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 $200,000.
Dooman Arefan, PhDUniversity of Pittsburgh
Investigate Novel Imaging Biomarkers from Breast DCE-MRI for Predicting Long-Term Risk of Breast Cancer Recurrence
David Ballard, MD*
Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology
Feasibility of 18 F-Fdg PET-MR to Assess Perianal Fistula Inflammation in Symptomatic Perianal Crohn’s Disease
Bracco Diagnostics Inc.
Kathleen M. Capaccione, MD, PhD
Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Mechanisms of Response to FAP Radiotherapy with Immunotherapy in NSCLC
Florence Chiang, MD, PhD
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Toward Characterization of Network-Based Neurodegeneration and Neuroinflammation in Multiple Sclerosis Using PET/MRI
Maggie Chung, MD*
University of California, San Francisco
Deep-learning Based Simulated Contrast Breast MRI for Supplemental Breast Cancer Screening
Pippa Cosper, MD, PhD
University of Wisconsin - Madison
Chromosomal Instability as a Biomarker of Radiation Response in HPV+ Head and Neck Cancers
Andrew C. Gordon, MD, PhD
Northwestern University
Defining an Ablative Dose for Y90 TARE with Advanced Dosimetry and Functional MRI
Avanti Gulhane, MD
University of Washington
Enhancing Cardiac MR Imaging of Sarcoidosis via Radiomics Texture Analysis to Reduce Patient Burden and Improve Efficiency
Joan Eliasoph, MD Charitable Remainder Annuity Trust
Sumit Gupta, MBBS, PhD
Brigham & Women’s Hospital
Utilizing Spectral and Ultra High-Resolution Data from Non-Contrast Photon Counting Computed Tomography for Enhanced Cardiopulmonary Tissue Characterization in Transthyretin Amyloid Cardiomyopathy
Christopher Hensley, MD, PhD
The University of Alabama at Birmingham
Optimizing Glutamine PET Tracer Development to Guide Glutamine Inhibitor Use in Breast Cancer
Doris Leithner, MD
NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Multinuclear MRI for Treatment Monitoring in Patients With HER2 Positive Breast Cancer
Ningcheng Peter Li, MD
University of Massachusetts
Gene Therapy for Chronic Venous Disease: Optimizing Delivery and Therapeutic Impact in a Large Animal Model
Thomas Marini, MD
University of Rochester Medical Center
A New Frontier in Neuroimaging: Testing Ultrasound Tomography for Imaging of the Brain
Sarah Mohajeri, MD*
University of Rochester Medical Center
Imaging Hypoxic Brain Injury in Cerebral Malaria: Role in the Acute Phase of Disease, Death and Long Term Sequela in Survivors
Arash Nazeri, MD
Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology
Indirect and Direct Deuterium Displacement Exchange Imaging for Probing Brain Fluid Dynamics in Health and Disease
Christopher Newman, MD, PhD*
Indiana University
Supplementation of Skeletal Survey with Whole Body MRI for Fracture Detection in Children with Suspected Physical Abuse
Austin R. Pantel, MD*
University of Pennsylvania
18F FluorThanatrace PET/CT to Characterize Malignancy and Guide Therapy
Katherine Reinshagen, MD*
Massachusetts Eye & Ear
Characterizing Structural Connectivity in the Central Auditory Pathway from Hidden Hearing Loss
Jaehoon Shin, MD, PhD*
University of California, San Francisco
A Novel Strategy for Locoregional engineered T cell Therapy
Canon Medical Systems, USA
Zaid Siddiqui, MD*
Baylor College of Medicine
Deep Embeddings to Identify Early Phenotype Changes in Brain Metastases
Susan Sotardi, MD*
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Center for Diagnostic Imaging in Child Maltreatment: Improving fracture detection through machine learning
*indicates second year-scholar grant recipient