RESEARCH INTERESTS
Dr Prasad's present and past research interests have been:
a. regarding tools for identification of sleepiness and related impairment in narcolepsy and OSA subjects.

b. the identification of residual breathing events during treatment of sleep apnea with a positive pressure device, utilizing the branded therapeutic device as an event detection device.

c. pharmacologic therapy for sleep apnea in phase II clinical trials.

d. the comparison of Autotitrating Positive Airway Pressure (APAP) devices to fixed pressure Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) devices with respect to cardiovascular risk factors, for the treatment of sleep apnea, with the long term goal of ultimately identifying the patient populations served/not served by the APAP treatment.

PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
Dr. Prasad studied medicine at Lady Hardinge Medical College in New Delhi, India. She was the first fellow to use the Center for Narcolepsy, Sleep and Health Research as part of a fellowship in the specialty of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep Medicine and Allergy. She was one of only two fellows to have their program funded by the National Institute of Health. Dr. Prasad became involved in clinical research in the area of sleep medicine under the mentorship of Dr. David Carley.  Now having completed her fellowship and joining the UIC faculty, she plans a career in academic medicine, focusing on clinical outcomes research in the field of sleep medicine. 

1999-2004 Internal Medicine Physician, Mary Mount Hospital, London, Kentucky, Baptist Regional Medical Center, Corbin, Kentucky

2007-2009 Clinical Instructor, Section of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep Medicine and Allergy, Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago IL 60612

2009-Present Assistant Professor, Section of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep Medicine and Allergy, Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612

EDUCATION AND TRAINING
1986-1988 Pre-medical Education, Central School, India

1988-1994 Medical Education (MBBS), Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi, India

1995-1996 Internship: Internal Medicine, State University of New York, Brooklyn, NY 11203

1996-1997 Residency: Internal Medicine, State University of New York, Brooklyn, NY, 11203

1997-1998 Residency: Internal Medicine, Saint Francis Hospital, Evanston, Evanston, IL 60644

1998-1999 Clinical Fellowship: General Internal Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612

2004-2007 Fellowship: Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612

2007-2009 Fellowship: Sleep Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612

2007-2010 Masters: MS in Clinical and Translational Science, School of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612

BOARD CERTIFICATION/ELIGIBILITY
1998 Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine
2006 Pulmonary Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine
2007 Critical Care Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine
2009 Sleep Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine

PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
Prasad B, Radulovacki M, Olopade CO, Herdegen JJ, Logan T, Carley DW. Single-blind, placebo-controlled study of the efficacy and safety of Ondansetron and Fluoxetine in patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea. SLEEP, in submission.

Prasad B, Herdegen JJ (2008), Sleep and Quality of Life in Obesity, chapter 46, Sleep and Quality of Life in Medical Illnesses. Humana Press, Published.

Prasad B, Chiang JS, Carley DW. Relationships among Daytime Sleepiness, Mood and Performance. Sleep and Breathing, in-revision.

Prasad B, Carley DW, Herdegen JJ. Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Device-based Automated Detection of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Compared to Standard Laboratory Polysomnography. Sleep and Breathing, in-press.