Evan Morris, PhD
Professor; Co-director for Imaging, Yale PET Center
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Biography
Morris specializes in using kinetic modeling and image processing to extract physiological information from dynamic PET images. His current projects include:
- Modeling and texture analysis to image Non-small cell lung cancer with tyrosine kinase inhibitor tracers
- Novel kinetic modeling to image dyskinesias in Parkinson's
- Continued Optimization of Dopamine Movies to study Addiction and Behavior
- Applying principles in functional connectivity and machine learning to analyze dopamine movies
- Imaging new targets in Depression, Alcoholism
Morris and his group continue to refine mathematical and statistical aspects of their techniques for making "dopamine movies" of the brain. With their dopamine movies, Morris and colleague Kelly Cosgrove and their team discovered sex differences in brains of smokers smoking cigarettes (J Neurosci Dec 10, 2014).
Education & Training
- Postdoctoral fellowshipMassachusetts General Hospital (1995)
- PhDCase Western Reserve Univ (1991)
- SBMassachusetts Institute of Technology, Biology, Chemical Engineering (1983)
Honors & Recognition
| Award | Awarding Organization | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Fulbright Senior Scholar to Israel for Teaching and Research | Council for International Exchange of Scholars (CIES), US State Department | 2015 |
| Graduate Mentor of the Year (Natural Sciences) | Yale Graduate School | 2013 |
Departments & Organizations
- Bioimaging Sciences
- Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program
- Morris-Cosgrove Lab
- Neural Disorders
- Neuroscience Research Training Program (NRTP)
- Neuroscience Track
- Positron Emission Tomography (PET)
- Program for Biomedical Ethics
- Radiobiology and Genome Integrity
- Radiology & Biomedical Imaging
- Yale Cancer Center
- Yale Combined Program in the Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS)
- Yale Ventures