Dr. Said Audi

Dr. Said AudiMarquette University

Cramer Hall, 160

MilwaukeeWI53201United States of America(414) 288-3506said.audi@marquette.eduGoogle Scholar

Professor, Director of Graduate Studies

Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering

Professor

MCW Department of Medicine

Co-Director

Computational Lung Physiology Laboratory (CLPL)

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Professional Preparation

• Ph.D., 1993, Biomedical Engineering, Marquette University 
• M.S., 1990, Biomedical Engineering, Marquette University
• B.S., 1988, Biomedical Engineering, Marquette University

Courses Taught

BIEN 3200 Computer Applications in Biomedical Engineering—Designing computer techniques for acquisition and analysis of biomedical data and modeling physiologic phenomena

BIEN 4710/5710 Analysis of Physiologic Models—Model development for physiologic systems and molecular events, simulation of model response, and estimation of model parameters using linear and nonlinear regression analysis

BIEN 6301 Clinical Need Finding—Provides students with the tools and mindset to be able to identify needs within the clinical environment. 

BIEN 6931 Special Topics in BME—Modeling and Simulations of Integrated Cellular Systems

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Research Interests

• Acute lung injury, acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)
• Lung Transplantation
• Pulmonary endothelium metabolism, pulmonary hemodynamics
• Computational modeling
• Functional imaging (SPECT, optical)

Recent Publications

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Grants

Active Grants

• Audi, Said H (MU Principal); Clough, Anne (MU Co-I); "Molecular Imaging of the Lungs for Predicting Survival in Subjects Early Following Exposure to Radiation." A subaward from Columbia University for an ongoing project sponsored by NIH titled, "Center for High-Throughput Minimally-Invasive Radiation Biodosimetry" (August 2023–July 2024).
• Audi, Said H (Principal); Clough, Anne (Co-I); "Experimental and Computational Assessment of the Role of NOX4 in Mitochondrial Dysfunction Associated with ARDS." Sponsored by the NIH Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (July 2023–June 2025).
• Audi, Said H (Principal); Jacobs, Elizabeth (Co-I); Dash, Ranjan (Co-I); Sem, Daniel (Co-I); "Development of a Novel Assay for Quantifying Tissue Anti-oxidant Status in Donated Organs." A Product Development Pilot Award from the Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering (June 2023–May 2024).

Past Grants

• Audi, Said H (Principal); Clough, Anne (Collaborator); “Evaluation of a Novel Therapeutic for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS).” Sponsored by Marquette University (January 2022–July 2023).
• Jacobs, Elizabeth (Principal), Audi, Said H (Co-Principal), “Role of Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Hyperoxia-induced Pulmonary Vascular Endothelial Injury.” VA Merit Review (April 1, 2019–March 31, 2023).
• Audi, Said H (Principal), “SPECT Imaging and Computational Modeling for Assessment of Acute Lung Injury.” Sponsored by the NIH Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (January 15, 2019–January 15, 2021).
• Audi, Said H (Co-Principal), “Mechanism of Radiation Induced Endovascular Injury and Mitigation via the Notch-DII4 Pathway.” Sponsored by NIH/NIAID (December 1, 2017–November 30, 2020).
• Audi, Said H (Principal), “Evaluation of Airway Mechanics in a Rat Model of Acute Lung Injury.” Sponsored by the Opus College of Engineering (May 1, 2019–December 31, 2019).