About
I am a PhD student in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin), advised by Dr. Edward Castillo in Dynamic Medical Image and Computing (DIMC) Lab. I completed my B.S. and M.S. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering at The Ohio State University.
Before joining UT Austin, I worked as a research associate in Roland Henry Lab at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) in the Department of Neurology, where I developed pipelines for processing and analyzing MRI data in patients with multiple sclerosis.
I joined DMIC Lab in Fall 2025. My current research focuses on developing machine learning and computational modeling approaches for pulmonary CT imaging, with an emphasis on lung anatomy, respiratory motion, and regional function.
Selected Publications
View All →High-Dose Pulse Glucocorticoid Treatment Prevents White Matter Spinal Cord Pseudoatrophy in Newly Diagnosed Multiple Sclerosis
S. Sacco, N. Papinutto, V. A. Schoeps, S. Cheng, W. A. Stern, H. Zhao, others
Annals of Neurology
Susceptibility-based imaging aids accurate distinction of pediatric-onset MS from myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibody-associated disease
S. Sacco, A. Virupakshaiah, N. Papinutto, V. A. Schoeps, A. Akula, H. Zhao, others
Multiple Sclerosis Journal
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Starting my PhD at the University of Texas at Austin