Current Areas of Research

  • Neurostimulation techniques for enhanced modulation of autonomic nerves.
  • An implantable neurovascular electrode for continuous arterial blood pressure measurement.
  • AI-driven wearable aimed at tracking and diagnosing lower urinary tract function.
  • Investigating novel methods of electrically modulating urinary function by peripheral nerve stimulation. (note: previous works helped to establish EBT Medical).

Select Publications

Journal

Tobvis D, Koh RGL, Jeong R, and Yoo PB, Asymmetric Tripolar Nerve Cuff Electrode Designs for Optimizing Anodal Block of Myelinated Fibers, Biomed Eng Online, (2026).

Bahadir S, Robinson JT, Morse LR, Yoo PB, Kern R, Makowski ND, Kazai TDY, Fudim M, Barbe MF, Lim HH, Chang EH, and Zanos S, The 6th Bioelectronic Medicine Summit: Neurotechnologies for Individuals and Communities, Bioelectronic Medicine, (2026).

Li YZ, Son JE, Lee JH, Rapps J, Pollock-Tahir E, Ghebreselassie M, Chen C, Premisgh BP, Bazinet R, Billia P, Hui CC, Sung HK, Yoo PB, and Woo M, Vagal Insulin Signaling Determines Peripheral Insulin Resistance and Inflammatory State, Nature Communications, (2026)

Greechan PL, Koh RGL, Yoo PB, A scoping review of neuromodulation techniques for controlling blood pressure: What are the ups and downs of this approach, J Bioelectronic Medicine (2025).

Howidi A, Koh RGL, Wijendran N, Omidian K, Chhajer K, Yoo PB, An electrical pulse artifact signal for estimating arterial blood pressure: a proof of concept study, Physiological Measurement, (2025).

Tobvis D and Yoo PB, Vagus nerve stimulation in bursts can efficiently modulate gastric contractions and contraction frequency at varying gastric pressures, Neurogastroenterology and Motility Journal. (2024).

Peng MR, Agur A, Yoo PB, Distribution, course, and spatial relationships of the saphenous nerve: A 3D neuroanatomical map for nerve stimulation, PLOS ONE, 19(2):e0297680. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0297680. (2024).

Tobvis D, Lee E, Koh RGL, Jeong R, Agur A, Yoo PB, Enhancing the selective electrical activation of human vagal nerve fibers: a comparative computational modeling study with validation in a rat sciatic model, J Neural Eng, (Nov 22;20(6). doi: 10.1088/1741-2552/ad0c60. (2023)

Moazzam Z and Yoo PB, Prolonged Inhibition of Bladder Function is Evoked by Low-Amplitude Electrical Stimulation of the Saphenous Nerve in Urethane-Anesthetized Rats, Physiol Rep, 10(22):e15517, (2022).

Conference Proceedings

Koh RGL, Zariffa J, and Yoo PB, Combining different encodings of bladder diaries can improve the diagnosis of lower urinary tract dysfunction, 48th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society, Toronto, Canada, July 2026.

Greechan PL, Koh RGL, Jeong R, and Yoo PB, Reduction of electrical artifacts in peripheral nerve recordings using multi-waveform stimulation, 48th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society, Toronto, Canada, July 2026.

Howidi A, Koh RGL, and Yoo PB, Estimating blood pressure measurements through an electrovasculargram: a pilot study, 46th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society, Orlando, FL, USA, July 2024.

Koh RGL, Zariffa J, and Yoo PB, Predicting stimulation-evoked changes in rodent bladder function using machine learning, 46th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society, Orlando, FL, USA, July 2024.

Tobvis D, Koh RGL, Jeong R, and Yoo PB, Predicting anodal block with spatial distribution of myelinated fibers in a rat sciatic model, 46th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society, Orlando, FL, USA, July 2024.

Tobvis D, Lee E, Agur A, and Yoo PB, Enhancing the selective activation of human vagal nerve fibers: A comparative computational study, Minnesota Neuromodulation Symposium, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA. April 2023.

Dojnov A, John SM, Masani K, and Yoo PB, Feasibility study of non-invasive recording of stimulation-evoked neural activity of the saphenous nerve in humans, Society of Urodynamics, Female Pelvic Medicine and Urogenital Reconstruction Meeting, Nashville, USA. March 2023.

Yoo PB and Moazzam Z, Overflow incontinence is evoked by low-amplitude saphenous nerve stimulation in anesthetized rodents, Annual Society for Neuroscience meeting. San Diego, USA. Nov. 2022.