{"671389":{"#nid":"671389","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Ph.D. Student Looks to Brain Temperature as Marker of Health","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDongsuk Sung, Ph.D. student studying biomedical engineering in the joint Georgia Tech and Emory University program, wanted to do research that people don\u2019t think about but is very important in reality.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cBrain temperature was under-studied but a critical marker for our brain health, and clinicians in emergency departments told me that they need a tool to predict brain temperature accurately to treat patients better,\u201d said Sung. \u201cI have always wanted to help patients have longer, healthier lives after medical treatments.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESung\u2019s research includes the study and development of \u201cnext generation techniques for the estimation of human brain temperature.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAccording to Sung, core body temperature has been used as a substitute to brain temperature due to a lack of non-invasive techniques. However, it has been reported that the core body temperature and the brain temperature can be different after certain injuries, diseases, or strokes.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe goal of Sung\u2019s dissertation is to develop a method to predict brain temperature in an efficient and effective way. He developed a computational model that is both non-invasive and uses patient-specific data.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cUltimately, my research on computational model-based brain thermometry will potentially improve decisions from doctors and providing better patient outcomes, particularly in brain-based diseases or injuries, enabling longer and healthier lives,\u201d said Sung.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESung\u2019s research titled, \u201cComparisons of healthy human brain temperature predicted from biophysical modeling and measured with whole brain MR thermometry,\u201d was published in Scientific Reports and recently earned a Chih Foundation Graduate Student Research Publication award.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESung is one of four graduate students awarded the 2023 Chih Foundation Graduate Student Research Publication. Congratulations to the following 2023 Chih Foundation Graduate Student Research Publication award recipients: Andr\u00e9s-Felipe Castro M\u00e9ndez, Dongsuk Sung, Hantian Zhang, and Vanessa Oguamanam.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EEach awardee receives $2,500 to pursue their research.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis award will provide me with more opportunities for me to explore deeply into this topic and introduce this topic to general audiences,\u201d said Sung. \u201cI\u2019m really grateful for receiving this award so that I can confidently keep pursuing the biomedical research using medical imaging.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDongsuk Sung\u0027s research and published work in studying brain temperature earned a Chih Foundation Graduate Student Research Publication award.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Dongsuk Sung\u0027s research and published work in studying brain temperature earned a Chih Foundation Graduate Student Research Publication award. 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