Diana Escalona‐Vargas

Federal Grant PI

Assistant Professor

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

faculty

descalonavargas@uams.edu

11 h-index 43 pubs 330 cited

Research Areas

Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications Birth, Development, and Health Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Neuroscience and Neural Engineering Bone health and treatments Health and Medical Research Impacts

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Diana Escalona‐Vargas investigates fetal development and maternal health, with a focus on the application of advanced medical imaging techniques. Her research utilizes fetal magnetocardiography (fMCG) and magnetoencephalography (MEG) to study various aspects of fetal well-being, including neurodevelopment and autonomic nervous system function. She has received significant federal funding from the NIH for her work in developing analysis tools for myographic assessment of pelvic floor muscles, creating low-cost magnetometer systems for fetal applications, and tracking fetal neurodevelopment in diabetic pregnancies using MEG.

Escalona‐Vargas's recent publications explore the correlation between maternal and cord-blood inflammatory markers and brain-derived neurotrophic factor with fetal brain activity. She also investigates the influence of fetal sex on heart rate dynamics and the impact of maternal pregestational diabetes on the fetal autonomic nervous system. Her work extends to understanding bone metabolism, as indicated by research on osteoprotegerin expression and its relation to resorption after denosumab discontinuation. She collaborates with researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, including Hari Eswaran, Luis Mercado, Eric R. Siegel, and Alberto Ramírez, contributing to a shared publication record.

Metrics

  • h-index: 11
  • Publications: 43
  • Citations: 330

Selected Publications

  • Visual Working Memory in Pediatric Epilepsy using Magnetoencephalography: Pilot Study (2025) DOI
  • Fetal Movement Assessment Using Optically Pumped Magnetometers from Multisensor Magnetocardiographic Recordings (2025) DOI
  • Acute Disruption of Cortical Epileptiform Discharges With Thalamic Stimulation (2025) DOI
  • Magnetomyographic assessment of pelvic floor muscles compared to ultrasound during pregnancy (2025) DOI
  • A customized bed based stand alone array of optically pumped magnetometers for fetal magnetocardiography measurements (2025) DOI
  • Comparison of non-invasive magnetomyography to Brink score for assessment of pelvic floor muscle strength (2024) DOI
  • Correlating maternal and cord-blood inflammatory markers and BDNF with human fetal brain activity recorded by magnetoencephalography: An exploratory study (2024) DOI
  • Fetal magnetocardiographic recordings with a prototype bed-based array system of optically-pumped magnetometers (2024) DOI
  • Feasibility of magnetoencephalography in fetuses with cyanotic congenital heart disease (2024) DOI
  • Correlation of fetal heart rate dynamics to inflammatory markers and brain-derived neurotrophic factor during pregnancy (2024) DOI
  • Exploring the Influence of Fetal Sex on Heart Rate Dynamics Using Fetal Magnetocardiographic Recordings (2023) DOI
  • Reduced osteoprotegerin expression by osteocytes may contribute to rebound resorption after denosumab discontinuation (2023) DOI
  • Assessing uterine electrophysiology prior to elective term induction of labor (2023) DOI
  • The effect of maternal pregestational diabetes on fetal autonomic nervous system (2023) DOI

Federal Grants 3 $1,091,360 total

NIH/National Heart Lung and Blood Institute 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/Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development 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/National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering 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

Collaborators

Researchers in the database who share publications

Hari Eswaran University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences 11 shared publications Luis Mercado University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences 7 shared publications Eric R. Siegel University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences 4 shared publications Alberto Ramírez University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences 3 shared publications Heather Moody University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences 2 shared publications Sallie Oliphant University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences 2 shared publications Shannon Rose University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences 2 shared publications Tara Johnson University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences 2 shared publications

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