Project Title: Automated Cranial Nerve Identification Using Deep Learning for Skull Base Presurgical Planning

Project Title: Augmented Reality Guided Breast Reconstruction Surgery

Dr. Golby’s project will leverage existing investments in building health care infrastructure and will seek to advance biomedical technologies in settings with limited resources.
The Fulbright Scholar Program supports activities and projects that recognize and promote the critical relationship between educational exchange and international understanding, in addition to the intellectual merit of the proposals.

Lauren O'Donnell, PhD, of the Department of Radiology, and Yogesh Rathi, PhD, of the Department of Psychiatry and the Department of Radiology, received a National Institutes of Health (NIH) RO1 grant for their research project, “Mapping the Superficial White Matter Connectome of the Human Brain Using Ultra-High-Resolution Multi-Contrast Diffusion MRI.”

In their project, O’Donnell and Rathi will study the organization of the brain’s superficial white matter, a layer of white matter below the cortical sheet that is integral to brain connectivity.  

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Read more about Lauren O'Donnell, PhD and Yogesh Rathi, PhD Receive NIH Research Grant to Study White Matter in the Brain

Tina Kapur, PhD, of the Department of Radiology and Andrew Goldsmith, MD, MBA, of the Department of Emergency Medicine, received capital funding from the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center (MLSC) for their research project, “Artificial Intelligence Guidance for High-Yield Point-of-Care Ultrasound Applications.” 

Under the Baker-Polito Administration, MLSC is distributing over $18 million in capital funding that will be put toward 15 innovative research projects seeking to expand the field of life sciences. Partnering with Centaur Labs, a provider of medical data...

Read more about Tina Kapur, PhD and and Andrew Goldsmith, MD, MBA Received Massachusetts Life Sciences Center Research Grant

The annual President’s Scholar Award at Brigham and Women’s Hospital recognizes exceptional scholarly and entrepreneurial accomplishments and supports the careers of assistant or associate professors who have made noteworthy contributions to their chosen field of research. The awardees will receive $100,000 per year for three years.

Sunil Eappen, MD, Brigham Health interim President, announcing the recipients of the 2021 President’s Scholar Awards at the Brigham Research Appreciation Celebration virtual event.

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Read more about Nathalie Agar, PhD and Sandro Santagata, MD, PhD Received the 2021 MGB President's Scholar Award

There are many challenges in managing breast cancer. Top among them is the fact that initial breast-conserving surgeries (the standard treatment for early-stage disease also known as lumpectomies) often miss vestiges of a patient’s tumor. Source:  Official Podcast of the BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION

Read more about Mehra Golshan, MD Shares His Innovative Approach to Tailoring Surgery and Therapy for Patients With Early-Stage Breast Cancer

The Gold Medal award is the organization's highest honor and is awarded to recognize a major research contribution to the field of magnetic resonance within the scope of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine.

Translation of IGT Technologies to Low and Middle Income Countries

Read more about Ron Kikinis, MD was a Keynote Speaker at the 13th Hamlyn Symposium On Medical Robotics

The purpose of the award is to promote the professional career development of postdoctoral fellows in the field of mass spectrometry. Activities envisioned for this award include, but are not limited to, conference and workshop attendance, travel to other mass spectrometry laboratories, and purchase of personal professional items such as books, software, or laptops.

Read more about Sylwia A. Stopka, PhD is one of the recipient of the 2021 Postdoctoral Career Development Award from the American Society for Mass Spectrometry

Clare Tempany, MD presented via Zoom at the University of Utah GRAND ROUNDS - Radiology and Imaging Science

William Wells III, PhD is Executive Editor of the newly launched Journal of Machine Learning for Biomedical Imaging (MELBA), a web-based journal devoted to the free and unrestricted access of high quality articles in the broad field that bridges machine learning and biomedical imaging. Read more about Newly Launched Journal of Machine Learning for Biomedical Imaging (MELBA)