Research Scholar Grant

The Foundation’s premier career development grant transitions junior faculty to independent investigators. Funding protects research time to conduct complex projects under the guidance of a mentor and scientific advisor in preparation for NIH funding. Two-year grant of $150,000.

Sharath Bhagavatula, MD  
Brigham and Women's Hospital  
Development of Superparamagnetic Iron-Oxide Nanoparticle (SPIO-NP)-Enhanced Microwave Ablation  
GE HealthCare/RSNA Research Scholar  

David Ballard, MD  
Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology  
Feasibility of 18 F-Fdg PET-MR To Assess Perianal Fistula Inflammation in Symptomatic Perianal Crohn
Bracco Diagnostics Inc./RSNA Research Scholar Grant  

Jason Chiang, MD, PhD  
University of California, Los Angeles  
Augmenting Microwave Ablation with Supercharged NK Cell Therapy in an Oncopig Liver Tumor Model  
RSNA Research Scholar Grant  

Maggie Chung, MD  
University of California, San Francisco  
Deep-learning Based Simulated Contrast Breast MRI for Supplemental Breast Cancer Screening
RSNA Research Scholar Grant  

Elizabeth George, MBBS  
University of California San Francisco  
Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping of Neonatal Cerebral Oxygenation to Predict Neurodevelopmental Outcomes in Congenital Heart Disease  
RSNA Research Scholar Grant  

Roger Goldman, MD, PhD  
University of California, Davis  
Artificial Intelligence for Interpretation and Localization in Digital Subtraction Angiography  
RSNA Research Scholar Grant RSNA Research Scholar Grant  
 
Xiaoyang Liu, MD, PhD  
University of Toronto  
Multimodal Integration of Radiology, Genomics and Pathology for Recurrence Prediction in Hepatocellular Carcinomas After Curative Resection  
AGFA HealthCare/RSNA Research Scholar Grant  

Sarah Mohajeri, MD, MPH  
University of Rochester  
Imaging Hypoxic Brain Injury in Cerebral Malaria: Role in the Acute Phase of Disease, Death and Long-Term Sequela in Survivors  
RSNA Research Scholar Grant  

Christopher Newman, MD, PhD  
Indiana University  
Supplementation of Skeletal Survey with Whole Body MRI for Fracture Detection in Children with Suspected Physical Abuse
RSNA Research Scholar Grant

Austin R. Pantel, MD, MSTR  
University of Pennsylvania  
Dual-Tracer Multiparametric PET to Better Characterize Cancer 
RSNA Research Scholar Grant  

Ali Pirasteh, MD  
University of Wisconsin Madison  
Development of FAPI PET as a Non-invasive Biomarker of Liver Fibrogenesis  
RSNA Research Scholar Grant 
 
Benjamin Pulli, MD  
Stanford University  
Intra-arterial Microenvironment Sampling in Acute Ischemic Stroke Patients Treated by Endovascular Thrombectomy
Joan Eliasoph, MD/RSNA Research Scholar Grant  
 
Katherine Reinshagen, MD  
Massachusetts Eye & Ear  
Characterizing Structural Connectivity in the Central Auditory Pathway from Hidden Hearing Loss
RSNA Research Scholar Grant

Liqiang Ren, PhD, DABR  
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center  
Early Detection of Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma with Clinical Photon-Counting Computed Tomography  
RSNA Research Scholar Grant  

Jaehoon Shin, MD, PhD  
University of California, San Francisco  
A Novel Strategy for Locoregional Engineered T cell Therapy
Canon Medical Systems, USA/RSNA Research Scholar Grant  

Zaid Siddiqui, MD  
Baylor College of Medicine  
Deep Embeddings to Identify Early Phenotype Changes in Brain Metastases 
RSNA Research Scholar Grant  
 
Susan Sotardi, MD, MScEng
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia  
Center for Diagnostic Imaging in Child Maltreatment: Improving Fracture Detection Through Machine Learning
RSNA Research Scholar Grant
 
Karthik M. Sundaram, MD, PhD  
University of Pennsylvania  
Developing an Image-Guided Approach for Optimal Surgical Debulking and Treatment of Recurrent
Ovarian Cancer Using a Novel Theranostic Agent  
GE HealthCare/RSNA Research Scholar