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  Former Marine Undergoes First-of-its-Kind Procedure to Reduce Life-Altering Seizures

  Since 2003, Thatcher Carr experiences an average of 85 seizures per month. The 46-year-old boat mechanic has a type of epilepsy that causes his muscles to freeze and stop speaking, as if trapped in his own body. “I was so angry and embarrassed, honestly,” said Carr. “It took so much away from me, even my … Read more

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  2026 7T TANA Meeting – 7/27/26

  The Biomedical Research Imaging Center (BRIC) and the Department of Radiology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill are pleased to host the upcoming meeting of the 7T Translational Alliance in North America (7T TANA). The meeting will take place on July 27, 2026, at UNC–Chapel Hill. This year’s meeting is centered on the … Read more

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  Congrats Mingxia Liu, Assistant Professor, for Being Honored with Two Major Awards

  Congratulations Mingxia Liu, Ph.D, Assistant Professor, Department of Radiology and BRIC; Director, Machine Intelligence in Biomedical Computing Lab; and Co-Director, Radiological Sciences Faculty Development. Mingxia Liu received the Outstanding Area Chair Award from the Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention (MICCAI 2023). She and her colleagues also won the Best Paper Award from Machine Learning in Medical Imaging … Read more

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  New study reveals strong connection between heart and brain health

  Dr. Hongtu Zhu, a BRIC faculty member and his team recently published a paper in Science (https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abn6598).  They used advanced techniques to study the brain and its connection with the rest of the body. Traditional brain imaging methods often overlook the interaction between the brain and other organs. In a recent study, Zhu and colleagues … Read more

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