Yossi Chait

Professor

Scientific Director of the Innovation Center at American Renal Associates

208D ELab

University of Massachusetts
160 Governors Drive
Amherst, MA 01003-2210

chait@ecs.umass.edu

(413)545-0134

(413) 545-1027

Control in Biomedical Systems

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Education

B.S., The Ohio State University, 1982;
M.S., Michigan State University, 1984;
Ph.D., Michigan State University, 1988

Research

Systems Biology and Robust Feedback Control Design

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Publications

Germain MJ, Joubert J, O'Grady D, Nathanson BH, Chait Y, Levin NW “Comparison of stroke volume measurements during hemodialysis using bioimpedance cardiography and echocardiography” Hemodialysis international. International Symposium on Home Hemodialysis. 2017
Chait Y, Kalim S, Horowitz J, Hollot CV, Ankers ED, Germain MJ, Thadhani RI, "The greatly misunderstood erythropoietin resistance index and the case for a new responsiveness measure." Hemodialysis international. International Symposium on Home Hemodialysis. 2016; 20(3):392-8. NIHMSID: NIHMS798380
Shrestha RP, Horowitz J, Hollot CV, Germain MJ, Widness JA, Mock DM, Veng-Pedersen P, Chait Y. "Models for the red blood cell lifespan.”, Journal of pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics. 2016; 43(3):259-74. NIHMSID: NIHMS777813
Schneditz D, Ribitsch W, Schilcher G, Uhlmann M, Chait Y, Stadlbauer V., "Concordance of absolute and relative plasma volume changes and stability of Fcells in routine hemodialysis", Hemodialysis international. International Symposium on Home Hemodialysis. 2016; 20(1):120-8. NIHMSID: NIHMS798789
Gaweda AE, Ginzburg YZ, Chait Y, Germain MJ, Aronoff GR, Rachmilewitz E.,"Iron dosing in kidney disease: inconsistency of evidence and clinical practice.",Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation : official publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association - European Renal Association. 2015; 30(2):187-96.
Chait Y, Horowitz J, Nichols B, Shrestha RP, Hollot CV, Germain MJ.,"Control-relevant erythropoiesis modeling in end-stage renal disease", IEEE transactions on bio-medical engineering. 2014; 61(3):658-64.
Merrill S, Horowitz J, Traino AC, Chipkin SR, Hollot CV, Chait Y., "Accuracy and optimal timing of activity measurements in estimating the absorbed dose of radioiodine in the treatment of Graves' disease", Physics in medicine and biology. 2011; 56(3):557-71.
Nichols B, Shrestha RP, Horowitz J, Hollot CV, Germain MJ, Gaweda AE, Chait Y., "Simplification of an erythropoiesis model for design of anemia management protocols in end stage renal disease", Conference proceedings : ... Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual Conference. 2011; 2011:83-6. NIHMSID: NIHMS604117
Shrestha RP, Hollot CV, Chipkin SR, Schmitt CP, Chait Y., "A mathematical model of parathyroid hormone response to acute changes in plasma ionized calcium concentration in humans", Mathematical biosciences. 2010; 226(1):46-57.
Degon M, Chipkin SR, Hollot CV, Zoeller RT, Chait Y., "A computational model of the human thyroid",Mathematical biosciences. 2008; 212(1):22-53.

Honors

2013, Lady Davis Fellow, the Technion, Haifa, Israel.
2008, Lady Davis Fellow, the Technion, Haifa, Israel.
2006, US patent #7,085,236, Active queue management for differentiated services.
2004, Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
2002, Lady Davis Fellow, the Technion, Haifa, Israel.
2002, Academic Guest, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, ETH, Zürich, Switzerland
2000, Honorary Member, Pi Tau Sigma.
2000, Outstanding Advisor Service Award, College of Engineering and Joint Student Engineering Societies
1996, Dutch Systems Network Professorship, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands.
1996, Visiting Professor, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.

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