Srinivas Kota, PhD

Dr. Srinivas Kota is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine and an investigator in the Neural Engineering/Neurotechnology track at the O’Donnell Brain Institute, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, USA.

His research focuses on predicting the severity of brain injury in neonates with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE), a rare but devastating condition that can lead to death or long-term disability. Dr. Kota’s current work integrates neurophysiological data acquisition with advanced signal processing techniques to develop predictive biomarkers for the early diagnosis and prognosis of brain injury in newborns with HIE. These biomarkers aim to identify infants at risk for neurodevelopmental impairment within the critical early hours of life, enabling timely initiation of neuroprotective therapies to improve outcomes. He earned his master’s and doctoral degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Southern Illinois University Carbondale and holds a Master of Science in Clinical Investigation from UT Southwestern Medical Center. He was recently selected for the O’Donnell Brain Institute’s Clinical Investigator Development Award. His overarching goal is to build an independent research career and contribute meaningfully to the advancement of neonatal neuroinformatics.