Faculty
Medical Imaging
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Denise R. Aberle, M.D.
Professor EmeritusResearch Interests: Imaging-based clinical trials and medical data visualization.
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Jeffry Alger, Ph.D.
Professor EmeritusResearch Interests: Magnetic resonance and neuropathophysiology
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Matthew S. Brown, Ph.D.
Professor of Radiological SciencesResearch Interests: Computer-aided medical image analysis
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Maryam Bostani, Ph.D., DABR
Assistant Clinical ProfessorResearch Interests: Quantification of organ dose from Computed Tomography examinations
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Christopher Cagnon, Ph.D.
Professor of Radiological SciencesResearch Interests: Physics of computed tomography (CT) image acquisition, including estimating radiation dose and assessing image quality
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Aichi Chien, Ph.D.
Professor of Radiological SciencesResearch Interests: Image registration and computational flow dynamics for hemodynamic flow, especially for brain aneurysms
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Anthony G. Christodoulou, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Radiological SciencesResearch Interests: Cardiovascular imaging, Quantitative imaging, Cancer imaging, Multidimensional imaging, Artificial intelligence
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J. Paul Finn, M.D.
Professor of Radiological Sciences,Vice Chair of Innovative Technology, and Chief of DCVI
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Jonathan Goldin, M.D., Ph.D., FRCR
Professor of Radiological Sciences, Executive Vice Chair, and Chief of SMMRResearch Interests: Normal/abnormal lung function and morphology with ultra fast x-ray CT
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Hyun Grace Kim, Ph.D.
Professor of Radiological SciencesDeveloping a combining Genomics with physiologic imaging biomarkers to predict and follow treatment response in glioma cancer imaging biomarker.
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Rajesh Kumar, Ph.D.
Professor of Anesthesiology and Radiological SciencesResearch Interests: Magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy procedures: Neural control of autonomic, breathing, and cognitive functions.
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Allan Mackenzie-Graham, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of NeurologyNeuropathologies underlying gray matter atrophy in EAE
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Paul Macey, Ph.D.
Professor of NursingResearch Interests: The relationship between the brain and physical and psychological stresses in people with obstructive sleep apnea
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Michael McNitt-Gray, Ph.D.
Program Director and Chair of Physics and Biology in Medicine IDP, Professor of Radiological SciencesResearch Interests: Computer tomography physics, image acquisition and image analysis
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James W. Sayre, Ph.D.
Adjunct Professor Emeritus of Radiological SciencesResearch Interests: Receiver operating characteristic methods applied to Radiologic Imaging; discovering techniques in conjunction with statistical methods in intelligent multimedia information systems
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David W. Shattuck Ph.D.
Adjunct Professor of NeurologyResesarch Interests: The development of novel algorithms for processing magnetic resonance imaging data and the application of these algorithms to the study of the human brain
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Kyung Sung, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Radiological SciencesResearch Interests: MR Physics, image reconstruction and image analysis
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M. Albert Thomas, Ph.D.
Professor of Radiological SciencesResearch Interests: MR Imaging and spectroscopy: technical development and applications
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Daniel Tward, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Computational MedicineResearch Interests: Developing and applying computational tools that overcome challenges in neuroimaging, such as the wide range of imaging technologies producing data, and the complex geometry of the brain's anatomy.
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Holden Wu, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Radiological SciencesResearch Interests: Developing rapid and robust quantitative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques for improving diagnosis and treatment in oncologic and cardiovascular applications
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Xiaodong Zhong, Ph.D.
Associate ProfessorDept. of Radiological Sciences
Research Interests: We aspire to further our understanding of human cardiovascular system and improve clinical diagnosis and treatment through development and translation of state-of-art technologies.
Molecular Imaging and Theranostics
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Jorge R. Barrio, Ph.D.
Professor EmeritusResearch Interests: Local organ metabolism with radiopharmaceuticals labeled with positron emitters
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Elie Besserer-Offroy, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Molecular and Medical PharmacologyResearch Interests: Development of theranostic probes to identify and develop novel and effective therapeutics for brain cancer and especially glioblastomas
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Giuseppe Carlucci, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Molecular and Medical PharmacologyResearch Interests: Development of novel radiopharmaceuticals for targeted diagnosis and treatment of cancer.
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Arion Chatziioannou, Ph.D.
Professor of Molecular and Medical PharmacologyResearch Interests: Development of high resolution in vivo molecular imaging technology, based around Positron Emission Tomography (PET)
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Magnus Dahlbom, Ph.D.
Faculty Advisor and Vice-Chair of Physics and Biology in Medicine IDP, Professor of Molecular and Medical PharmacologyResearch Interests: Positron Emission Tomography instrumentation
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Thomas Graeber, Ph.D.
Professor of Molecular and Medical PharmacologyResearch Interests: Physics/Computational Biology: Systems biology of cancer signaling, identification of targets for molecular diagnostics, imaging, and therapy.
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Henry Sung-Cheng Huang, D.Sc.
Professor EmeritusResearch Interests: Tracer kinetic modeling, Positron Emission Tomography (PET)
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Oluwatayo Ikotun, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Molecular and Medical PharmacologyResearch Interests: Developing molecular imaging tools for in vivo characterization of immune cell populations.
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Jennifer Murphy, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Molecular and Medical PharmacologyResearch Interests: Developing new methods for the synthesis of small-molecule imaging probes that are useful for performing in vivo assays using PET.
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Christine Mona, Ph.D.
Assistant Adjunct Professor of Molecular and Medical PharmacologyResearch Interests: Nuclear medicine in different cancer paradigms
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Caius Radu, M.D.
Professor of Molecular and Medical PharmacologyResearch Interests: PET Imaging Approaches to Monitor T Lymphocyte Activation in Cancer and Autoimmunity
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Nagichettiar Satyamurthy, Ph.D.
Professor EmeritusResearch Interests: Synthesis of radiopharmaceutical labeled with short-lived positron emitters
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Daniel H. Silverman, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, Associate Chief of Biological Imaging, Associate Director of Altzheimer's Disease Center Imaging CoreResearch Interests: Neuronuclear Imaging; noninvasive cancer evaluation
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Hsian-Rong Tseng, Ph.D.
Professor of Molecular and Medical PharmacologyResearch Interests: Developing nanowire-based sensor arrays for label-free, realtime and high-throughput detection of molecular signatures in biological systems
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Michael van Dam, Ph.D.
Professor of Molecular and Medical PharmacologyResearch Interests: Novel microfluidic technologies and automated systems for solving problems in cancer research and molecular imaging.
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Shili Xu, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Molecular and Medial PharmacologyResearch Interests: The development of in vivo state-of-the-art molecular imaging technologies including positron emission tomography (PET), computed tomography (CT) and optical (fluorescence and bioluminescence) imaging.
Molecular & Cellular Oncology
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Nicholas Cacalano, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Radiation OncologyResearch Interests: Radiation Biology: signaling and gene expression in the immune system
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Richard A. Gatti, M.D.
Professor EmeritusResearch Interests: Mapping and Mining the Human Genome and Genome Instability and Cancer
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Steve P. Lee, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Radiation OncologyResearch Interests: Radiation Biology: Cancer and radiation therapy
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Nicholas Nickols, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Radiation OncologyResearch Interest: Genitourinary radiation oncology with an emphasis on treatment of localized high-risk prostate cancer.
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Dörthe Schaue, MRes., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Radiation OncologyResearch Interests: Tumor-specific immune responses following radiation therapy and the idea that radiation can be an immune adjuvant
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Michael L. Steinberg, M.D., F.A.C.R.
Professor and Chair of Radiation OncologyResearch Interests: Prostate cancer, head and neck cancer, gynecological cancer, and breast cancer.
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Erina Vlashi, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Radiation OncologyResearch Interests: Radiobiology and metabolic characteristics of cancer stem cells (CSCs), and the factors involved in the ability of non-CSCs to reprogram into CSCs
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Joanne Weidhaas, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Radiation OncologyResearch Interests: The genetics behind the radiation response and cancer biology
Therapeutic Medical Physics
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Nzhde Agazaryan, Ph.D., DABR, FAAPM
Professor of Radiation Oncology, Chief of Clinical Medical PhysicsResearch Interests: Stereotactic radio- surgery, stereotactic body radiotherapy, small field dosimetry, image-guided radiotherapy, functional image-guided radiotherapy, gated radiotherapy, eye plaque brachytherapy.
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Minsong Cao, Ph.D. DABR
Professor of Radiation OncologyResearch Interests: image guidance in radiation oncology, functional and physiological imaging and stereotactic body radiation therapy.
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James Lamb, Ph.D.
Vice Chair of Medical Physics, Associate Professor of Radiation OncologyResearch Interests: Machine learning, big data, and implementation science to improve the quality and safety of radiotherapy treatment; MRI-guided radiotherapy.
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Daniel Low, Ph.D., DABMP
Vice Chair of Medical Physics Research and Innovation, Professor of Radiation Oncology and Vice Chair of PhysicsResearch Interests: Modeling of human breathing motion, radiation therapy safety, quality assurance methods, image-guided radiation therapy including magnetic resonance-image guided radiation therapy
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Jack Neylon, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Radiation OncologyResearch Interests: Process automation and standardization, plan robustness quantification, and plan quality comparisons.
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Dylan O'Connell, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Radiation OncologyResearch Interests: Improving 4DCT reconstruction using a respiratory motion model, motion compensated cone-beam CT reconstruction, online adaptive therapy, and in-house clinical software safety.
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Sang-June Park, Ph.D., DABR
Associate Professor of Radiation OncologyResearch Interests: Brachytherapy, Monte Carlo simulations, EPID-based implanted marker tracking, respiratory gated imaging (4D-PET/4D-CT), and small animal imaging
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Sharon Qi, Ph.D., DABR
Associate Professor of Radiation OncologyResearch Interests: Biological/functional imaging guided radiation therapy and adaptive radiation therapy, respiration and motion management, clinical outcome assessment and biological modeling.
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Peter J. Rosemark, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor Emeritus of Radiation OncologyResearch Interests: Clinical radiation therapy, dosimetry
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Dan Ruan, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Radiation OncologyResearch Interests: Medical imaging, tomography, parametric and nonparametric estimation, dynamic systems, and general inverse problems in medical signal processing
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Ricky Savjani, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Radiation OncologyResearch Interests: Dissecting how the brain is organized, characterizing tissue properties, and optimizing radiation delivery for cancer.
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Steve Tenn, Ph.D., DABR
Associate Professor of Radiation OncologyResearch Interests: Investigating image guided methods for accurate stereotactic radiosurgery/radiotherapy and stereotactic body radiotherapy treatments