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== Benjamin A. Coppola ==
''Ph.D. Candidate''[[BR]]

'''''Research:''''' My research involves the use of large animal experimental models to examine cardiac dyssynchrony and structure-function relationships.  In addition to in vivo data acquistion, I use histology methods and computational modeling to obtain a mechanistic understanding of these phenomena.

'''''Education:'''''[[BR]] M.S. in Bioengineering, University of California, San Diego, 2006[[BR]] B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Lehigh University, 2003[[BR]]

'''''Thesis Committee:'''''[[BR]] Jeffrey Omens, Bioengineering/Medicine, ''Advisor''[[BR]] Andrew McCulloch, Bioengineering, ''Co-Advisor''[[BR]] James Covell, Medicine[[BR]] Sanjiv Narayan, Medicine[[BR]] Geert Schmid-Schonbein, Bioengineering[[BR]] Larry Mulligan, Medtronic Inc.[[BR]]

'''''Full-Length Publications:'''''[[BR]] Ashikaga H, '''Coppola BA''', Yamazaki KG, Villarreal FJ, Omens JH, Covell JW. Changes in myocardial tissue volume during the cardiac cycle: implications for transmural blood flow and cardiac structure.  Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. [In Submission].[[BR]] '''Coppola BA''' and Omens JH.  Role of tissue structure on ventricular wall mechanics.  Molecular and Cellular Biomechanics [In Submission].[[BR]] '''Coppola BA''', Covell JW, McCulloch AD, and Omens JH. Asynchrony of ventricular activation affects magnitude and timing of fiber stretch in late-activated regions of the canine heart. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 293.1(2007): H754-61.[[BR]] Ashikaga H, '''Coppola BA''', Hopenfeld B, Leifer ES, McVeigh ER, and Omens JH. Transmural Dispersion of Myofiber Mechanics: Implications for Electrical Heterogeneity In Vivo. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 49(2007): 909-916. [[BR]]

[attachment:BCSenateSlides.ppt Senate Slides][[BR]]
Dissertation slides coming
Email: [[MailTo(bcoppola AT SPAMFREE gmail DOT com)]]

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