Congratulations to Li Wang, PhD, Associate Professor of Radiology in the UNC Image Analysis Group (BRIC). He was awarded a $2.6 Million grant award from the National Institute of Mental Health for his research titled “Computational Neuroimaging MRI for Studying Early Brain Development with Autism.” We are so proud of Wang and all of his exciting work.
Grant #: 1R01MH133845-01A1
Project Period: 02/01/2024-12/31/2028
Estimated Award Amount: $2,606,830
Project Goals: This project is dedicated to create and disseminate novel computational tools that will enable accurate and robust segmentation, parcellation, and measurements of infant structural, functional and diffusion brain MRIs from multiple imaging centers, and to further identify imaging-based biomarkers for early diagnosis of at-risk infants. In particular, we will develop novel methods for tissue segmentation of cerebrum, subcortical structures and cerebellum, parcellation, multimodal measurements and early diagnosis, for large scale multi-center datasets. Finally, we will release our developed tools, along with all our processed data, to NDAR.