UNC Department of Radiology congratulates Assistant Professor of Radiology Gang Li, PhD, on his National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) award funding a three-year project ($627K) entitled, “Harmonizing and Archiving of Large-scale Infant Neuroimaging Data.” Dr. Li’s study addresses the scarcity of widely available, large-scale infant MRI datasets that are comprehensively processed, harmonized, mined and … Read more

UNC Department of Radiology is pleased to announce Associate Professor of Radiology Kyung Kim, MD, FSIR, has been named a Fellow of the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR). Fellowship designation (FSIR) is bestowed on less than 10 percent of the Society’s members.  The honor confirms a Fellow’s exceptional leadership, expertise, teaching ability, and dedication to … Read more

Reprinted from UNC School of Medicine Vital Signs December 2nd, 2020.  UNC Department of Radiology is pleased to announce former Chair Matthew A. Mauro, MD, FACR, FSIR, FAHA, has been named Chair of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) Board of Directors. Dr. Mauro’s selection was announced Tuesday, December 1, at the RSNA’s annual … Read more

We have had a challenging six+ months since our last IMAGES newsletter. The world is dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic and we are not immune. UNC Department of Radiology has responded to this unanticipated challenge, and we would like to thank all the people who have made our response possible. Our early pandemic preparedness was … Read more

We have had a challenging six+ months since our last IMAGES newsletter. The world is dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic and we are not immune. UNC Department of Radiology has responded to this unanticipated challenge, and we would like to thank all the people who have made our response possible. Our early pandemic preparedness was … Read more

We have had a challenging six+ months since our last IMAGES newsletter. The world is dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic and we are not immune. UNC Department of Radiology has responded to this unanticipated challenge, and we would like to thank all the people who have made our response possible. Our early pandemic preparedness was … Read more

We have had a challenging six+ months since our last IMAGES newsletter. The world is dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic and we are not immune. UNC Department of Radiology has responded to this unanticipated challenge, and we would like to thank all the people who have made our response possible. Our early pandemic preparedness was … Read more

In the COVID-19 era, imaging subspecialties are refining techniques for obtaining exposures efficiently in high-volume, large hospital areas where preventing and eliminating transmission risk is critical. At UNC Medical Center, Cardiothoracic Imaging (CHEST) and Body CT providers have innovated technique and protocol solutions that preserve provider/patient safety, enable imaging efficiency and conserve PPE resources. CHEST … Read more

UNC Department of Radiology is pleased to appoint Ari Isaacson, MD, as its new Vascular-Interventional Radiology (VIR) Division Chief. Isaacson replaces 12-year Division Chief and Professor of Radiology Charles Burke, MD, FSIR, who was named the Department’s Executive Vice Chair in early 2020. Isaacson is a highly accomplished junior faculty member (2013 – present) with … Read more

The Department congratulates Professor of Radiology Zibo Li, PhD, for receiving an NIH Research Project $2.5M (R01) grant funding his proposal, entitled, “The development of novel radiation-sensitizer based on ultra-small carbon dots.”  This multi-institutional project involves University of Georgia Associate Professor of Chemistry Jin Xie, PhD and UNC-Chapel Hill physician-scientists Andrew Wang, MD (Urologic Oncology) … Read more

The Department congratulates Professor of Radiology Louise Henderson, PhD, for receiving a National Cancer Institute (NCI) R01 grant ($1.5M+) as Co-P.I. of an investigation entitled, “Comorbidity and Functional Status in a Population Undergoing Lung Cancer Screening” (Co-P.I.: UNC Professor of Medicine Maria Patricia Rivera, MD / Pulmonology). Over four years (7/15/2020 – 6/30/2024), the proposed … Read more

UNC Department of Radiology cheers on Associate Professor of Radiology and University research leader Yueh Z. Lee, MD, PhD, for innovating supply chain solutions to meet COVID-19 crisis needs.  Lee leads a multi-collaborator team racing to design and prototype an open-source ventilator —  the Carolina Respiratory Emergency – Ventilator (CaRE-Vent) — that may fill a … Read more