Research
The BraNiC lab is dedicated to developing advanced methods for assessing the potential for brain function recovery after severe brain injuries. We use non-invasive assessments of neuronal and cerebrovascular function in the intensive care unit to characterize physiological impairments in patients with traumatic and non-traumatic coma. Current research projects include:
- Electroencephalography (EEG) derived brain network dynamics for prediction of coma recovery
- Influence of acute cerebrovascular dysfunction on EEG and fMRI-based network dynamics and clinical recovery in disorders of consciousness
- Predictive modeling using clinical data and time series analyses
Meet the PI
Kartavya Sharma, M.D.
Kartavya Sharma, M.D., received his medical degree at AIIMS, New Delhi, where his research in Velayudhan Mohan Kumar's lab revealed a novel role for the rat perirhinal cortex in male rat sexual behavior. As a neurology resident at UT Southwestern, working in Shuxin Li's lab, he investigated potential pharmacotherapies to promote axon regeneration after optic nerve and spinal cord injuries. Following a Neurocritical Care fellowship in at Johns Hopkins University, his work has focused on quantifying recovery potential following severe brain injuries.
He published the first quantitative meta-analysis of serum neuron-specific enolase thresholds for predicting anoxic brain injury outcomes and quantified bromocriptine's efficacy in reducing neurogenic fever in hospitalized patients. Since joining the UT Southwestern Neurology faculty in 2020, his ongoing TRC4 grant-funded research explores the effects of cerebrovascular dysfunction on EEG and fMRI-derived brain network dynamics in severe traumatic brain injuries.
Lab Members
Zachary Armstrong
Graduate Student
Jill Morales
Clinical Research Coordinator
Samuel Borromeo
Undergraduate researcher
Alumni
Leah Chandy, M.S.
Tabarak Mian, M.D.
Antonio Guerra, B.S.
Valeria Perez, Pharm. D.
Yash Sharma, B.S.
Merin John, M.D.
Publications
Featured Publications
Sharma K, Deco G, Solodkin A,
2024 Oct
Cogn Neuropsychol
1-20
Murtaugh B, Olson DM, Badjatia N, Lewis A, Aiyagari V, Sharma K, Creutzfeldt CJ, Falcone GJ, Shapiro-Rosenbaum A, Zink EK, Suarez JI, Silva GS,
2024 Oct
Neurocrit Care
Antipyretic Efficacy of Bromocriptine in Central Fever: an Exploratory Analysis.
Perez V, McCreary M, Sheperd L, Nelson T, Sharma K, 2023 Oct Neurocrit Care 2 39 499-504
Sharma K, John M, Zhang S, Gronseth G,
2021 Oct
Neurology
Sharma K, Selzer ME, Li S
2012 Oct
Exp. Neurol.
2
237
370-8
Farrington W, Farahani F, Tayon KG, Rudzinski J, Feldman M, Sharma K,
2023
Proc (Bayl Univ Med Cent)
3
36
386-388
Sharma K, Mathews EP, Newton F,
2021 Oct
Am J Nurs
10
121
24-35
Cryptococcal Meningoencephalitis During Convalescence From Severe COVID-19 Pneumonia
Dharani Rohit Thota, Bappaditya Ray, Mirza Hasan, Kartavya Sharma 2021 May 3
Weston Gordon, Brenton Massey, Adam Ranellone, Sanjeev Keshary, Kartavya Sharma and Michael Abraham
2020
J Neurol Neurosci
4
11
326
Prompan Mingbunjerdsuk, Kartavya Sharma, Kathrin Husmann, Sherri A. Braksick
2019
Neurology
92 (15 Supplement)
Weston Gordon , Brenton Massey , Kartavya Sharma , Michael Abraham
2019
Stroke
50 (Suppl 1)
ATP549
Hemoglobin concentration does not impact 3-month outcome following acute ischemic stroke.
Sharma K, Johnson DJ, Johnson B, Frank SM, Stevens RD, 2018 Jun BMC Neurol 1 18 78
Sharma K, Stevens RD
2017
Handb Clin Neurol
140
379-395
Sharma K, Sharma VD
2016 Jul
Pain Manag
Stevens RD, Sharma K
2016 Aug
Crit. Care Med.
8
44
1613-4
Kartavya Sharma, Shuxin Li
2015
181-196
Ohtake Y, Park D, Abdul-Muneer PM, Li H, Xu B, Sharma K, Smith GM, Selzer ME, Li S
2014 May
Biomaterials
16
35
4610-26
Julio Rojas -Martinez, Kartavya Sharma, Steven Vernino, Pravin Khemani
2014
Neurology
82 (10 Supplement)
P1.310
Quality of life and psychiatric co-morbidity in Indian migraine patients: a headache clinic sample.
Sharma K, Remanan R, Singh S 2013 Jul-Aug Neurol India 4 61 355-9
Pandey A, Patni N, Sarangi S, Singh M, Sharma K, Vellimana AK, Patra S
2009
Tob Induc Dis
5
15
Sharma K, Gulia KK, Kumar VM, Mallick HN
2008 May
Behav. Brain Res.
1
189
212-5
Contact Information
- Kartavya Sharma
- UT Southwestern Neurology - NE Neuro Critical Care CS05424
- 214-648-4775, 214-648-5080