Positive airway pressure therapy for sleep-disordered breathing; Sleep injury during critical illness; sleep and circadian disruption in murine models; and Long term consequences of critical illness
Dr. Sairam Parthasarathy is Murray and Clara Walker Endowed Chair for Emphysema, Chief of the Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, and Director of the UAHS Center for Sleep, Circadian and Neurosciences Research Center (C06OD028307) at the University of Arizona. He has a broad background in translational and clinical research with emphasis on intervention-based approaches in sleep, COVID, and health disparities. His current research work is focused on as Principal investigator for the following research: (a) community engaged research alliance against COVID-19 related health disparities (NIH-CEAL Alliance); that is Arizona statewide endeavor (Arizona-CEAL; OT2HL158287); (b) RECOVER long-COVID Adult Cohort study (1OT2-HL-161847) and RECOVER Clinical Trials (1OT2HL156812) that is aimed at studying the epidemiology, etiology, and treatment of post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection; (c) health-services research in sleep medicine with emphasis on patient-centered approaches and dissemination and implementation aspects of interventions aimed to promote treatment adherence in health disparate populations and a nationwide peer-driven intervention for promoting treatment adherence and training the trainers during the COVID-19 pandemic (PCORI DI-2018C2-13161); and (d) A NIH-funded training grant (R25PRIDE; 2R25HL-126140) that aims to train individuals underrepresented in biomedical and behavioral research in lung and sleep disorders. He is board-certified in Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine and practices at Banner University Medical Center Tucson, Arizona