RESEARCH TRAINING IN IMAGING METHODS FOR CANCER

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EXCEED THE SPACE PROVIDED. Project Summary: The objective of this program is to train post-doctoral scientists to pursue basic and applied scientific and engineering research on topics of importance to many sub-specialties in the field of radiology. During the past several decades, biomedical imaging-based specialties have increased greatly in number and magnitude; this trend is largely attributable to the accomplishments of the scientists and engineers who have developed and improved upon a variety of new, noninvasive or minimally invasive imaging technologies. The Department of Radiology at Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) and Harvard Medical School (HMS) is engaged in many research projects related to biomedical imaging and minimally- invasive therapies. Approximately half of the full-time faculty members of the department hold a Ph.D. degree, and almost 80% of BWH Radiology's NIH grant funding during the most recent fiscal year was procured and directed by Ph.D. or non-clinical M.D. principal investigators. The Radiology Department's clear commitment to fostering research in fundamental, image-based science and engineering within a multi- disciplinary clinical and research environment means that the proposed post-doctoral training program is demonstrably suited to train the next generation of biomedical imaging scientists. The proposed program will train up to 8 post-doctoral scientists at any given time, for a period of 2-3 years each. Before entering our program, trainees will have completed a doctoral degree, usually in a relevant field of science or engineering. Post-doctoral trainees will pursue research in one or more of the following sub-programs: experimental nuclear medicine, image-based informatics, image-guided tissue ablation, radiologic physics (MR, x-ray, CT), or surgical planning with 3D image reconstruction. Relevance: To sustain the significant advances in medical care that have resulted directly from research on new radiologic procedures, continuous replenishment of biomedical scientists from many disciplines ~ including physics, chemistry, biology, mathematics, engineering, and computer science - is needed. We believe that future biomedical imaging researchers are most likely to thrive in a combined clinical and research setting where they can learn from, and collaborate with, other scientists, as well as physicians. PERFORMANCE SITE ========================================Section End===========================================