Dr. J. Cathy Klock

•Manage financially constrained primary care organization targeting underserved population in the Hartford Area. •Document patient’s diagnosis, prescribed medications and EMR • Demonstrate strategic and financial acumen to provide optimized and compassionate patients care

•Awarded $2500 grant for Summer research •Collaborated with Dr. A. Kelsey on the design and implementation of the research protocol of TEACH (Test Education About Cardiac Health ) II research: •Analyzed possible correlation between the education provided by the Women’s Heart Program and 1) knowledge of heart disease in women and 2) risk or occurrence reduction of heart disease.

2009 •Grant awarded : $53 K •Developed Novel Magneto-Rheological dressing for acute and chronic wounds (provisional patent) •Developed Novel Magneto-Rheological support surfaces for the management of limb ulcers (provisional patent) 2008 •Analyzed the combined neuroprotective effect of exogenous estradiol and hypothermia in rats after a cardiac arrest. 2007 •Analyzed methods to improve induced hypothermia in overweight patients •Developed a new undergraduate biomedical engineering curriculum

•Collaborated on the development of a new medical device, treating victims of cardiac-arrest by inducing very rapid hypothermia. Played a key role in preclinical and clinical research: design experimental protocols, conduct experiments, data analysis, grant writing etc. •Designed and implemented of hardware/software in compliance with FDA regulations for clinical research. •Analyzed and modeled (C, C++, Matlab) models of coping mechanisms implemented by the body during the fast cooling process.

•Developed algorithms (C, C++, LabVIEW), specifications and validation protocols of new real-time software units in a naval defense system. Documentation and follow up on software/equipment issues to maintain operational condition of terrestrial defense systems. •Implemented new software units; execute validation/qualification/documentation to meet standards in quality and compliance with the department of defense regulations. •Participated in buyer representative evaluations of project deliverables.

•Designed a system (hardware and software) for testing a new land-protection device. Development of the specifications /validation protocols of the hardware and software units of the testing system. •Coordinated the development (hardware and software) and test phases while leading a team of technicians. •Designed, implemented and assessed electronic emulators and magnetic simulators (simulation of various types of targets) to test key functions of the device such as firing, sterilization, power supply.

•Developed and implemented in C, C++ a new algorithm for outline detection of the heart (based on active polygonal method) in a 4D-left-ventricle volume deformation reconstruction software. Software was documented, tested and integrated in the Philips ultra-sound system HDI 5000. •System resulted in a final product used at the public hospital of Orleans, France.

• Designed and developed in C and Fortran a software which sorts high-definition galaxy images by categories and features. Developed algorithms based on spectral analysis, minimization methods and 2D reconstruction. • Final product used in the virtual observatory project

•Collaborated with an Indian and a French non-governmental Organizations •Developed and implemented a bilingual database (English-Marathi) to improve the economic, social support and medical care provided to low socio-economic status populations. Programming done using Visual Basic (Access database).

specialization in biomedical engineering / critical care medicine

specialization in signal and image processing

specialization in signal and image processing