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Functional Imaging Team<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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The UNC Neurocognition and Imaging Lab (UNC NIRL<\/a>) houses the functional imaging team.<\/p>\n

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Structural and DTI analysis team<\/h2>\n

Faculty:<\/b><\/h3>\n

Martin Styner, Ph.D.<\/a>,\u00a0<\/b>Director<\/p>\n

Guorong Wu, Ph.D.<\/strong><\/a>,\u00a0<\/strong> Assistant Professor<\/p>\n

Juan Carlos Prieto, Ph.D<\/a>., <\/span><\/b>Research\u00a0<\/span>Assistant Professor, Research and development<\/p>\n

Sun Hyung Kim, Ph.D.<\/a>,\u00a0<\/b>Research\u00a0<\/span>Assistant Professor<\/p>\n

Yoonmi Hong, Ph.D<\/a>.<\/strong>,\u00a0<\/strong>Research\u00a0<\/span>Assistant Professor<\/p>\n

Roza Vlasova, Ph.D.<\/strong><\/a>,\u00a0<\/strong>Research\u00a0<\/span>Assistant Professor<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Postdoctoral Fellows:<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Marissa DiPiero, PhD,<\/strong> Postdoctoral fellow NIRAL\/CIDD
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Staff:<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Joseph Blocher,\u00a0<\/span><\/b>Imaging Studies Program Manager\/System <\/span>administrator<\/span><\/p>\n

Ashley Rumple,\u00a0<\/b>Research specialist<\/p>\n

Mark Foster,\u00a0<\/b>Research assistant<\/p>\n

Mercedes Haase, <\/strong>Research assistant<\/p>\n

Aleeshah Nasir,<\/strong> research assistant<\/p>\n

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Graduate Students:<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

Ahsan Mahmood<\/strong>,\u00a0CS\u00a0<\/span>Graduate research assistant, just graduated<\/p>\n

Turja MD Asadullah,<\/strong>\u00a0CS\u00a0<\/span>Graduate research assistant, just graduated<\/p>\n

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Interns:<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Alexandre Jarry, <\/b><\/span><\/span>CPE research intern, visiting student<\/p>\n

Tom Bigonneau, <\/strong>CPE research intern, visiting student<\/p>\n

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Visiting scholars and other lab members:<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Omar Azrak<\/strong>, visiting scholar<\/p>\n

Joshua Barnett,<\/strong> software developer<\/p>\n

Miran Han,<\/strong> visiting scholar<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Sun Hyung Kim, Ph.D<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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