Trainee Research Prize

Manali Saini, MEng, PhD
Fellow
Deep Learning with Multi-Modal Ultrasound for Classification of Metastatic and Reactive Auxiliary Lymph Nodes
Breast Imaging

Mehrad Rokni, MD
Fellow
Socioeconomic and Racial Disparities in Coronary CT Angiography Outcomes: A Retrospective Cohort Analysis From 2015–2024
Cardiac Imaging

Felipe Castillo Aravena, MD
Fellow
Sex-Specific Associations of Long-Term Air Pollution Exposure with Coronary Artery Stenosis on Cardiac CT
Cardiac Imaging

Elena Ghotbi, MD
Fellow
CT-Derived Quantitative Emphysematous Changes and Deep Learning Derived Volumetric Vertebral Bone Loss in Non-COPD Individuals: A Multilevel Longitudinal Analysis from MESA
Chest Imaging

Anushree Burade, MBBS
Fellow
Predicting Future Vertebral Compression Fractures: Testing the Hypothesis that Chest Radiographs Are Better than DEXA
Emergency Radiology

Yashbir Singh, PhD, MEng
Fellow
The AI Advantage: Deep Learning Detects Cholangiocarcinoma Before Visible Mass Formation
Gastrointestinal Imaging

Nima Broomand Lomer, MD
Fellow
CT-Based Radiomics Differentiation of High Grade from Low Grade Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma: A Meta-Analysis
Genitourinary Imaging

Pedro Naime Araujo, MD
Fellow
What to Expect from Ablated Cervical Lymph Nodes: Insights from a Clinical Trial Using Multiparametric Ultrasound
Head & Neck Imaging

Songsoo Kim, MD
Fellow
Opportunistic Screening of Diabetes Using AI-Extracted Whole-Body MRI Biomarkers
Imaging Informatics

Yanqing Zhao, MD
Fellow
Preoperative Embolization Can Reduce Intraoperative Blood Loss and Perioperative Blood Transfusion for Spinal Tumor Resections
Interventional Radiology

Aurelie Choucair, MD
Fellow
Prognostic Factors for Metastatic Patients: Numeric Tumor Fraction in Liquid Biopsy, Tumor Volume and Anthropometry in CT Scans
Multisystem

Mahsa Dolatshahi, MD, MPH
Fellow
Midlife MR-Derived Visceral Adiposity is Linked to Cortical Thinning Independent from Body Mass Index
Multisystem

Mona Dabiri, MD
Fellow
Diagnostic Value of MRI in Pediatric Acute Osteomyelitis—Systematic Review & Bayesian HSROC Meta-Analysis: Is Intravenous Contrast Necessary?
Musculoskeletal Imaging

Sree Gongala
Fellow
Effect of Baseline Brain Health on Survival Outcomes in Glioblastoma Patients
Neuroradiology

Alireza Ghodsi, MD
Fellow
PSMA Pet-Derived Bone Tumor Volume as a Factor Associated with Hematologic Adverse Events in ¹⁷⁷Lu-PSMA-617 Therapy for Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer (mCRPC)
Nuclear Medicine & Molecular Imaging

Fuze Cong, PhD
Fellow
Precision Segmentation of Primary Epithelial Ovarian Tumors in Contrast-Enhanced CT: Multi-Center Validation, Performance Factor Analysis, and Radiomic Feature Alignment
OB/Gynecology

Kevin Fung, MBBS, FRCR
Fellow
Transradial versus Tranfemoral Access for Neurovascular Procedures in Children — A 5 Year Propensity Score Matching Analysis
Pediatric Imaging

Camilo Sotomayor, MD
Fellow
Oxidative Stress-Mediated DNA Damage Induced by Ionizing Radiation in Modern Two-Phase Contrast-Enhanced Abdomen and Pelvis CT
Physics

Shaojie Chang, PhD
Fellow
Stabilizing CT Radiomic Features Across Varying Tube Potentials (kVs) Using Learned Virtual Monoenergetic Imaging
Physics

Jessica Im, BEng
Fellow
3D-Printed Deformable Chest CT Respiratory Motion Phantom with Multi-Axis Deformation Mechanism
Physics

Kimika Matsuo
Fellow
Virtual Clinical Trial Simulating a Phase III Trial to Evaluate the Efficacy of High-Dose Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy for Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma Using Virtual Patients Created from Low-Dose Radiotherapy Patients
Radiation Oncology

Smily Sharma, MD, FRCR
Fellow
Exploring the Role of Pseudocontinuous ASL as a Predictor of Wound Healing following Infrapopliteal Balloon Angioplasty in Diabetic Foot Patients
Vascular Imaging

Eniko Pomozi
Fellow
HiPath: A Multimodal Deep Learning Tool for Vessel Segmentation and Precision Diagnosis of PAD
Vascular Imaging

Abhinav Suri, BA, MPH
Medical Student
IPN-Toolkit: An Automated Detection and Consistency Classification Algorithm for Indeterminate Pulmonary Nodules
Chest Imaging

Abigail Abernathy
Medical Student
Active Bleeding on Admission CT Correlates with Blood Transfusion Needs in the Setting of Multi-System Trauma
Emergency Radiology 

Kevin An
Medical Student
Impact Of Contralateral Systematic Biopsy Omission on Pathological Feature Detection in Solitary PI-RADS 4/5 Lesions
Genitourinary Imaging

Fan Yang
Medical Student
The Prognostic Value of Intra- and Peri-Tumoral Habitat Analysis in Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma: Combining IVIM and ASL
Head & Neck Imaging

Jonathan Huang, PhD
Medical Student
Efficiency Impacts of Generative AI-Assisted Computed Tomography Reporting
Imaging Informatics

Lin-Zhu Zhang
Medical Student
Autocatalytic Pickering Emulsion Modulates Tumor Metabolism and Enhances TACE Efficacy in HCC Therapy
Interventional Radiology

Feier Ding
Medical Student
Association between MRI-Based Quantification of Liver Iron and Cardiovascular Disease: A UK Biobank Prospective Cohort Study
Multisystem

Allison Lowe, BSc
Medical Student
Comparison of High-Resolution 3D vs. 2D Lumbar Spine MRI Using a Novel Deep Learning Reconstruction Algorithm and Prototype Conformal Spine Coil
Musculoskeletal Imaging

Adam Wright, BS
Medical Student
Impaired Coupling between Cerebral Arterial Blood and Perivascular CSF Dynamics in Alzheimer's Disease
Neuroradiology

Mahnur Bharucha
Medical Student
Empower Latinx: Empowering Hispanic Patient’s Lung Cancer Screening Uptake
Noninterpretive Skills (Beyond Imaging)

Eray Yilmaz, BSc
Medical Student
Projections of Future Heat-Related Emergency Medical Imaging under Climate Change Scenarios
Noninterpretive Skills (Beyond Imaging)

Sihan Chen
Medical Student
Surface-Modified Iron Oxide Nanoparticle-Based MRI T₁ Contrast Agents
Nuclear Medicine & Molecular Imaging

Zhilin Yuan
Medical Student
Development and Validation of an MRI Radiomics-Based Nomogram for Preoperative Identification of Low-Risk Cervical Cancer
OB/Gynecology

Rachel Ivy, BS
Medical Student
Children are Not Small Adults! A Systematic Review of the Performance of Adult-Trained Radiology AI Models in Pediatric Imaging
Pediatric Imaging

Alan Zhu, BS
Medical Student
5-Year Outcomes of a Phase II Interventional Clinical Trial of Prostate Bed Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy for Prostate Cancer with High-Risk Features Following Radical Prostatectomy
Radiation Oncology

Hanna Terhaar
Medical Student — Dr. Tapan K. Chaudhuri Award
Diagnostic Performance of AI-Enhanced Low-Dose Gadolinium Breast MRI Compared to Standard-Dose Protocols
Breast Imaging

Jorge Rey, MD
Resident
Cryoablation Effectiveness in Treating Stage I/II HER2-Negative Invasive Breast Cancer with Axillary Surgery Omission Based on Tumor Immunophenotype
Breast Imaging

Jan M. Brendel, MD
Resident
Sex-Specific Prognostic Value of Quantifying Coronary Plaque in Patients with Stable Chest Pain
Cardiac Imaging

Simon Bernatz, MD
Resident
Thymic Health Consequences in Adults
Chest Imaging

Katrina Nash, MBChB
Resident
Comparison of the Accuracy of Artificial Intelligence Software for the Detection of Pneumothorax on Chest Radiographs
Emergency Radiology

Chiara Zerbato, MD
Resident
Preoperative AI-Based CT Analysis Identifies High-Risk Body Composition Phenotypes for Postoperative Complications in Colorectal Cancer Patients
Gastrointestinal Imaging

Nikita Sushentsev, MD, PhD
Resident
Using Proton Spectroscopy to Improve Cribriform Prostate Cancer Detection at Pre-Biopsy MRI
Genitourinary Imaging

Mengqiu Liu
Resident
Quantitative Study of Vestibular Endolymphatic Hydrops in Meniere's Disease Based on Three-Dimensional Real Inversion Recovery Sequence
Head & Neck Imaging

Jin Yoon, MD
Resident
Transforming Radiology Protocoling Experience and Expediting Patient Care (Tree Project)
Imaging Informatics

Yubei He
Resident
M2-Like Macrophage-Targeted Molecular MR Imaging for Monitoring Immunosuppression in Vx2 Liver Tumors Post-Ablation
Interventional Radiology

Rocio Martin Marquez
Resident
Quantitative MRI Assessment of Skeletal Muscle Changes After Time-Restricted Eating and Supervised Exercise in Adults with Obesity: Preliminary Results from the Tempus Randomized Controlled Trial
Musculoskeletal Imaging

Miguel Emilio Chevasco Hanze, MD
Resident
Thrombolysis in Basilar Infarction (TIBI): A Novel Angiographic Scale for Evaluating Mechanical Thrombectomy in Basilar Artery Occlusion
Neuroradiology

Tristan Ruhwedel, MD
Resident
Accelerating ICD‑10 Coding of PET/CT Reports with ChatGPT: A Comparative Study
Noninterpretive Skills (Beyond Imaging)

Dilara Denizmen Zorba, MD
Resident
A Novel Imaging Approach in Primary Hyperparathyroidism: ⁶⁸Ga-Trivehexin PET/CT
Nuclear Medicine & Molecular Imaging

Palak Dhakar, MD, MBBS
Resident
MRI Based Enzian Classification as a Preoperative Guide in Deep Infiltrating Endometriosis: A Comparative Study with Intraoperative Findings
OB/Gynecology

Chanyoung Rhee, MD
Resident
Increased Risk of Neurodevelopmental Impairment Associated with Reduced Brain Volume at Term-Equivalent Age in Preterm Infants with Germinal Matrix Hemorrhage
Pediatric Imaging

Sravya Koduri
Resident
Does spaceOAR Gel Morphology Change During the Course of Radiation? An Analysis of Over 1000 Treatment Scans
Radiation Oncology

Yannik Christian Layer, MD
Resident
Assessment Of Contrast Agent-Reduced CT Protocols for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Reconstruction Planning on Photon Counting Detector CT: A Comparative Study
Vascular Imaging