People
Director
Kenneth A. Weber II, DC, PhD
Dr. Weber is an Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine. Dr. Weber's research seeks to make medical imaging more quantitative by developing markers that track sensory and motor function including pain using machine-learning and advanced brain, spinal cord, and musculoskeletal imaging techniques.
Scientists
Christine Law, PhD
Dr. Law is a Research Scientist in the Division of Pain Medicine and oversees MRI sequence development, acquisition, and analysis. Dr. Law's research seeks to improve brain, spinal cord, and musculoskeletal MRI.
Merve Kaptan, PhD
Dr. Kaptan is a Research Scientist in the Division of Pain Medicine with a background in psychology and neuroscience. Her research focuses on corticospinal and spinal fMRI, focusing on methodological innovation and quantitative MRI to improve imaging of the cervical spinal cord for neurological and chronic pain disorders.
Chisondi Warioba, PhD
Dr. Warioba’s expertise is in developing machine learning algorithms and statistical models for analyzing high-dimensional neuroimaging data to evaluate cross-species functional connectivity alterations and therapeutic responses in hyper-acute ischemic stroke. Dr. Warioba currently focuses on developing brain biomarkers in pain through human and animal MRI studies as well as investigating spinal cord and neurological injury using large-scale datasets and collaborative neuroimaging approaches.
Denna Dashti, DC, MSc
Dr. Dashti is a chiropractor with academic foundations in neuroscience and exercise science and research interests in brain and musculoskeletal health. Her main goal is bridging clinical care with innovation research and enhancing personalized therapeutic interventions.
Postdoctoral Researchers
Joel Fundaun, DPT, PhD
Dr. Fundaun is a researcher and physical therapist specializing in neuropathic pain and neural injury. His work integrates clinical phenotyping, neuroimaging, and human biosamples to ultimately improve the diagnosis and treatment of chronic pain.
Yiyu Wang, PhD
Dr. Wang's research combines computational models and neuroimaging techniques to characterize the neural architecture underlying the complex human experiences in emotion and pain. Dr. Wang currently focuses on using deep learning and foundation models to improve chronic pain clinical assessment in an interpretable way to enhance our understanding of pain.
Eddo Wesselink, PT, MSc, PhD
Dr. Wesselink's research focuses on muscle health in individuals with musculoskeletal disorders and diseases. By integrating advanced medical imaging with computational and machine-learning approaches, he aims to develop quantitative markers of muscle health and function to improve clinical decision-making and outcomes.
Corrado Pitari, DC
Dr. Pitari is a chiropractic resident at the Palo Alto Veterans Affairs Health Care System and a Master of Public Health candidate. His clinical and research interests center on conservative musculoskeletal care, with a particular focus on enhancing patient self-efficacy, health literacy, and equitable access to care among underserved populations.
Nazrawit Berhe
Nazrawit is a Clinical Research Coordinator Associate and planning to attend medical school. Nazrawit aims to bridge gaps in healthcare access and make a meaningful impact on those who cannot afford essential medical services.
Staff
Lindsay Lee
Lindsay is a Clinical Research Coordinator Associate who graduated from Stanford University in 2026 with a degree in Human Biology on the pre-medical track. She is interested in pursuing future scholarship focused on health disparities and improving health outcomes in marginalized communities.
Serena Hermosillo-Maharaj
Serena is an Administrative Associate in the Division of Pain Medicine. Serena keeps the Neuromuscular Insight Lab running smoothly.
Sandrine Bédard, MSc
Sandrine is a biomedical engineering PhD student at Polytechnique Montréal training with Dr. Julien Cohen-Adad at NeuroPoly. Sandrine's research includes spinal cord image processing, developing new methods for the Spinal Cord Toolbox, and improving spinal cord functional MRI.
Kerem Ozkan
Kerem is an undergraduate student at UC Berkeley passionate about biomedical engineering and data science. Through research and data analysis, his goal is to enhance the body's regenerative processes and improve medical technology to make healthcare more accessible to all.
Students
Sidharth Sreedar
Sidharth is a chiropractic student at Life West Chiropractic College learning clinical knowledge to address disparities in health situations. Sidharth volunteers at his nonprofit, researches human health, and is passionate about manual therapy.
Chastin Chung
Chastin is a Translational Research and Applied Medicine MS student at Stanford. Chastin has a background in clinical stroke research and currently focuses on brain biomarkers for pain related to neurological injury or disease states.
Elyana Garay
Elyana is an undergraduate at Foothill College, majoring in psychology and radiologic technology, with the ultimate goal of becoming a Radiation Therapist. Garay's main goal is to help patients and her community feel secure in their health and live a high-quality life.
Bhargavi Vatte
Bhargavi is an undergraduate student at the University of Pennsylvania, majoring in Neuroscience and minoring in Healthcare Management and Bioethics. Dedicated to developing preventative care techniques and improved treatment strategies, Bhargavi seeks to expand her experience in neuroscience and medical imaging while continuing her mission to make healthcare more accessible.
Ayca Dana
Ayca is a rising senior at Los Altos High School with a strong interest in bioengineering, particularly neuroscience. She is eager to deepen her understanding of these fields and have a strong curiosity about the process of medical research and scientific discovery.
Valeria Oliva, PhD
Dr. Oliva is a Principal Investigator at the Center for Behavioral Sciences and Mental Health in the Istituto Superiore di Sanità. Her research focuses on investigating the neural mechanisms underlying non-pharmacological pain modulation, including techniques such as distraction, mindfulness, and exercise, using brain and spinal cord fMRI.
Bianca Lorraine Garcia Osterling
Raine is an undergraduate student at Stanford, majoring in Mechanical Engineering, minoring in Computer Science, and pursuing a Notation in Science Communication with a focus on biomedical applications. Passionate about the intersection of design, health, and technology, Raine hopes to contribute to our understanding of how engineering tools can advance the study of movement and muscle function.
Brandon Lin
Brandon is a Stanford undergraduate passionate about data science and machine learning. His goal is to expand his knowledge of innovative data processing techniques, and apply them to revolutionize the field of healthcare.
Alumni
Dario Pfyffer, PhD
Dr. Pfyffer's research applies multimodal imaging techniques, including simultaneous spinal cord-brain functional MRI and psychophysical tasks in the scanner, to investigate aberrant sensory and motor processing along the neuroaxis in various chronic pain conditions, such as fibromyalgia and neurologic disorders. His research goals also include the development of structural and functional neuroimaging biomarkers for improved spinal cord injury diagnosis and prognosis of clinical outcomes, including neuropathic pain.
Teresa Indriolo
Teresa is a Clinical Research Coordinator Associate and has a strong interest in pain psychology and its intersection with substance use and social disparities. She is working towards attending graduate school to deepen her understanding of pain mechanisms in the hopes of improving treatments for those struggling with chronic pain.
Dean Dennis, DC
Dr. Dennis is a staff chiropractor at the VA Clinic in Monterey, CA, with clinical and research interests in muscle health, imaging, and chronic pain. As Stanford’s first chiropractic research intern, he contributed to computer vision projects analyzing MRI data to study muscle asymmetry and fat infiltration in pain conditions.
Patcharapong (Kla) Sinlapaprechar
Kla is an undergraduate student at Stanford, majoring in Computer Science. With a background in data analysis and deep learning, Kla hopes to contribute to advancing technologies that improve our ability to analyze and understand complex biomedical data.
Thomas Fermor, DC
Dr. Fermor is a staff chiropractor at the Veterans Affairs Health Care system eager to contribute to the growth of chiropractic care in the integrated health care system. He is determined to provide neuromuscular skeletal pain management through non-pharmaceutical, evidence-based, and patient-centered approaches, while concurrently contributing to expanding chiropractic research.