Research Resident/Fellow Grant

The Research Resident/Fellow Grant provides investigators a chance to explore powerful ideas. Working alongside an experienced advisor, trainees gain insight in research methods and techniques, which is a catalyst to pursue research at a critical point in a radiologist’s career.

Julie Y. An, MD
University of California, San Diego
Using Electronic Alerts to Improve Compliance of Imaging-based HCC Surveillance in At-risk Patients: A Prospective, Randomized Controlled Trial
Strategic Radiology/RSNA Research Resident Grant

Evan DC Calabrese, MD, PhD
University of California, San Francisco
MR Imaging Deep Learning and Radiomics Features for Guiding Individualized Therapy in Diffuse Gliomas
Bracco Diagnostics Inc./RSNA Research Resident Grant

Kathleen Mary Capaccione, MD, PhD
Columbia University
Image-guided Molecular Targeted Irradiation Against Malignant Melanoma
RSNA Research Resident Grant

Jason Chiang, MD, PhD
University of California, Los Angeles
Computational Modeling of Combination Transarterial Embolization and Microwave Ablation Therapy Using 4D Flow MRI in an in Vivo Porcine Liver Model
Philips/RSNA Research Fellow Grant

Alan Chu, MD, PhD
University of Pennsylvania
Improved Localization and Quantification of Disease in Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration With High-resolution MRI at 7 Tesla
Prince Research Resident Grant

Brendan C. Cline, MD
Duke University
Safety and Endocrine Sequelae of Particle Embolization of the Pancreas in a Porcine Model
Silver Anniversary Campaign Pacesetters Research Fellow Grant

Philip G. Colucci, MD
Joan & Sanford I. Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Ultra-high Resolution Magnetic Resonance Neurography: An Interactive Atlas of the Brachial Plexus and Upper Extremity Peripheral Nerves
Siemens Healthineers/RSNA Research Fellow Grant

Mohammad Fakhri, MD
Washington University in St. Louis
Improving Resting-state fMRI Localization Precision for Presurgical Eloquent Cortex Mapping
RSNA Research Resident Grant

Joseph A. Frankl, MD
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Comparison of Quantitative Molecular Imaging to a Tissue-based Gold Standard for Brown Adipose Tissue Activity
RSNA Research Resident Grant

Colbey W. Freeman, MD
University of Pennsylvania
Detection of Brain Perfusion Abnormalities in a Porcine Model of ECMO With Contrast-enhanced Ultrasound
Robert E. Campbell, MD Research Resident Grant

Peter Goff, MD, PhD
University of Washington
DNA Damage Response Inhibitors & Radiation for Merkel Cell Carcinoma Immunogenic Cell Death
RSNA Research Resident Grant

Brian Hurt, MD, MS
University of California, San Diego
Probabilistic Visual Augmentation of Radiographs: Enhancing Physician Interpretation with Deep Learning
GE Healthcare/RSNA Research Resident Grant

Angela Y. Jia, MD, PhD
Johns Hopkins University
A Pilot Study of HPV E7-specific Soluble T-cell Receptor Radiopharmaceutical Therapy
RSNA Research Resident Grant

Matthew D. Li, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital
Automated Assessment of Change in Pulmonary Edema on Chest Radiographs Using a Siamese Neural Network
RSNA Presidents Circle Research Resident Grant

Ece Meram, MD
University of Wisconsin, Madison
A Quantitative Angiographic Technique for Characterizing Flow Through Normal and Stenotic Iliofemoral Arteries
Philips/RSNA Research Resident Grant

Christopher L. Newman, MD, PhD
Indiana University School of Medicine
Assessing Cortical Bone Porosity With Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Animals with Chronic Kidney Disease
Philips/RSNA Research Resident Grant

Charlie C. Park, MD, MS
Emory University
Assessment of Hemodynamic Flow Patterns in Patients with Internal Carotid Webs Compared to Patients with Atherosclerotic Plaques: A 4D Flow MRI Study
RSNA Research Resident Grant

Kelli B. Pointer, MD
University of Chicago
Non-canonical NF-κB Signaling Promotes Faster Tumor Growth and Metastases that can be Inhibited Through Blockade of p52 Signaling
RSNA Research Resident Grant

Corbin Lurrie Pomeranz, MD
Thomas Jefferson University
Diagnosing Chronic Exertional Compartment Syndrome: Measurement of Intra-compartmental Pressures Using Noninvasive Subharmonic Aided Pressure Estimation (SHAPE) Versus Shear Wave Elastography (SWE).
RSNA Research Resident Grant

Thomas A. Reher, MD
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Multi-compartment Diffusion Weighted Imaging Across the Lifespan in Healthy Aging and Alzheimer's Disease
Ralph Schlaeger Charitable Foundation Research Fellow Grant

Quaovi H. Sodji, MD, PhD
Stanford University
The Complement C3a Inhibits Natural Killer Cell Cytotoxic Activity and Infiltration into the Tumor Microenvironment of Pancreatic Cancer
RSNA Research Resident Grant

Jae Ho Sohn, MD
University of California, San Francisco
Longitudinal Risk Stratification of Pulmonary Nodules in National Lung Cancer Screening Data Using Gated Recurrent Unit
GE Healthcare/RSNA Research Fellow Grant

Jennifer A. Stanley, MD, PhD
Washington University in St. Louis
Exploiting Radiation Induced Anti-tumor Immunity in Advanced-stage and Metastatic Ovarian Cancer
RSNA Research Resident Grant

Lisa Sudmeier, MD, PhD
Emory University
Characterization of Cd8+ T-cells in Brain Metastases and Correlation with Response to Stereotactic Radiosurgery
RSNA Research Resident Grant

Veena Venkatachalam, MD, PhD
Massachusetts General Hospital
Using Live Cell Fluorescence Microscopy to Study the Effect of Common p53 Mutations on Cell Fate in Response to Ionizing Radiation
RSNA Research Resident Grant