Imaging Sciences Section News
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WPR interviews Pallavi Tiwari on how AI identifies sex-specific risks for brain tumors
Pallavi Tiwari, PhD, spoke to Wisconsin Public Radio (WPR) for the article “UW–Madison researchers use AI to identify ‘sex specific’ risk factors in brain tumors” published January 1, 2025. Dr. Tiwari and…
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Publications by UW Radiology Members Finalized in December 2024
Barkovich, Krister J.; Gibson, Amanda C.; Brahmbhatt, Sneh; Tadisetty, Sindhura; Wilds, Emory C.; Nelson, Leslie W.; Gupta, Meera; Gedaly, Roberto; Khurana, Aman. Contrast-enhanced ultrasound of renal masses in the pre-transplant setting: literature…
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Faculty Spotlight: Veena Nair
Veena Nair, PhD joined the Clinical Imaging Physics section as a professor (CHS) in 2025. Prior to her faculty appointment, she worked in the department as a scientist for a decade. …
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Pallavi Tiwari awarded $3.4M NIH/NCI grant to study use of AI to detect tumor extent in Glioblastoma
Pallavi Tiwari, PhD received a $3.4 million, multi-institutional grant from the National Institutes of Health/National Cancer Institute for the project “Radiomic spatial maps for identifying viable tumor extent on multi-parametric MRI for…
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ESPN interviews Pallavi Tiwari about her cancer research
Pallavi Tiwari, PhD was recently invited to New York City to present to the V Foundation Board on her work in cancer research, as a funded V Foundation Translational Grant Awardee. While in…
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Faculty Spotlight: Ran Zhang
Ran Zhang, PhD has joined the Imaging Sciences Section as an Assistant Professor (Tenure Track). He earned his PhD in Engineering Physics from Tsinghua University in Beijing, China, and has previously served…
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Scott Reeder & Diego Hernando Receive R01 Grant
Scott Reeder, MD, PhD and Diego Hernando, PhD recently received an R01 grant from the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) in the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for their project, “Fully Automated High-Throughput…
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Radiology Report: Quantitative Imaging Methods Lab
Assistant Professor Diego Hernando, PhD started the Quantitative Imaging Methods Lab (QIML) when he was recruited as faculty in 2016. QIML aims to transform MRI into a quantitative imaging modality and to develop quantitative imaging…
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Drs. Vivek Prabhakaran, Alan McMillan, and Veena Nair Receive NIH-NIA Funding for Delirium and Dementia Study
UWSMPH Department of Radiology Associate Professor Vivek Prabhakaran, MD, PhD, Associate Professor Alan McMillan, PhD, and Senior Scientist Veena Nair, PhD, are co-Is on a multidisciplinary 5-year project that recently received $3.6…