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Tomin James
Postdoctoral Scholar, Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine
BioMy work involves designing and developing AI/ML-based algorithms to find answers for cutting-edge problems using multi-disciplinary data. This involves data from space-borne and ground-based instruments for astrophysics and space science studies, high-speed imaging data for behavioral neuroscience experiments, multi-omics data for finding biomarkers affecting population health, clinical data for detecting health anomalies, and EHR data for patient trajectory prediction and personalized medicine.
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Behnaz Jarrahi, PhD
Affiliate, Anesthesia - Adult Pain Medicine
BioDr. Behnaz Jarrahi is a neuroscientist whose research combines neuroimaging and advanced data analysis with philosophical inquiry into the nature of mind and consciousness. She earned an M.S. in Management from Stanford and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Information Technology from ETH. Prior to that, she completed a bachelor's and a master's degree in biomedical engineering at the University of Michigan, as well as additional bachelor's degrees in mathematics, chemistry, and brain science with honors. Her passion for studying the brain and understanding the mind led her to pursue a postdoctoral fellowship at the UCLA Semel Institute for Human Neuroscience and the Stanford University School of Medicine. More recently, Dr. Jarrahi has served as an instructor and principal investigator of an NIH-funded K25 research project. Alongside her work in neuroscience, she continues to explore interests in neurophilosophy and recently earned an M.A. in philosophy, focusing on the philosophy of mind and cognitive science.
Selected Honors & Awards
• 2020 – 2025: NIH K25 Career Development Award, National Institutes of Health (NIDA)
• 2019 – 2022: Invited Grant Reviewer, National Institutes of Health (NIDA and NINDS)
• 2019: SFN-IBRO World Congress Travel Award, Society for Neuroscience
• 2018 & 2019: Abstract of Distinction, American Academy of Neurology
• 2018 & 2023: Invited Session Co-Chair for Brain Imaging, IEEE EMBS
• 2016 – 2019: NIH T32 Training Program in Pain and Substance Use Disorder -
Michele Jehenson
Clinical Associate Professor, Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine
BioDr Jehenson is an avid lover of wildlife and the outdoors. She finds peace and balance in the mountains, summer and winter.
She lives in Los Gatos , CA where she maintains a private practice at the Bay Area Pain and Wellness Center.
She is a commentators on Health Revolution Radio and is an advocate for integrative, non-surgical treament for facial pain. -
Aleesha Jethwa
Postdoctoral Scholar, Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine
BioDr Jethwa is a postdoctoral fellow working in Dr Sultan's lab, within the Obstetric Anesthesiology Department. She is funded by the R90 HEAL/Pain Cohort grant. Her research focuses on the peripartum period and how targeted interventions can alter recovery trajectories.
