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Naomi Sta Maria, PhD

Assistant Professor of Research Physiology and Neuroscience

University of Southern California

Affiliations

Keck School of Medicine

Physiology and Neuroscience

Naomi Sta Maria, Phd is currently serving as a Keck School Of Medicine Assistant Professor of Research Physiology and Neuroscience at University of Southern California.

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Naomi Sta Maria, PhD

University of Southern California

Assistant Professor of Research Physiology and Neuroscience

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neuroscience immunology oncology magnetic resonance imaging medicine pharmacology neuroanatomy neuroimaging developmental neurobiology mammalian biology traumatic brain injury medical imaging cancer research craniofacial research vascular biology neurochemistry image analysis personalized medicine craniofacial surgery cellular therapy medicinal research applied pharmacology pharmacotherapy experimental medicine stem cell research scientific data biomedical imaging neurorehabilitation bone research brain imaging medical image analysis amphiphilic system novel therapies innovative treatment clinical therapeutics experimental therapeutics structural plasticity spatio-temporal models cancer biology brain modeling positron emission tomography tissue imaging brain pathology motor behavior cranial suture regeneration neurocognitive defects modular software tool dynamic mri studies low dose natural killer cells tumor accumulation developing rat brain pediatric tbi tumor immunotherapy mechanical injury pet imaging preclinical tumor model spatio-temporal biodistribution molecular targeting

Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

Iron Chelation by Oral Deferoxamine Treatment Decreased Brain Iron and Iron Signaling Proteins. Journal of Alzheimer s Disease (2025)

Max A ThorwaldNaomi S Sta MariaArarat ChakhoyanPeggy A O’DayRussell E JacobsBerislav ZlokovicCaleb E Finch

pharmacologybrain ironoral deferoxamine treatmentiron signaling proteinsneurochemistryiron chelationchemical biologyneurosciencebiochemistry

Automated Quality Control of Small Animal Mr Neuroimaging Data. Imaging Neuroscience (2024)

Aref KalantariMehrab ShahbaziMarc SchneiderAdam C. RaikesVictor Vera FrazãoAvnish BhattraiLorenzo CarnevaleYujian DiaoBart A. A. FranxFrancesco GammaraccioLisa-Marie GoncalvesSusan LeeEsther M. van LeeuwenAnnika MichalekSusanne MuellerAlejandro Rivera OlveraDaniel PadroMohamed Kotb SelimAnnette van der ToornFederico VarrianoRoël VroomanPatricia WenkH. Elliott AlbersPhilipp Boehm-SturmEike BudingerSantiago CanalsSilvia De SantisRoberta Diaz BrintonRick M. DijkhuizenElisenda EixarchGianluigi ForloniJoanes GrandjeanKhan HekmatyarRussell E. JacobsIleana JelescuNyoman D. KurniawanGiuseppe LemboDario Livio LongoNaomi S. Sta MariaEdoardo MicottiEmma Muñoz-MorenoPedro Ramos-CabrerWilfried ReichardtGuadalupe SoriaGiovanna D. IelacquaMarkus Aswendt

magnetic resonance imagingsmall animal mrneuroimagingbiomedical imagingneuroscience

Correction to: Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Induces Microvascular Injury and Accelerates Alzheimer-Like Pathogenesis in Mice. Acta Neuropathologica Communications (2024)

Yingxi WuHaijian WuJianxiong ZengBrock PluimerShirley DongXiaochun XieXinying GuoTenghuan GeXinyan LiangSudi FengYouzhen YanJian‑Fu ChenNaomi Sta MariaQingyi MaFernando Gomez‑PinillaZhen Zhao

neurologybrain injurybrain pathologypathogenesisneuropathologymammalian biologyalzheimer-like pathogenesisalzheimer's diseasepathologyneuroscienceneuroanatomy

Kcnj2 Inhibition Mitigates Mechanical Injury in a Human Brain Organoid Model of Traumatic Brain Injury. Cell stem cell (2024)

Jesse D. LaiJoshua E. BerlindGabriella FricklasCecilia LieJean-Paul UrendaKelsey LamNaomi Sta MariaRussell JacobsVioleta YuZhen ZhaoJustin K. Ichida

neurologystem cell researchtraumatic brain injurymechanical injurystem cellsneuroscience

Mri Detection of Lymph Node Metastasis Through Molecular Targeting of C–C Chemokine Receptor Type 2 and Monocyte Hitchhiking. ACS Nano (2024)

Noah TracZixi ChenHyun-seok OhLeila JonesYi HuangJoshua GiblinMitchell GrossNaomi S. Sta MariaRussell E. JacobsEun Ji Chung

immunologymagnetic resonance imaginglymph node metastasisneuroimagingmri detectionmedical imagingoncologymolecular targeting

Tcf12 Controls Dynamic Calvarial Bone Growth and Motor Learning in Mice. bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (2024)

Takahiko YamadaJesse Anderson-RamirezLu GaoPeng ChenMingyi ZhangTingwei GuoJifan FengThach-Vu HoIvetta VorobyovaNaomi Santa MariaRussell JacobsJian-Fu ChenYang Chai

regenerative medicineneurorehabilitationgeneticsbone researchmotor behaviordevelopmental neurobiologymechanobiologymotor controlmotor learningcraniofacial researchbiomechanicsneurosciencecell biology

Synthesis and Preclinical Evaluation of 22-[ 18 F]Fluorodocosahexaenoic Acid as a Positron Emission Tomography Probe for Monitoring Brain Docosahexaenoic Acid Uptake Kinetics. ACS Chemical Neuroscience (2023)

Marlon Vincent V. DuroJuno Van ValkenburghDiana E. InglesJenny TranZhiheng CaiBrandon EbrightShaowei WangBilal E. KermanJasmin GalvanSung Hee HwangNaomi S. Sta MariaFrancesca ZanderigoEtienne CroteauStephen C. CunnaneStanley I. RapoportStan G. LouieRussell E. JacobsHussein N. YassineKai Chen

neurochemistrypositron emission tomographychemistrypreclinical evaluationneuroscienceneurophysiologybiochemistry

The C9Orf72 Repeat Expansion Alters Neurodevelopment. Cell Reports (2023)

Eric HendricksAlicia M. QuihuisShu-Ting HungJonathan ChangNomongo DorjsurenBalint DerKim A. StaatsYingxiao ShiNaomi S. Sta MariaRussell E. JacobsJustin K. Ichida

developmental neurobiologyneuroscience

Radiosynthesis of 20-[18F]Fluoroarachidonic Acid for Pet-Mr Imaging: Biological Evaluation in Apoe4-Tr Mice. Prostaglandins Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids (2022)

Juno Van ValkenburghMarlon Vincent V. DuroErica BurnhamQuan ChenShaowei WangJenny TranBilal E. KermanSung Hee HwangXiaodan LiuNaomi S. Sta. MariaFrancesca ZanderigoEtienne CroteauStanley I. RapoportStephen C. CunnaneRussell E. JacobsHussein N. YassineKai Chen

pharmacologyradiologymammalian biologybiological evaluationpet-mr imagingmolecular biologybiological imagingtissue imaging

Cranial Suture Regeneration Mitigates Skull and Neurocognitive Defects in Craniosynostosis. Cell (2021)

Mengfei YuLi MaYuan YuanXin YeAxel MontagneJinzhi HeThach-Vu HoYingxi WuZhen ZhaoNaomi Sta MariaRussell JacobsMark UrataHuiming WangBerislav V. ZlokovicJian-Fu ChenYang Chai

craniofacial surgeryophthalmologygeneticsneurocognitive defectscranial suture regenerationneuroscienceneuroanatomycraniofacial research

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Naomi Sta Maria, PhD

Assistant Professor of Research Physiology and Neuroscience

University of Southern California

Affiliations

Keck School of Medicine

Physiology and Neuroscience

Naomi Sta Maria, Phd is currently serving as a Keck School Of Medicine Assistant Professor of Research Physiology and Neuroscience at University of Southern California.

Honors

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Experiences

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Education

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Naomi Sta Maria, PhD

University of Southern California

Assistant Professor of Research Physiology and Neuroscience

You can click a keyword to filter the displayed items

Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

Iron Chelation by Oral Deferoxamine Treatment Decreased Brain Iron and Iron Signaling Proteins. Journal of Alzheimer s Disease (2025)

Max A ThorwaldNaomi S Sta MariaArarat ChakhoyanPeggy A O’DayRussell E JacobsBerislav ZlokovicCaleb E Finch

pharmacologybrain ironoral deferoxamine treatmentiron signaling proteinsneurochemistryiron chelationchemical biologyneurosciencebiochemistry

Automated Quality Control of Small Animal Mr Neuroimaging Data. Imaging Neuroscience (2024)

magnetic resonance imagingsmall animal mrneuroimagingbiomedical imagingneuroscience

Correction to: Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Induces Microvascular Injury and Accelerates Alzheimer-Like Pathogenesis in Mice. Acta Neuropathologica Communications (2024)

Yingxi WuHaijian WuJianxiong ZengBrock PluimerShirley DongXiaochun XieXinying GuoTenghuan GeXinyan LiangSudi FengYouzhen YanJian‑Fu ChenNaomi Sta MariaQingyi MaFernando Gomez‑PinillaZhen Zhao

neurologybrain injurybrain pathologypathogenesisneuropathologymammalian biologyalzheimer-like pathogenesisalzheimer's diseasepathologyneuroscienceneuroanatomy

Kcnj2 Inhibition Mitigates Mechanical Injury in a Human Brain Organoid Model of Traumatic Brain Injury. Cell stem cell (2024)

Jesse D. LaiJoshua E. BerlindGabriella FricklasCecilia LieJean-Paul UrendaKelsey LamNaomi Sta MariaRussell JacobsVioleta YuZhen ZhaoJustin K. Ichida

neurologystem cell researchtraumatic brain injurymechanical injurystem cellsneuroscience

Mri Detection of Lymph Node Metastasis Through Molecular Targeting of C–C Chemokine Receptor Type 2 and Monocyte Hitchhiking. ACS Nano (2024)

Noah TracZixi ChenHyun-seok OhLeila JonesYi HuangJoshua GiblinMitchell GrossNaomi S. Sta MariaRussell E. JacobsEun Ji Chung

immunologymagnetic resonance imaginglymph node metastasisneuroimagingmri detectionmedical imagingoncologymolecular targeting

Tcf12 Controls Dynamic Calvarial Bone Growth and Motor Learning in Mice. bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (2024)

Takahiko YamadaJesse Anderson-RamirezLu GaoPeng ChenMingyi ZhangTingwei GuoJifan FengThach-Vu HoIvetta VorobyovaNaomi Santa MariaRussell JacobsJian-Fu ChenYang Chai

regenerative medicineneurorehabilitationgeneticsbone researchmotor behaviordevelopmental neurobiologymechanobiologymotor controlmotor learningcraniofacial researchbiomechanicsneurosciencecell biology

neurochemistrypositron emission tomographychemistrypreclinical evaluationneuroscienceneurophysiologybiochemistry

The C9Orf72 Repeat Expansion Alters Neurodevelopment. Cell Reports (2023)

Eric HendricksAlicia M. QuihuisShu-Ting HungJonathan ChangNomongo DorjsurenBalint DerKim A. StaatsYingxiao ShiNaomi S. Sta MariaRussell E. JacobsJustin K. Ichida

developmental neurobiologyneuroscience

Radiosynthesis of 20-[18F]Fluoroarachidonic Acid for Pet-Mr Imaging: Biological Evaluation in Apoe4-Tr Mice. Prostaglandins Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids (2022)

pharmacologyradiologymammalian biologybiological evaluationpet-mr imagingmolecular biologybiological imagingtissue imaging

Cranial Suture Regeneration Mitigates Skull and Neurocognitive Defects in Craniosynostosis. Cell (2021)

Mengfei YuLi MaYuan YuanXin YeAxel MontagneJinzhi HeThach-Vu HoYingxi WuZhen ZhaoNaomi Sta MariaRussell JacobsMark UrataHuiming WangBerislav V. ZlokovicJian-Fu ChenYang Chai

craniofacial surgeryophthalmologygeneticsneurocognitive defectscranial suture regenerationneuroscienceneuroanatomycraniofacial research

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