Gabriella Dunay

Gabriella
Dunay
Graduate Student
(201) 417-9767
gabriella.dunay@vanderbilt.edu

During my undergraduate career, I was involved in projects utilizing Magnetic Resonance Elastography of the brain and Ultrasound Shear Wave Elastography of the Achilles tendon in order to directly measure mechanical properties of these structures. Starting this Fall at Vanderbilt, I will be exploring methods of Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the lower spinal cord in order to identify imaging biomarkers in subjects with Multiple Sclerosis. 

Lipika Narisetti

Lipika
Narisetti
Imaging Research Specialist I
(614) 971-0086
lipika.narisetti.1@vumc.org

I work with Dr. Kristin O'Grady to support the acquisition and analysis of MRI and sensorimotor data. My focus is applying quantitative and functional imaging techniques, specifically fMRI and DTI, in the spinal cord to investigate sensorimotor and urinary dysfunction in patients with multiple sclerosis.

Alicia Cronin, Ph.D.

Alicia
Cronin
Ph.D.
Research Fellow
alicia.cronin@vumc.org

I am interested in developing and translating novel MRI imaging techniques to better understand the pathophysiology of neurological diseases in the brain and spinal cord.

My research is focused on developing quantitative MR methodologies throughout the entire spinal cord, including cervical, thoracic, and lumbar. My current work is focused on developing diffusion MRI in the lumbar and thoracic cord and evaluating new CEST MRI techniques in the cervical cord. Both will be used to improve our understanding of neurological diseases such as multiple sclerosis.

Allie Roche

Allie
Roche
Imaging Research Specialist I
alexandra.roche@vumc.org

Yashwant Kurmi

Yashwant
Kurmi
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
(507) 782-9422

Viswanathan M, Kurmi Y, Zu Z. A rapid method for phosphocreatine-weighted imaging in muscle using double saturation power-chemical exchange saturation transfer. NMR in Biomedicine. 2023;e5089. doi:10.1002/nbm.5089

Viswanathan M, Yin L, Kurmi Y, Zu Z. Machine learning-based amide proton transfer imaging using partially synthetic training data. Magn Reson Med. 2023 Dec 14. doi: 10.1002/mrm.29970. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38098340.

Viswanathan M, Yin L, Kurmi Y, Zu Z. Amide Proton Transfer (APT) imaging in tumor with a machine learning approach using partially synthetic data. ArXiv [Preprint]. 2023 Dec 13:arXiv:2311.01683v2. Update in: Magn Reson Med. 2023 Dec 14;: PMID: 37961738; PMCID: PMC10635304.

Kurmi Y, Chaurasia V, Ganesh N. Tumor Malignancy Detection Using Histopathology Imaging. J Med Imaging Radiat Sci. 2019 Dec;50(4):514-528. doi: 10.1016/j.jmir.2019.07.004. Epub 2019 Sep 6. PMID: 31501064.

Kurmi, Y. and Chaurasia, V. (2020), Classification of magnetic resonance images for brain tumour detection. IET Image Process., 14: 2808-2818. https://doi.org/10.1049/iet-ipr.2019.1631

yashwant.kurmi@vumc.org

Yashwant Kurmi is a researcher with expertise in image processing and machine learning, particularly in the areas of deep learning and chemical exchange saturation transfer (CEST) imaging. He has authored several papers on MRI imaging, including amide proton transfer (APT) imaging in tumors using a machine learning approach, and quantitative CEST molecular MR imaging.

Deep learning based CEST MR image enhancement and the quantification. 

Kamal Jouad, Ph.D.

Kamal
Jouad
Ph.D.
Research Fellow
kamal.jouad@vumc.org

Development of radiopharmaceuticals and opticals agent for preclinical and clinical research.

My research project aims to fully automated manufacturing of imaging probes for precision surgery utilizing cancer-targeted moieties (antibodies, affibodies, small molecules, etc.) conjugated to radioisotopes (89Zr, 111In, 18F, 68Ga, etc.) or optical fluorescent dye (IRDye800, ICG)

Xia Li, Ph.D.

Xia
Li
Ph.D.

Fellow, 2002 thru 2007

Current: Applied Computer Vision Scientist, Amazon Robotics, Boston, MA

Qin Qin, Ph.D.

Qin
Qin
Ph.D.

Graduate Student 2000 thru 2006

Current: Associate Professor of Radiology and Radiological Science, John Hopkins University

Brian Welch, Ph.D.

Brian
Welch
Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Scientific Manager, Human Imaging Core 2010 thru 2017

Current: Vice President of Clinical Partnerships at InkSpace Imaging