Sandeep Gopalakrishnan, MS, PhD, MAPWCA

Associate Professor, Biomedical Sciences
Director, Wound Healing and Tissue Repair Analytics Laboratory

Education

Postdoctoral Fellowship: Department of Physiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, United States (Mentor: David R. Harder, PhD)
Ph.D., Health Sciences/Biomedical Sciences, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, United States (Mentor: Janis T. Eells, PhD)
M.S., Clinical Laboratory Sciences, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, United States
B.S., Medical Laboratory Technology, Government Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram, University of Kerala, India

Speaker Topics

Pathophysiology of Wound Healing and Tissue Repair
Self-Management of Chronic Non-Healing Wounds
Data-Driven (Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning) Decision Making in Wound Healing
Digital Health in Wound Management

Interests and Expertise

Chronic non-healing wounds constitute a silent epidemic, causing widespread suffering and imposing a substantial economic burden, particularly on vulnerable populations like the elderly and individuals with chronic illnesses. This growing public health crisis often goes unrecognized despite its immense impact on patients and healthcare systems.

Dr. Gopalakrishnan's research program aims to address this silent epidemic by:

Improving outcomes in chronic nonhealing wounds by developing and translating therapeutic strategies.
Creating accessible, smartphone-based digital wound assessment tools to enable patients to actively monitor their healing progress and make informed decisions about their care.
Designing and implementing novel clinical trials and disseminating clinically relevant patient data on wound healing and health-related quality of life (HRQoL)

Dr. Gopalakrishnan's research program is directly connected to his role as Co-Founder and CEO of Auxillium Health (https://www.auxilliumhealth.ai/), a health tech startup committed to revolutionizing healthcare through Artificial Intelligence. The company's mission mirrors his research focus on chronic non-healing wounds, leveraging Artificial Intelligence to develop groundbreaking solutions for this often overlooked public health crisis.

Intellectual Contributions

https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=JGKq4EUAAAAJ

Professional Memberships

Secretary and Board of Directors, American Professional Wound Care Association
Member, Wound Healing Society
Member, American Society for Clinical Pathology
Ad Hoc Board Member, World Association for Photobiomodulation Therapy (WALT)

Awards & Honors

Chancellors Fellowship UWM Graduate School
Fight for Sight Summer Fellowship Fight for Sight (http://www.fightforsight.org/)
Quantum Devices Scholarship Quantum Devices Inc.
Victor A. Drill Award Society of Toxicology, Midwest Regional Chapter
Harriet H. Werley Nursing Faculty Research Award (2018) Research Committee
Molly Yeffeth Krain and Irwin Amrani Memorial Award (2009)