{"id":1065,"date":"2024-04-17T16:38:30","date_gmt":"2024-04-17T21:38:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/drug-discovery\/?p=1065"},"modified":"2026-02-27T09:04:37","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T15:04:37","slug":"professor-sandeep-gopalakrishnan-joins-the-midd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/drug-discovery\/professor-sandeep-gopalakrishnan-joins-the-midd\/","title":{"rendered":"Professor Sandeep Gopalakrishnan joins the MIDD"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We are delighted to welcome Professor Sandeep Gopalakrishnan as new MIDD member. Dr. Gopalakrishnan is a Professor of Nursing, who received his MS in Clinical Laboratory Sciences and PhD in Health Sciences from University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee followed by a postdoctoral training at Cardiovascular Center, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"alignleft uwm-c-img--left\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"257\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/drug-discovery\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/390\/2024\/04\/Gopalakrishnan_SandeepCropped-257x300.jpg\" alt=\"Professor Sandeep Gopalakrishnan headshot\" class=\"wp-image-1064\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/drug-discovery\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/390\/2024\/04\/Gopalakrishnan_SandeepCropped-257x300.jpg 257w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/drug-discovery\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/390\/2024\/04\/Gopalakrishnan_SandeepCropped.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 257px) 100vw, 257px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Gopalakrishnan research is focused on improving outcomes in chronic nonhealing wounds by developing and translating therapeutic strategies. 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Dr. Gopalakrishnan is also developing novel non-contact 3D solutions on portable devices for high fidelity analysis of wound healing in collaboration with <a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/engineering\/people\/yu-zeyun\/\">Dr. Zeyun Yu.<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/azhcenters.com\/team\/jeffrey-niezgoda\/\"><\/a>Dr. Gopalakrishnan is the Co-Founder and the CEO of the Startup:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.auxilliumhealth.ai\/\">Auxillium Health<\/a>. The mission of the start up is to unleash the power of AI to transform healthcare delivery.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are delighted to welcome Professor Sandeep Gopalakrishnan as new MIDD member. 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