Congratulations to second year PhD student Anu Trivedi for her accepted abstract by RSNA titled “Imaging biomarkers for predicting overall and progression-free survival of newly diagnosed GBM in a clinical trial”! Through a secondary analysis of our Dose Escalation trial, she found trends that suggest that the volume of metabolically abnormal tissue in the brain…
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Karthik Ramesh wins the NIH Ruth L. Kirschstein NRSA Individual Predoctoral (F31) Fellowship
Congrats to Karthik Ramesh for winning the F31 Predoctoral Fellowship which will run from December 2019 till December 2024! His research project involves automated segmentation and disease-state classification of follow-up imaging for glioblastoma patients after completing radiation therapy. For this research project, as well as his training potential, he received this award.
Saumya Gurbani wins the ISMRM Merit Award and the Larry Clarke QIN Young Investigator Award
Saumya Gurbani, who defended his doctoral dissertation in the Spring of 2019, has received the ISMRM Merit Award of 2019 as well as the 2020 Larry Clarke QIN Young Investigator Award for his major contributions to clinical MR Spectroscopic Imaging. By developing deep learning algorithms for spectral artifact filtration [1], quantification of MR spectroscopic imaging…
Dr. Shim Named Crocker Family Chair in Cancer Innovation
Dr. Hyunsuk Shim, the Principal Investigator of the Brain Imaging Group, was named as the inaugural holder of the Crocker Family Chair in Cancer Innovation in the Department of Radiation Oncology. The Crocker Family Chair is named after a gift from Dr. Ian Crocker, a recently retired radiation oncologist and innovator at Emory University. His…
Scott Cordova Wins Scholar of Year Award
Scott Cordova, who just recently defended his doctoral dissertation, was awarded the Scholar of the Year award for Molecular Systems and Pharmacology graduate program at Emory University. He received the award at the Laney Graduate School’s annual banquet. Congratulations Scott!
Showing off magnetism at the Atlanta Science Festival
On Saturday, March 26th, members and friends of the Brain Imaging Group taught hundreds of excited young scientists about the science behind magnetism and MRI! Our booth was one of several from Emory University and was entitled “What’s in your noggin? Using MRI to look at your brain.” It was a fantastic opportunity to reach…
Dr. Kleinberg speaks at Winship
Dr. Lawrence Kleinberg spoke at the Winship Cancer Institute’s Grand Rounds this morning, presenting a talk entitled “Radio Surgery for Brain Metastasis: Is there such a thing as too much?”. Dr. Kleinberg is a professor of radiation oncology at the Johns Hopkins University and Chairman of the Brain Tumor Working Group of ECOG-ACRIN, the national consortium…
Atlanta Science Festival 2016
On Saturday, March 26, our MD/PhD student, Saumya Gurbani, will host an exhibit at the Atlanta Science Festival’s Exploration Expo. Gurbani’s application for his exhibit, titled “What’s in your noggin? A look at MRI of the Brain,” was recently approved by the Expo Committee. Hosted in Centennial Olympic Park, the annual Expo drew in over…
Saumya Gurbani named Finalist in Teaching Competition
Saumya Gurbani was selected as one of 8 finalists at the 2015 Emory University Medical School Teaching Competition on August 5th. The purpose of the competition is to teach a topic to an audience of medical students, faculty, and physicians, in 8 minutes. Saumya presented a talk on the basics of MRI, entitled “MRI and…
5-ALA Work Selected as Highlight Talk for WMIC
The World Molecular Imaging Society is an international scientific society dedicated to the understanding of biology and medicine through multimodal in vivo imaging of cellular and molecular events involved in normal and pathologic processes and utilization of quantitative molecular imaging in patient care. There are thousands of attendees for its annual meeting, the World Molecular…