Safa Hakim Elnazer, MD

10/2020- present Stroke Genomics at Yale University, PI Dr. Guido Falcone’s lab

• Review and analyze data from UK biobank related to stroke, covid and genomic information

• Evaluate the genomic contribution of ABO locus on stroke outcome in covid patients

10/2020- present Stroke and Covid at Yale University, PI Dr. Richa Sharma

• Abstract data to build a stroke and covid data base

• Identify a stroke risk calculator in covid patients

3/2015- 05/2018 High Value Care – Scholarly Concentration in Medical Education at Stony Brook University

• Participated in curriculum reform by designing curricula for fourth year medical students to learn about high value care and its clinical applications as well as designing a study to evaluate the effect

• Designed video encounters as an educational tool for medical students enrolled in the course

8/2011 – 05/2014 Motor Neuron Physiology at Stony Brook University, PI Dr. William Collins

• Designed surgical procedures on rats to gather and analyze data on sphincter activity and bladder

pressure as part of spinal cord injury research

• Examined effects of persistent sodium channels and L-type calcium channels blockade, by

intrathecal administration of riluzole and nifedipine respectively on external urethral sphincter

activity during micturition