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Last published 2026
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Diana Escalona‐Vargas

Federal Grant PI

Assistant Professor

UAMS

Also affiliated: Arkansas Children's Hospital (2020–2026); University of Arkansas Medical Center (2024–2026); Pediatrics and Genetics (2023); Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional (2009–2014)

Faculty Researcher

11 h-index 43 pubs 371 cited

Research Areas

Biomedical Subjects

  • Humans
  • Female
  • Pregnancy
  • Magnetocardiography
  • Adult
  • Algorithms
  • Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted
  • Heart Rate, Fetal
  • Magnetoencephalography
  • Fetus
  • Gestational Age
  • Pelvic Floor
  • Brain
  • Electroencephalography
  • Fetal Heart

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OverviewAI-generated summary

Diana Escalona‐Vargas investigates fetal health and development, with a focus on the autonomic nervous system and cardiac function. Her research utilizes fetal magnetocardiography to diagnose fetal dysrhythmias and explore the impact of maternal conditions like pregestational diabetes on fetal well-being. She also examines correlations between maternal and cord-blood inflammatory markers, brain-derived neurotrophic factor, and fetal brain activity. Her work further explores how fetal sex influences heart rate dynamics.

Metrics

  • h-index: 11
  • Publications: 43
  • Citations: 371

Selected Publications

  • Influence of maternal and fetal factors on fetal magnetocardiography measurements using optically pumped magnetometers (2026)
    Heart Rhythm DOI OpenAlex
  • Evaluating the effects of maternal diabetes on early infant neurodevelopment with a novel combination of four neurodevelopmental tools (2025)
    Early Human Development DOI OpenAlex
  • Visual Working Memory in Pediatric Epilepsy using Magnetoencephalography: Pilot Study (2025)
    DOI OpenAlex
  • Fetal Movement Assessment Using Optically Pumped Magnetometers from Multisensor Magnetocardiographic Recordings (2025)
    2 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Acute Disruption of Cortical Epileptiform Discharges With Thalamic Stimulation (2025)
    Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology DOI OpenAlex
  • Magnetomyographic assessment of pelvic floor muscles compared to ultrasound during pregnancy (2025)
    Physiological Reports DOI OpenAlex
  • A customized bed based stand alone array of optically pumped magnetometers for fetal magnetocardiography measurements (2025)
    Scientific Reports 8 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Comparison of non-invasive magnetomyography to Brink score for assessment of pelvic floor muscle strength (2024)
    Physiological Measurement 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Correlating maternal and cord-blood inflammatory markers and BDNF with human fetal brain activity recorded by magnetoencephalography: An exploratory study (2024)
    Brain Behavior & Immunity - Health 4 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Fetal magnetocardiographic recordings with a prototype bed-based array system of optically-pumped magnetometers (2024)
    Medical Engineering & Physics 9 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Feasibility of magnetoencephalography in fetuses with cyanotic congenital heart disease (2024)
    Prenatal Diagnosis 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Correlation of fetal heart rate dynamics to inflammatory markers and brain-derived neurotrophic factor during pregnancy (2024)
    Journal of Perinatal Medicine 2 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Exploring the Influence of Fetal Sex on Heart Rate Dynamics Using Fetal Magnetocardiographic Recordings (2023)
    Reproductive Sciences 2 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Reduced osteoprotegerin expression by osteocytes may contribute to rebound resorption after denosumab discontinuation (2023)
    JCI Insight 53 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Assessing uterine electrophysiology prior to elective term induction of labor (2023)
    Current Research in Physiology 1 citation DOI OpenAlex

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Federal Grants 3 $1,091,360 total

NIH Contact PI Mar 2022 - Feb 2027

Development of low-cost optically pumped magnetometer system for fetal applications

National Heart Lung and Blood Institute $380,000 R01
NIH Contact PI Sep 2021 - Aug 2026

Magnetoencephalography based tracking of fetal neurodevelopment in diabetic pregnancies

Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development $376,200 R01
NIH Contact PI Jul 2021 - Mar 2026

Development of Analysis Tools to Enhance Magnetomyographic Assessment of Pelvic Floor Muscles

National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering $335,160 R01

Collaboration Network

37 Collaborators 9 Institutions 3 Countries

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