The Department was pleased to welcome Assistant Professor Wei-Tang Chang, PhD, to UNC’s Image Analysis Group, housed at the Biomedical Research Imaging Center (BRIC) in September 2020. In this role, Dr. Chang works on developing advanced MR imaging techniques for neuroscience studies, such as functional and diffusion MRI with high resolution, high speed and high … Read more
Diane Armao, MD, and co-presenter Dr. Carolyn Quinsey (UNC Neurosurgery) discussed health risks of radiation from medical imaging as guest speakers at a research webinar hosted by the Hydrocephalus Association in September 2020. Diane Armao, MD, was awarded funding by Hannah’s Hope Fund to continue a NINDS-sponsored collaborative Phase I gene therapy clinical trial for … Read more
Diane Armao, MD, and co-presenter Dr. Carolyn Quinsey (UNC Neurosurgery) discussed health risks of radiation from medical imaging as guest speakers at a research webinar hosted by the Hydrocephalus Association in September 2020. Diane Armao, MD, was awarded funding by Hannah’s Hope Fund to continue a NINDS-sponsored collaborative Phase I gene therapy clinical trial for … Read more
Around the beginning of March, as the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic were beginning to become evident in North Carolina, UNC Health began to prepare. These preparations included actions to protect our most vulnerable patients, protect our people, and to preserve limited supplies of personal protective equipment. UNC Health and other hospitals in our region … Read more
Around the beginning of March, as the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic were beginning to become evident in North Carolina, UNC Health began to prepare. These preparations included actions to protect our most vulnerable patients, protect our people, and to preserve limited supplies of personal protective equipment. UNC Health and other hospitals in our region … Read more
Around the beginning of March, as the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic were beginning to become evident in North Carolina, UNC Health began to prepare. These preparations included actions to protect our most vulnerable patients, protect our people, and to preserve limited supplies of personal protective equipment. UNC Health and other hospitals in our region … Read more
The Department would like to recognize Cyclotron and Radiochemistry Research Program Director Zibo Li, PhD, for receiving NIH awards to study both molecular therapeutics in lung cancer treatment and novel PET methodology. In April 2020, Dr. Li received National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) R01 funding ($467K+) to establish radiolabeling methodology for modifying … Read more
The Department of Radiology began 2020 in a new leadership chapter. The appointments of Interim Chair Dr. Keith Smith (September 2019) and Executive Vice Chair Dr. Charles Burke (December 2019) brought two highly experienced individuals to the Chair’s office. To assist Drs. Smith and Burke with UNC Radiology’s focus on internal priority areas and new … Read more
The Department would like to recognize Louise Henderson, PhD, for her November 2019 appointment as Director of Basic Science Faculty Development. UNC Radiology’s appointment of Dr. Henderson to a newly created post is part of a leadership reorganization process that invests heavily in clinical and basic science faculty oversight. Dr. Henderson’s nine years of directing … Read more
The Department congratulates Hong Yuan, PhD, on her S10 Shared Instrumentation Grant, awarded by the NIH Office of Research Infrastructure Programs (ORIP) in March 2020, for her project entitled, “Multimodal PerkinElmer IVIS-SpectrumCT imaging system for a preclinical imaging core facility.” This $590K grant funds installation of a preclinical imaging system (IVIS-SpectrumCT) to facilitate multi-modal optical/CT … Read more
The Department congratulates Assistant Professor of Radiology Ben Mervak, MD, CIIP, for his selection among six UNC School of Medicine (SOM) faculty to participate in the 2020-2021 Institute of Healthcare Quality Improvement (IHQI) Improvement Scholars Program. Over 12 months beginning in September 2020, Dr. Mervak will serve as Project Lead for his proposed project — … Read more
L: Zibo Li, PhD: Associate Professor of Radiology / UNC Cyclotron & Radiochemistry Research Program Director R: Jorge Oldan, MD: Assistant Professor of Radiology / UNC Radiology UME Co-Director The Department would like to recognize UNC Radiology faculty colleagues and School of Medicine (SOM) co-investigators Drs. Zibo Li and Jorge Oldan for being co-awarded a UNC … Read more
