Research / Engineering
Embedded systems & scarce-data inference
Research and tools at the boundary of physical systems, sensing, and uncertainty.
02 Selected work
Work.
Projects spanning emergency medicine, EMS, embedded systems, and the difficult decisions that connect them.
Medicine / Operations
EMS medical direction & protocol development
Evidence-based protocols and quality improvement for a suburban fire and EMS agency.
Education
Fellowship, resident, and paramedic training
Curriculum design and teaching across the EMS training pipeline.
Recent publications
Sharkey-Toppen TP, Mendpara J, Moeller K, Frey JA, VanBuren JM, Gausche-Hill M, Shah MI, Bosson N, Hansen M, Wendelberger B, Wang HE. Novel Technologies for Identifying Treatment Assignment in a Prehospital Pediatric Emergency Care Clinical Trial. J Am Coll Emerg Physicians Open. 2026;7(3):100399.
Southerland LT, Simerlink SR, Smith ZJ, Sharkey-Toppen TP. A Quality Improvement Initiative to Decrease Hospital Admission for Skin and Soft Tissue Infections From an Observation Unit. J Am Coll Emerg Physicians Open. 2025;6(3):100140.
Wang HE, Yu M, Chu CM, Sharkey-Toppen TP, Hyer JM, Nassal M, Delamare A, Powell J, Wei L, Lowe R, Moeller K, Keister A, Panchal A. Oral anticoagulant use by emergency medical services patients: an observational study. Clin Exp Emerg Med. 2025;12(4):350-357.
Wang HE, Yu MI, Crowe RP, Nassal MMJ, Gage C, Hyer JM, Powell J, Ulintz A, Sharkey-Toppen T, Wei L, Moeller K, Panchal AR. Longitudinal Changes in Emergency Medical Services Advanced Airway Management. JAMA Netw Open. 2024;7(8):e2427763.
Kman NE, McGrath J, Panchal AR, Malone M, Sharkey-Toppen T, Way DP. Implementation of a workshop for mass casualty incident triage training using an immersive virtual reality simulation. AEM Educ Train. 2024;8(Suppl 1):S70-S75.