As year’s end approaches, UNC Department of Radiology celebrates collaborative partnerships across the globe. In 2018, the Department has grown its academic ties in three countries – Malawi, China and Kenya – which have under-resourced and emerging healthcare systems. The aim of these partnerships is to advance patient care, education, technology and research. Those faculty … Read more
In 2018, the Department’s global health partnerships extending to Africa have solidified into Diagnostic Radiology (DR) involvement in Malawi and Interventional Radiology (IR) involvement in Kenya. Assistant Professor Dr. Brett Murdock’s oversight of UNC Radiology Malawi Program demonstrates how physician service initiated during residency takes root when that individual joins faculty post-graduation. Dr. Murdock first … Read more
When it opened within the Biomedical Research Imaging Center (BRIC) in summer 2014, UNC’s Radiochemistry and Cyclotron Facility positioned the University at the fore of translational cancer imaging research not only nationwide, but on a worldwide scale. As the facility’s new Director, Dr. Zibo Li invested his expertise in developing novel radiolabeling methods and … Read more
The Department would like to recognize Gang Li, PhD, for receiving five-year R01 funding (7/11/2018 – 4/30/2023), renewed annually ($388K+/year), for his project entitled, “Parcellating Infant Cerebral Cortex based on Developmental Patterns of Multimodal MRI.” Development in recent years of infant-dedicated cortical surface analysis tools and atlases has significantly advanced the processing of infant brain MRI … Read more
The Department would like to recognize Lead PI Yueh Lee, MD, PhD, for receiving a collaborative three-year Department of Defense (DOD) Medical Research and Development Program Precision Trauma Care Research Award ($1.27M+/year), renewed annually, in September 2018 for a project entitled, “Development and Evaluation of a Solid State Head CT.” UNC co-collaborators on the development … Read more
L to R: Drs. Gang Li, Dinggang Shen & Li Wang The Department would like to congratulate Co-Principal Investigators Gang Li, PhD, Dinggang Shen (contact), PhD, and Li Wang, PhD, for receipt of National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) funding ($466.5K/year), renewed annually, for their five-year project (8/03/2018 – 4/30/2023) entitled, “Continued Development of Infant Brain Analysis Tools.” This … Read more
The Department celebrates resident scholarly achievement in congratulating 4th-year Diagnostic Radiology resident Dr. Kaleigh Burke on receiving a 2018 American College of Radiology (ACR) Goldberg-Reeder Resident Travel Grant, among seven resident recipients this year. In August 2018, Burke received $2000 to support her forthcoming work during a four-week global health elective in Malawi. UNC Project … Read more
Q & A with Associate Chief Resident Dr. Bryan Ashley (@BryanEAshley) Q1: Bryan let’s start with you – tell us about yourself. A1: I came to UNC as a lifelong South Carolinian. I completed my undergraduate work at the University of South Carolina, and then matriculated at MUSC for medical school. For residency, I felt … Read more
The Basic Research Division continues to excel in the past quarter in publications as well secured extramural funding. There are two ongoing faculty recruitment, aiming to recruit faculty with strong expertise on developing novel machine learning approaches for radiological applications. More detailed information regarding progress of Labs in the Basic Research Division is provided below. … Read more
The Clinical Research Division continues its recent growth, including the recent addition of two new research assistants, Markeela Lipscomb and Jasmin Merhout. In collaboration with the Department of Physics and Astronomy and the Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Daniel Nissan, MD, MPH, MSEE; Yueh Lee, MD, PhD; Benjamin Smith, MD; and Troy Maetani, MD will conduct a new clinical trial to evaluate wrist fractures … Read more
