Publications and CV

List of publications (updated 1/2025; check CV for most recent list):

(contributions to each work are described below each citation in color; ∗ = corresponding author)

Submitted, In-Revision, or Preprint Journal Submissions

1.   Correa, SA, Kachabi, A, Colebank, MJ, and Chesler, NC. “Revisiting Murray’s Law in Pulmonary Arteries: Exploring branching patterns and principles” (In Revision: J Biomechanical Eng) (contributed to method development; editing and mentorship.)

2.   MacDonald, M., et al. “Competitive statistical inference for differential equations: Blinded evaluation for a more reliable method assessment” (Submitted; PLoS Comp Biol)

(developed model for international competition; writing and editing.))

3.   Lee, BY, et al. “How Multi-Scale Modeling Can Help Address Social Determinants of Health and Resulting Disparities” (In Review; PLoS Comp Biol)

(contributed writing and participated in NIH-IMAG working group on modeling and health disparities.)

4.  Lechuga, CG, Raza, F, Colebank, MJ, Chesler, NC, “Characteristic Impedance with Exercise Testing Correlated with Right Ventricular-Pulmonary Arterial Coupling in Isolated Post-Capillary Pulmonary Hypertension.” (In Revision; Chest)

(mentored Lechuga; provided physiological insight; provided some statistical insight; editing.)

Refereed Journal Publications

5.   Wearing, O, et al. “Guidelines for assessing left-ventricular pressure-volume relationships in rodents” (Accepted; Am J Physiol Heart Circ) (contributed writing; performed literature review.)

6.  Kimpton†, L, Paun†, LM, Colebank†, MJ, and Volodina†, V “Challenges and Opportunities in Uncertainty Quantification for Healthcare and Biological Systems” († authors contributed equally; Accepted; Phil Trans R Soc A;) (introduction review to a special issue collection of 23 articles.)

7.   Paun, M†, Colebank, MJ†, Husmeier, D, “A comparison of surrogate models for forward and inverse problems in blood flow modeling.” (†authors contributed equally; Accepted; Phil Trans R Soc A)

(developed fluid dynamics model; conducted equal amount of analyses; developed code; writing.)

8.  Colebank∗, MJ, Chesler NC. “Efficient Uncertainty Quantification in a Multiscale Model of Pulmonary Arterial and Venous Hemodynamics.” Biomech Model Mechanbobiol (2024) https://doi.org/10.1007/s10237-024-01875-x)

(conducted all simulations and writing)

9.  Paun, LM, Colebank, MJ, Taylor-LaPole, A., et al. “SECRET: Statistical Emulation for Computational Reverse Engineering and Translation with applications in healthcare” Comput Meth Appl Mech Engng (2024) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cma.2024.117193

(developed model for international competition; writing and editing.)

10.  Colebank∗, MJ, Oomen, Pim A., Witzenburg, Colleen, Beard, Daniel, Olufsen, Mette, Husmeier, Dirk, and Chesler, Naomi “Guidelines for in-silico cardiovascular analyses.” (Invited manuscript.; Am J Physiol Heart Circ. https://doi.org/10.1152/ajpheart.00766.2023 (organized guidelines article; wrote a majority of the manuscript; editing.)

11.    Kozitza, CJ, Colebank, MJ, Chesler, NC, Gonzalez-Pereira, JP, Rold´an-Alzate, A and Witzenburg, CM, “Estimating Pulmonary Arterial Remodeling via an Animal-specific Computational Model of Pulmonary Artery Stenosis.” Biomech Model Mechanbobiol (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10237-024-01850-6

(developed fluid dynamics model; some writing and editing.)

12.   Kachabi, A., Colebank, MJ, Chesler, NC “Subject-Specific One-Dimensional Fluid Dynam- ics Model Of Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension” Biomech Model Mechnobiol (2023).  https://doi.org/10.1007/s10237-023-01786-3

(mentored Kachabi; provided initial code; advised design, analysis, and writing.)

13.   Colebank, MJ, Taylor, R, Hacker, T, Chesler, N “A computational analysis of biventricular interaction during acute left ventricular ischemia in mice.” Ann Biomed Eng (2023). https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.01.26.525736 Featured on cover of journal issue.

(conducted all simulations; developed code; designed experiments; writing.)

14.   Colunga†, AL, Colebank†, MJ, REU Program, MS, “Parameter inference in a computational model of hemodynamics in pulmonary hypertension.” J R Soc Interface, 20(200):20220735 (2023). † authors contributed equally; https://doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2022.0735

(co-conducted all simulations, including model development, parameterization, uncertainty quantification, and parameter estimation; writing.)

15.   Pewowaruk, RJ, Colebank, MJ, Spronck, B, Korcarz CE, Gepner, AD “Biomechanics Models Predict Increasing Smooth Muscle Tone as a Novel Therapeutic Target for Central Arterial Dysfunction in Hypertension” J Hypertens, 41(4):572-579 (2023). https://doi.org/10. 1097/HJH.0000000000003370

(provided insight into sensitivity analysis and vessel mechanics; writing.)

16.   Taylor-LaPole, AM, Colebank, MJ, Weigand, JD, Olufsen, MS, Puelz, C, “A computational study of aortic reconstruction in single ventricle patients.” Biomech Model Mechanobiol, 22:357-377 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10237-022-01650-w

(helped develop computational model; provided insight into wave intensity analysis and parameterization; writing and editing.)

17.   Colebank, MJ, Chelser, N, “An in-silico analysis of experimental designs to study ventricular function: A focus on the right ventricle.” PLoS Comput Biol, 18(9):e1010017 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1010017

(conducted all simulations; developed code; writing.)

18.   Darquenne, C, Borojeni, AAT, Colebank, MJ, Forest, MG, Madas, BG, Tawhai, M, Jiang,

Y. “Aerosol transport modeling: the key link between lung infections of individuals and populations.” Front Physiol, 13:923945 (2022). https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10. 3389/fphys.2022.923945/

(wrote section on endothelial cell dysfunction; developed figures; writing and editing.)

19.   Bartolo, M, Qureshi, MU, Colebank, MJ, Olufsen, MS, Chesler, N, “Numerical predictions of shear stress and cyclic stretch in pulmonary hypertension due to left heart failure.” Biomech Model Mechanobiol, 21, 363–381 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10237-021-01538-1 (mentored Bartolo on computational framework; developed components of multiscale model; writing and editing.)

20.  Colebank, MJ, Qureshi, MU, Rajagopal, S, Krasuski, R, Olufsen, MS, “A computational model of vascular function in chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension.” Am J Physiol Heart Circ, 321(2): H318-H338 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1152/ajpheart.00086.2021 (conducted all simulations; developed code; writing.)

21.   Paun LM, Colebank MJ, Olufsen MS, Hill NA, Husmeier D. “Assessing model mismatch and model selection in a Bayesian uncertainty quantification analysis of a fluid-dynamics model of pulmonary blood circulation.” J R Soc Interface, 17(173):20200886 (2020). https:

//doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2020.0886

(established computational models; provided physiological insight; developed code; writing.)

22.  Chambers MJ, Colebank MJ, Qureshi MU, Clipp R, Olufsen MS. “Structural and hemodynamic properties of murine pulmonary arterial networks under hypoxia-induced pulmonary hypertension.” Proc Inst Mech Eng H, 234(11): 1312-1329 (2020). https://doi.org/10. 1177/0954411920944110

(established components of multiscale model; provided physiological insight; assisted in model parameterization; developed code; writing.)

23.  Colebank, MJ, Paun, LM, Qureshi, MU, Chesler, N, Husmeier, D, Olufsen, MS, Fix, LE. “Influence of image segmentation on one-dimensional fluid dynamics predictions in the mouse pulmonary arteries.” J R Soc Interface, 16(159): 20190284 (2019). http://doi.org/10. 1098/rsif.2019.0284

(conducted all simulations; developed code; writing.)

24.  Colebank, MJ, Qureshi, MU, Olufsen, MS. “Sensitivity analysis and uncertainty quantification of 1D models of pulmonary hemodynamics in mice under control and hypertensive conditions.” Int J Numer Meth Biomed Engng, 37(11):e3242 (2019). https://doi.org/10. 1002/cnm.3242

(conducted all simulations; developed code; writing.)

25.  Qureshi MU, Colebank MJ, Paun M, Ellwein L, Chesler N, Haider MA, Hill NA, Husmeier D, Olufsen MS. “Hemodynamic assessment of pulmonary hypertension in mice: a model based analysis of the disease mechanism.” Biomech Model Mechanobiol 18(1): 219-243 (2019). (http://doi.org/10.1007/s10237-018-1078-8)

(analyzed medical imaging and hemodynamic data; assisted in running model simulations; assisted in writing.)

26.  Qureshi MU, Colebank MJ, Schreier DA, Tabima DM, Haider MA, Chesler NC, Olufsen MS. “Characteristic impedance: Frequency or time domain approach?” Physiol Meas, 39(1): 014004 (2018). http://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6579/aa9d60.

(analyzed hemodynamic data; assisted in running model simulations; assisted in writing.)

27.  Paun LM, Qureshi MU, Colebank MJ, Hill NA, Olufsen MS, Haider MA, Husmeier D. “MCMC methods for inference in a mathematical model of pulmonary circulation.” Stat Neerl, 72(3): 306-338 (2018). http://doi.org/10.1111/stan.12132

(analyzed medical imaging and hemodynamic data; assisted in running model simulations; assisted in writing.)

Ph.D. Thesis

28.  Colebank, MJ “Computational Modeling of Patient Specific Pulmonary Hemodynamics,” North Carolina State University (2021).

(conducted all numerical experiments and writing)

Refereed Conference Proceedings

29.  Colebank, MJ, Chesler, NC “Parameter Identifiability for a Pulmonary Hemodynamic Model using Emulation.” Computational and Mathematical Biomedical Engineering Conference (CMBE), Arlington, VA (June, 2024).

conducted all simulations and writing.

30.  Borowska, A Colebank, MJ, Olufsen, MS, Husmeier, D “Evaluating Closed-Loop Effects from Vasodilator Administration for Pulmonary Hypertension Treatment.” Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Statistics: Theory and Applications (ICSTA’23) August, 2023, London, UK.

(developed fluid dynamics model; provided physiological insight; assisted in model parameterization; developed code; writing.)

31.   Kachabi, A., Colebank, MJ, Chesler, NC “Subject-Specific One-Dimensional Fluid Dynamics Model Of Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension.” Summer Biomechanics, Bioengineering, and Biotransport Conference (SB3C), Veil, CO (2023).

(mentored Kachabi; assisted in model parameterization; assisted in writing and editing.)

32.  Colebank, MJ, Chesler, NC “Teaching Cardiovascular Physiology with Computational Modeling: Insight from a New, Team-Taught Course in Biomedical Engineering.” ASEE 2023 An- nual Conference, Baltimore, MD (2023). https://peer.asee.org/42682

(co-developed and co-taught course; performed analysis; writing.)

33.  Colebank, MJ, Chesler, NC “An in-silico analysis of experimental designs to study right ventricular function and pulmonary hypertension,” Summer Biomechanics, Bioengineering, and Biotransport Conference (SB3C) Cambridge, MD (2022).

(conducted all simulations and writing.)

34.  Paun, ML, Borowska, A, Colebank, MJ, Olufsen, MS, Husmeier, D. “Inference in cardiovascular modelling subject to medical interventions.” Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Statistics: Theory and Applications (ICSTA’21) August, 2021, Czech Republic (virtual). Won best conference paper prize

(provided computational model; provided physiological insight; some writing and editing.)

35.  Colebank, MJ, Qureshi, MU, Rajagopal, S, Krasuski, R, Olufsen, MS, “Multiscale Hemo- dynamic Predictions In Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension” Summer Biome- chanics, Bioengineering, and Biotransport Conference (SB3C) Virtual (2021).

(conducted all simulations and writing.)

36.  Paun, ML, Colebank, MJ, Qureshi, MU, Olufsen, MS, Hill, NA Husmeier, D. “MCMC with delayed acceptance using a surrogate model with an application to cardiovascular dy- namics.” Proceedings of the International Conference on Statistics: Theory and Applications (ICSTA’19) 13 - 14 August, 2019, Lisbon, Portugal. http://doi.org/10.11159/icsta19.28 

       (provided computational model; provided physiological insight; some writing and editing.)

37.  Paun, ML, Qureshi, MU, Colebank, MJ, Haider, MA, Olufsen, MS, Hill, NA, Husmeier, N. “Parameter Inference in the Pulmonary Blood Circulation of Mice.” Proceedings of the 32nd International Workshop on Statistical Modelling (IWSM 2017), pp. 190-195, 2017, Groningen, Netherlands.

(provided computational model; provided physiological insight; some writing and editing.)

In Preparation Journal Publications

38.  Colebank∗, MJ, “Beyond Sobol’: using polynomial chaos expansions to conduct parameter identifiability.” (In preparation)

(developed code, wrote manuscript.

39.  Colebank∗, MJ, “A comparison of moment-dependent and moment-independent sensitivity indices in cardiovascular modeling” (In preparation)

(developed code, wrote manuscript.

40.  Kachabi, A, Correa, SA, Chesler, NC, Colebank∗, MJ, “Rapid parameter inference for a computational hemodynamics model using Gaussian processes.” (In preparation)

(served as primary mentor; editing and numerical development.

41.   Borowska, A, Colebank, MJ, Chesler, NC, Olufsen, MS, Husmeier, D, “Evaluating closed- loop effects from vasodilator administration for pulmonary hypertension treatment.” (developed fluid dynamics model; provided physiological insight; assisted in model parameterization; developed code; writing.)

42.  Volodina, V, L Kimpton, et al. “Uncertainty quantification in healthcare and biology - challenges, opportunities and open questions” (Review article from 2023 Lorentz Center on ”Uncertainty Quantification for Healthcare and Biological Systems”).

(contributed to multiple article sections; provided example models; writing.)