, Price of Delay in COVID-19 Lockdowns: Delays Spike Total Cases, Natural Experiments Reveal (May 4, 2020). Available at SSRN: dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3592912
- Tellis, Gerard J. and Sood, Nitish and Sood, Ashish, Why Did US Governors Delay Lockdowns Against COVID-19? Disease Penetration vs Learning, Cascades, and Political Polarization (April 13, 2020). Available at SSRN: doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3575004
- Reddy, V., Sood, N., Hua, J., Ibikunle, C. “A Retrospective Analysis of Weight Loss Associated with the ORBERA Intragastric Balloon at a Single Bariatric Center”. Global Surgery. March 2020.
- Tellis, Gerard J. and Sood, Ashish and Sood, Nitish, How Long Should Social Distancing Last? Predicting Time to Moderation, Control, and Containment of COVID-19 (March 28, 2020). Available at SSRN: dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3562996
- Reddy, V., Sood, N., Hua, J., Kaplan, J., Postoev, A., Ibikunle, C. "Impact of Price Transparency on Patient Relationships in an Outpatient Surgical Center". Journal on Surgery. March 2020.
Published Abstracts (3)
- Sood, Nitish; Crepeau, Rebecca; and Ford, Mandy. Role of CD28 Signaling on T cell Phenotype following Lymphodepletion and Homeostatic Reconstitution (April 2020). Journal of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology. doi.org/10.1096/fasebj.2020.34.s1.09243
- Mehra, Mehul; Sood, Nitish; Mittal, Anav; Bates, Christopher. Using Alu Elements to Identify Orthologous Chromosomes Across Primates (April 2020). Journal of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology. doi.org/10.1096/fasebj.2020.34.s1.09934
- Sood, Nitish; Mehra, Mehul; Mittal, Anav; Bates, Christopher. Sequence Analysis of Homologous Alu Elements: A Novel Methodology for Primate Phylogenetic Tree Construction (April 2020). Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology. doi.org/10.1096/fasebj.2020.34.s1.09578
Media Coverage
Multiple national news outlets have covered my research.
Bloomberg covered my research on the decision making processed used by Governors when they locked down the states.
Yahoo Finance has covered multiple of my articles, linked
here,
here, and
here. In addition, my research has been covered by
Phys.org,
Medical Xpress,
Neuroscience News,
COVID19Data.com,
MSN, and others.
In addition, as of April 20th 2020, I had papers in SSRN's Top 10 Download List in the following categories: (1) the Medical Research Network, Medical Specialities eJournal, Human Health & Disease eJournal, Health Economics eJournal, Interdisciplinary Coronavirus & Infectious Disease Related Research, Political Economy: National, State, & Local Governnment; Intergovernmental Relations eJournal, Government Expenditures & Health, and National State & Local Government: Health Education & Welfare.
As of April 20th 2020, my paper is the most downloaded paper of all time on SSRN in Government Expenditures & Health.
Presentations (15)
- Emergency Medicine/Biomedical Device Construction, Independent Research
- Title: “Enhancing CPR Training: Development and Analysis of an Affordable Real-Time Feedback Manikin”
- Oral Presentations (3): Georgia Undergraduate Research Conference (Nov 2019); Augusta University Center of Undergraduate Research (Nov 2019); Phi Kappa Phi Student Research Conference (Mar 2019)
- Poster Presentations (2): Posters at the State Capitol (Mar 2019), Medical College of Georgia’s Ignite the Dream (Feb 2019)
- Immunology, Emory School of Medicine
- Title: “Impact of Selective CD28 Blockade on T Cell Phenotypes of Lymphopenic Mice”
- Poster Presentations (2): Experimental Biology (Mar 2020); Division of KUH Diseases Summer Research Meeting (Aug 2019)
- Oral Presentations (1): Georgia Undergraduate Research Conference (Nov 2019)
- Computational Genomics, Independent Research
- Title: “Sequence Analysis of Alu Repeated Elements for Primate Phylogenetic Tree Construction”
- Title: “Alu-based Orthologous Chromosome Classification of the Order Primates”
- Poster Presentations (3): Georgia Undergraduate Research Conference (Nov 2019); Georgia Undergraduate Research Conference (Nov 2019); Phi Kappa Phi Student Research Conference (Mar 2019)
- Cardiovascular Research, Morehouse School of Medicine
- Title: “Identification of IRX3 associated Transcription Factors ADORA2A, CYR61, DKK1, and EP300 during VEGF-Induced Endothelial Cell Angiogenesis”
- Poster Presentations (2): Morehouse School of Medicine (Jul 2015) & Fulton County Science Fair (Jan 2017)
- Bioinformatics, Emory School of Medicine
- Title: “A Single Cell Approach to Flow Cytometry Data Analysis”
- Poster Presentations (1): Emory University Summer Undergraduate Program in Renal Research Conference (Aug 2019)
- General Surgery, Georgia Surgicare, Ideal Body Institute
- Title: “The Utility of “BuildMyBod” Price Transparency Tool in Surgical Practice”
- Oral Presentations (1): RealSelf University Podcast (Oct 2019)
Research Experience
Emory Internship
May 2019 - August 2019
Summer Research Fellow in Immunology
I worked in the Ford Lab at Emory University to determine the efficacy of Lulizumab, an anti-CD28 domain antibody, at reducing graft rejection rates compared to the current standard of care: calcineurin inhibitors. I analyzed flow cytometry data to determine the likely mechanism of action of anti-CD28 domain antibodies using expression of cellular markers and developed a pipeline for flow cytometry analysis using unsupervised machine-learing algorithms in conjuction with traditional manual gating methods. I was sponsored to present my research at Experimental Biology 2020.
Emory University
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Open Access Abstract
Independent Research
2018 - Present
Computational Genomics
I developed a novel, inexpensive, and time-efficient tool for identification of chromosomal-level mutations between two primate organisms. In addition to potential applications in genetic screenings and specific cancer mutation identifications, this work has additional applications in Non-Human Primate Genetic studies, & Phylogenetics.
Augusta University
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Open Access Abstract 1
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Open Access Abstract 2
Biomedical Engineering/ Emergency Medicine
2018 - Present
Research Fellow
I designed and manufactured a CPR manikin that provides real-time feedback on critical metrics including force, rate, & interruptions in chest compressions, degree of chest recoil, ventilation volume & rate, and airway tilt angle. I won competitive grants from Chemistry/Physics Department and Center of UG Research and Scholarship and am currently running IRB-approved study designed to compare efficacy of training on different real-time feedback manikins.
Augusta University
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Open Access Abstract
Department of Neurology, MCG
Oct 2018 - May 2019
Research Fellow
I worked under Dr. Hess, Dean of MCG, and Dr. Khan, Research-scientist in Department of Neurology, on first-aid treatments for stroke victims. I helped implement a project testing whether Remote Ischemic Conditioning is an effective treatment for Vascular Cognitive Impairment Disorder using a murine model.
Augusta University
Morehouse School of Medicine
May 2014 - August 2014
Research Assistant
I helped the Anderson Lab conduct a Chromatin Immunoprecipitation with a DNA Microarray to determine genomic regulation of blood vessel creation (angiogenesis). I utilized bioinformatics programs to analyze the results and determined four new genes as potential genetic treatments for over 40 diseases including strokes, heart attacks, cancer, and even arthritis. Using this information, we identified novel functions for 4 genes.
Atlanta
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Poster
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