Faculty
Ladder Faculty
Carson, Richard
Professor of Diagnostic Radiology and of Biomedical Engineering
Director, Yale PET Center
Director of Graduate Studies, Biomedical Engineering
Research Interests:Positron emission tomography (PET) modeling and physics; Tracer kinetic modeling methods and parametric imaging techniques for PET tracers; Application of receptors ligands to assess neurotransmitter dynamic; 3D and 4D PET image reconstruction; Medical imaging
Choma, Michael
Assistant Professor of Diagnostic Radiology and of Biomedical Engineering
Research Interests:Optics; Optical Coherence Tomography; Microscopy; Random Lasers; Pediatrics; Heart Development; Cilia; Respiratory Disease
Constable, R. Todd
Professor of Diagnostic Radiology, of Biomedical Engineering and of Neurosurgery
Research Interests:Development of MRI techniques to provide functional information; Quantitative information and high quality pictures of anatomy; Application of new methods to answer fundamental questions in basic science and medicine
de Graaf, Robin
Associate Professor of Diagnostic Radiology and of Biomedical Engineering
Research Interests:Cerebral energy metabolism
Ding, Yu-Shin
Professor (Adjunct) of Diagnostic Radiology
Co-Director of Yale PET Center
Research Interests:Radiopharmaceuticals
Duncan, James
Ebenezer K. Hunt Professor of Diagnostic Radiology and Professor of Biomedical Engineering and of Electrical Engineering
Director of Undergraduate Studies in Biomedical Engineering
Vice Chair, Bioimaging Sciences in the Department of Diagnostic Radiology
Research Interests:Computer vision; Image processing and medical imaging, with an emphasis on biomedical image analysis
Galiana, Gigi
Assistant Professor of Diagnostic Radiology
Hyder, D. S. Fahmeed
Professor of Diagnostic Radiology and of Biomedical Engineering
Technical Director, Magnetic Resonance Research Center (mrrc.yale.edu)
Program Director, Core Center for Quantitative Neuroscience with Magnetic Resonance (qnmr.yale.edu)
Juchem, Christoph
Assistant Professor of Diagnostic Radiology and of Neurology
Mason, Graeme
Associate Professor of Diagnostic Radiology and of Psychiatry
Director Metabolic Modeling and Director Psychiatric MRS
Director, Neuroimaging Sciences Training Program
Chair, Magnetic Resonance Research Center Protocol Review Committee
Research Interests:Alcoholic Intoxication; Alcohol Induced Disorders; Alcoholism; Amino Acids; Brain Mapping; Carbohydrates; CNS Diseases; Cocaine-Related Disorders; Fatty Acids; Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action; Mood disorders; Physiological Effects of Drugs; Substance Withdrawal Syndrome; Tobacco Use Disorder
Morris, Evan
Associate Professor of Diagnostic Radiology, of Biomedical Engineering and of Psychiatry
Co-director for Imaging, Yale PET Center
Research Interests:kinetic modeling; parameter estimation; parametric imaging; dopamine; reward; drug occupancy; drug abuse; alcoholism; Parkinson's disease
Papademetris, Xenophon
Associate Professor of Diagnostic Radiology and Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Research Interests:Automated biomedical image analysis and measurement; interactive 3D visualization of medical images and structures
Rothman, Douglas
Professor of Diagnostic Radiology and of Biomedical Engineering
Director Yale MR Research Center
Research Interests:Development of MR spectroscopy and MR imaging methods to image metabolic and neurotransmitter pathways in humans and in animal models
Sampath, Smita
Assistant Professor of Diagnostic Radiology and of Biomedical Engineering
Research Interests:Novel magnetic resonance imaging; cardio-vascular medicine
Shapiro, Erik
Assistant Professor of Diagnostic Radiology and of Biomedical Engineering
Research Interests:Molecular and cellular imaging in preclinical animals studies; development of novel contrast agents for molecular imaging; sodium MRI for musculoskeletal imaging
Staib, Lawrence
Associate Professor of Diagnostic Radiology, of Biomedical Engineering and of Electrical Engineering
Research Interests:Automated biomedical image analysis and measurement; geometric and probabilistic deformable models for segmentation and nonrigid registration of biomedical images for measurement of structure and function with applications to neuroscience and cardiology; functional magnetic resonance image (fMRI) analysis; diffusion weighted magnetic resonance (DW-MR) image analysis
Tagare, Hemant
Associate Professor of Diagnostic Radiology, of Electrical Engineering and of Biomedical Engineering
Research Interests:Heart motion analysis
Research Faculty
Befroy, Douglas
Research Scientist in Diagnostic Radiology and in Medicine (Endocrinology)
Research Interests:Development of novel Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (MRS) techniques
Chelikani, Sudhakar
Associate Research Scientist in Diagnostic Radiology
Research Interests:Tracking organ overlap
Chowdhury, Golam
Associate Research Scientist in Psychiatry
Research Interests:NMR; 13C NMR; in vivo and ex vivo brain metabolism; glutamate; gamma-aminobutyrate; glutamine; neuron-glial trafficking; depression; stress; brain development; drugs discovery; hyopxia; nanotoxicity
Coman, Daniel
Associate Research Scientist in Diagnostic Radiology
Research Interests:brain, temperature, pH, BIRDS, CEST, metabolism, energetics, thulium, TmDOTP, TmDOTMA
De Feyter, Henk
Associate Research Scientist in Diagnostic Radiology
D'Errico, Francesco
Research Scientist in Diagnostic Radiology
Research Interests:Superheated emulsions
Gallezot, Jean-Dominique
Associate Research Scientist in Diagnostic Radiology
Hampson, Michelle
Research Scientist in Diagnostic Radiology
Research Interests:Resting state functional connectivity; biofeedback; real-time fMRI
Herman, Peter
Associate Research Scientist in Diagnostic Radiology
Research Interests:fMRI; BOLD; local field potentials; multi unit activity; Laser-Doppler; optical imaging; laser speckle
Jiang, Lihong
Associate Research Scientist in Diagnostic Radiology
Labaree, David
Associate Research Scientist in Diagnostic Radiology
Nabulsi, Nabeel
Associate Research Scientist in Diagnostic Radiology
Chief Quality Control and Regulatory Affairs
Research Interests:Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Radiopharmaceuticals
Negishi, Michiro
Associate Research Scientist in Diagnostic Radiology
Research Interests:Eelectroencephalography, functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Electrical Impedance Tomography
Peters, Dana
Associate Research Scientist in Diagnostic Radiology
Research Interests:magnetic resonance imaging, atrial fibrillation, radial imaging, late gadolinium enhancement, cardiac imaging
Qiu, Maolin
Associate Research Scientist in Diagnostic Radiology
Research Interests:Understanding the neurophysiological basis of neuroimaging and neural mechanisms of general anesthesia; Developing high-sensitivity and high-specificity NMR methods in understanding general anesthesia
Ropchan, Jim
Associate Research Scientist in Diagnostic Radiology
Sanganahalli, Basavaraju
Associate Research Scientist in Diagnostic Radiology
Research Interests:Brain, Neurovascular coupling, fMRI, Extracellular recording (LFP &MUA), Sensory processing, Sensory Integration
Shen, Xilin
Associate Research Scientist in Diagnostic Radiology
Zhang, Xiaohui
Associate Research Scientist in Diagnostic Radiology
Secondary Faculty
Behar, Kevin
Associate Professor of Psychiatry
Director, MRRC Neurometabolism Research Laboratory
Research Interests:NMR; 1H NMR; 13C NMR; In vivo brain metabolism; Glutamate; Gamma-aminobutyrate; Glutamine; Neuron-glial trafficking
Fulbright, Robert
Associate Professor of Diagnostic Radiology
Medical Director, Magnetic Resonance Research Center
Research Affiliate, Haskins Laboratories, New Haven, CT
Research Interests:Neuroradiology; image processing; MR spectroscopy; diffusion tensor MR imaging; perfusion MR imaging; functional MR imaging; brain tumors; reading and reading disability
Hetherington, Hoby
Professor of Neurosurgery and of Diagnostic Radiology
Research Interests:High field methods and hardware for magnetic resonance imaging;human brain; metabolism and dysfunction in epilepsy; use of magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging
Pan, Jullie
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery, of Diagnostic Radiology and of Neurology
Research Interests:Metabolic physiology of brain; neurotransmission and brain function; development and implementation of imaging in humans at ultra-high field (7Tesla); metabolic pathophysiology of epilepsy; clinical epilepsy; epilepsy imaging; outcome studies
Sinusas, Albert
Professor of Medicine (Cardiology) and of Diagnostic Radiology
Director, Animal Research Laboratories-Section of Cardiovascular Medicine
Director, Cardiovascular Nuclear Imaging and Stress Laboratories
Research Interests:Advanced cardiovascular and molecular imaging
Emeritus Faculty
Shulman, Robert
Professor Emeritus of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry and Senior Research Scientist in Diagnostic Radiology
Senior Research Scientist/Scho
Research Interests:Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR); metabolic pathways in vivo
