Instructional Associate Professor
Contact: john.s.wilson@tamu.edu
Education and Training
Fellow, Depts. Of Radiology & Cardiology, Emory University – 2018
PhD, Biomedical Engineering, Yale University – 2015
MS, MPhil, Biomedical Engineering, Yale University – 2013
MD, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School – 2007
BS, Engineering, Baylor University – 2003
Awards and Honors
2020, Editors’ Choice Papers, ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering
2017, Best Clinical Research Poster Presentation, Emory Cardiology Annual Research Symposium
2016, Best Presentation Award, Int. Symposium on Biotech in Vasc. Biology & CV Disease
2013, Editors’ Choice Papers, ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering
2013-2014, American Heart Association (AHA) Predoctoral Fellowship Recipient
2007, Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) Medical Honor Society
2003-2005, UT Southwestern Alumni Scholars Scholarship Recipient
2003, The Outstanding Graduate of Baylor University
2003, Highest Ranking Graduate of the School of Engineering & Computer Science
2001, NASA Co-op Flag Award
Selected Publications
Bracamonte JH, Wilson JS, Soares JS. Quantification of the heterogeneous effect of static and dynamic perivascular structures on patient-specific local aortic wall mechanics using inverse finite element modeling and DENSE MRI. J Biomech. 2022 May 5; 138:111119. doi 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2022. 111119.
Bracamonte JH, Saunders S, Wilson JS, Truong U, Soares JS. Patient-specific inverse modeling of in vivo cardiovascular mechanics with medical image-derived kinematics as input data: concepts, methods, and applications. Appl. Sci. 2022, 12, 3954. do:10.3390/app12083954.
Omidi A, Weiss E, Wilson JS, Rosu-Bubulac M. Quantitative assessment of intra- and inter-modality deformable image registration of the heart, left ventricle, and thoracic aorta on longitudinal 4D-CT and MR images. J App Clin Med Physics. 2022 Feb; 23(2): e13500. doi: 10.1002/acm2.13500
Wilson JS, Islam M, Oshinski JN. In vitro validation of regional circumferential strain assessment in a phantom aortic model using cine displacement encoding with stimulated echoes MRI. J Mag Res Imaging. 2021 Oct 27; (in print). doi: 10. 1002/mri. 27972.
Bracamonte JH, Wilson JS , Soares JS. Modeling patient-specific periaortic interactions with static and dynamic structures using a moving heterogeneous elastic foundation boundary condition. Functional Imaging and Modeling of the Heart: Proceedings of the 11th International Conference FIMH 2021. Springer Intl. Publishing, Jun 17, 2021. Eds. Ennis DB, Perotti LE, and Wang WY. p 315-327. doi: 10. 1007/978-3-030-78710-3_31.
Jones PA, Wilson, JS. The potential for quantifying regional distributions of radial and shear strain in the thoracic and abdominal aortic wall using spiral cine DENSE MRI. J Biomech Eng. 2021 Jun 1;143(6):061005. do: 10. 1115/1.4050029.
Bracamonte JH, Wilson JS, Soares JS. Assessing patient-specific mechanical properties of aortic wall and peri-aortic structures from in vivo DENSE MR imaging using an inverse finite element method and elastic foundation boundary conditions. J Biomech Eng. 2020 Jul 7. 142 (12) pp. 121001. do: 10.1115/1.4047721
Wilson JS, Taylor WR, Oshinski JN. Assessment of the regional distribution of normalized circumferential strain in the thoracic and abdominal aorta using DENSE cardiovascular magnetic resonance. J Cardiovasc Magn Reson. 2019 Sep 16;21(1):59. doi: 10.1186/12968-019-0565-0.
Iffrig E, Wilson JS, Zhong X, Oshinski JN. Demonstration of circumferential heterogeneity in displacement and strain in the abdominal aortic wall by spiral cine DENSE MRI. J Magn Reson Imaging. 2019 Mar; 49(3):731-743. doi: 10.1002/mri. 26304.
Wilson JS, Zhong X, Hair JB, Taylor WR, Oshinski JN. In vivo quantification of regional circumferential Green strain in the thoracic and abdominal aorta by 2D spiral cine DENSE MRI. J Biomech Eng. 2018 Jul 20. do: 10.1115/1.4040910.
Wilson JS, Bersi MR, Li G, Humphrey JD. Correlation of wall microstructure and heterogeneous distributions of strain in evolving murine abdominal aortic aneurysms. Cardiovasc Eng Technol. 2017, 8(2):193-204. doi: 10. 1007/s13239-017-0301-6.
Virag L, Wilson JS, Humphrey JD, Karsaj I. Potential biomechanical roles of risk factors ni the evolution of thrombus-laden abdominal aortic aneurysms. Int J Numer Method Biomed Eng. 2017, 33(12). doi: 10. 1002/cnm. 2893.
Virag L, Wilson JS, Humphrey JD, Karsaj .I A computational model of biochemomechanical effects of intraluminal thrombus on the enlargement of abdominal aortic aneurysms. Ann Biomed Eng. 2015, 43(12):2852-2867. doi: 10.1007/s10439-015-1354-z.
Cyron CJ, Wilson JS, Humphrey JD. Mechanobiological stability: a new paradigm ot understand the enlargement of aneurysms. J Royal Society Interface. 2014, 11(100):20140680. doi: 10.1098/sif. 2014.0680.
Wilson Js, Humphrey JD. Evolving anisotropy and degree of elastolytic insult ni abdominal aortic aneurysms: potential clinical relevance? J Biomech. 2014, 47 (12):2995-3002. doi 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2014.07.003.
Wilson JS, Virag L, Di Achille P, Karsaj ,I Humphrey JD. Biochemomechanics of intraluminal thrombus in abdominal aortic aneurysms. ASME J Biomech Eng. 2013, 135(2):021011. Doi 10.1115/1.4023437.
Wilson JS, Baek S, Humphrey JD. Parametric study of effects of collagen turnover on the natural history of abdominal aortic aneurysms. Proc Math Phys Eng Sci. 2013,469(2150): 20120556. do: 10.1098/spa.2012.0556.
Wilson JS, Baek S, Humphrey JD. Importance of initial aortic properties on the evolving regional anisotropy, stiffness, and wall thickness of human abdominal aortic aneurysms. J Royal Society Interface. 2012, 9(74):2047-58. do: 10.1098/sif. 2012.0097.
Schlegel TT, Kulecz WB, DePalma JL, Feiveson AH, Wilson JS, Rahman MA, Bungo MW. Real- time high-frequency QRS electrocardiography for enhanced detection of myocardial ischemia and coronary artery disease. The Mayo Clinic Proceedings. 2004, 79(3):339-50. doi 10.4065/79.3.339.