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Ansel Hillmer, PhD

Associate Professor Adjunct
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Associate Director of Imaging, Positron Emission Tomography (PET)

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Associate Professor Adjunct

Associate Director of Imaging, Positron Emission Tomography (PET)

Biography

Ansel obtained his Ph.D. in Medical Physics from the University of Wisconsin, Madison in 2014. His research program features core areas of translational characterization of novel PET radiotracers, developing new imaging paradigms to improve quantification of brain neurobiology, and human neuroimaging research studying mechanisms underlying diverse psychiatric conditions. Research efforts are complemented by didactic activities lecturing at Yale and individual mentoring of trainees. Current projects include characterizing novel PET radiotracers of immune-related targets in the brain; developing novel imaging paradigms to study acute alcohol effects on neuroimmune and glutamate systems; assessment of dopamine release from smoked cannabis; method development for analyzing multimodal imaging data from fMRI-PET or PET-PET datasets; and implementing Independent Component Analysis (ICA) to identify different sources of PET radiotracer uptake.

Appointments

Education & Training

Post-Doctoral Fellow
Yale University (2016)
PhD
University of Wisconsin, Medical Physics (2014)
MS
University of Wisconsin, Medical Physics (2011)
BS
Valparaiso University, Physics (2009)

Research

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Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)

Alcohol-Related Disorders; Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment; Neuroimaging; Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic; Substance Withdrawal Syndrome

Research at a Glance

Yale Co-Authors

Frequent collaborators of Ansel Hillmer's published research.

Publications

2024

2023

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