Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science

Dara Chanthavisay

Dara

Chanthavisay

Graduate Student

Biomedical Engineering

Margolis R, Merlo B, Li J, Chanthavisay D, Trinh B, Obaid G, Hoyt K. Comparison of microCT tissue enhancement after use of different contrast agents. Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2022 (under review).

Margolis R, Li J, Eroy M, Chanthavisay D, Obaid G, Hoyt K. Improved treatment of head and neck cancer using 3-D focused ultrasound-mediated cetuximab. IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS), 2022.

dara.chanthavisay@Vanderbilt.Edu

I'm interested in developing and applying MRI methods in cancer and other diseases.

Tyler Anne Trabont

Tyler

Anne

Trabont

Graduate Student

tyler.anne.trabont@vanderbilt.edu

I am interested in bridging the research gap between engineers and physicians to improve patient care. At VUMC I partake in imaging research applied to autoimmune diseases and polytraumatic injuries.

I am interested in neuroimaging and using novel MRI imaging techniques to better understand the pathophysiology of disease in the brain and spinal cord.

Currently I research developing advancements in MRI methods for the detection and quantification of pathologies affecting the spinal cord and optic nerve related to MS.

VUIIS Friday Seminar Series

August 21, 2023

Friday December 8th, 2023 1:15pm Mary Ellen Koran, MD, Ph.D. PET Imaging in Alzheimer's Disease

Atlee Witt

Atlee

Witt

MSTP Graduate Student

(720) 245-1044

atlee.witt@vanderbilt.edu

I am interested in neuroimaging and using novel MRI imaging techniques to better understand the pathophysiology of disease in the brain and spinal cord.

Gary T. Smith, MD

Gary

Smith

Professor

Radiology and Radiological Sciences

Lung perfusion using spectral analysis of dynamic flouoroscopy; 3D FFT correction of partial volume effect in PET imaging; Zr-89 panitumumab PET in head and neck cancer; modeling of C-11 glutamine and F-18 FSPG in colon cancer; assessment of DSPECT attenuation correction in nuclear cardiology

(865) 202-0426

gary.t.smith@vumc.org

Improved workflow for radioisotope therapy for metastatic prostate cancer (Lu-177 PSMA) and neuroendocrine tumors (Lu-177 DOTATATE)

Shekhar Adhikari

Shekhar

Adhikari

Research Fellow

shekhar.adhikari@vumc.org

Ainsley McDonald-Boyer

Ainsley

McDonald-Boyer

Graduate Student

ainsley.mcdonald-boyer@vanderbilt.edu

Tin Q. Nguyen

Tin

Nguyen

Postdoctoral Fellow

Some projects that I'm involved with look at the links between socioeconomic backgrounds, home learning activities, and children's brain development and academic outcomes; and the links between instructional materials, learning strategies, and the brain performance-monitoring and executive systems

tin.nguyen@vanderbilt.edu

Children's reading outcomes are a complex product of development and environment, brain plasticity, and learning structure. I'm excited to be involved in projects looking at these areas of children's development, as well as efforts supporting individuals facing unfavorable circumstances and life headwinds.