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***** CURRENT AND FORMER LAB MEMBERS *****

Dr. Ian Shih, a postdoc in the lab, was elected to the Junior ISMRM Fellow in its annual conference, ISMRM Montreal, Cananda, May 2011

Research Imaging Institute MRI Group Picture in ISMRM Montreal, Cananda, May 2011
From left to right: Damon Cardenas, Ian Shih, Tim Duong, Monica Wey, Guang Li, Yi Zhang, Eric Muir, Bryan de la Garza
Not present: Ailing Lin, Qiang Shen, Geoff Clarke, Claudia Huerta, Chris Peng, Edward Hui.

Research Imaging Institute MRI Group Picture in ISMRM Stockholm, Sweden, May 2010
From left to right: Andrew Bresnen, Guang Li, Tim Duong, Eric Muir, Monica Wey, Ian Shih, Ailing Lin, Qiang Shen.

Research Imaging Institute Group Picture, Apr 2008
From left to right: Shiliang Huang, Xiaodong Zhang, Eric Muir, Tsukasa Nagaoka, Timothy Duong, Robbie Champion, Yoji Tanaka, Govind Nair, Qiang Shen, Haiying (Grace) Cheng, Yumei Yan, Yingxia Li, Swati Rane, Dennis (Ruoyu) Luo.

2011 updates

Edward Hui, PhD, Postdoc fellow (2010-2011) - current position: Instructor, Medical University of South Carolina with Joseph Helpern
Monica Wey, PhD student (2006-2011) - current position: postdoc at Harvard MGH NMR Center with Bruce Rosen
Ian Shih, PhD, Postdoc fellow (2009-2011) - current position: tenture-track Assistant Professor and Director, Small Animal MR Imaging, U of North Carolina
Chris Lee, MD, MD summar reserach student (2011) - current position: resident
Sung-Hong Park , PhD, Research Assistant professor (2009-2010) - current position: Assistant Professor, U Pitt Med School
Chris Peng, PhD, Assistant professor (2008-2011) - current position: Associate professor, Albert Einstein Colleage of Medicine
Peter Kochunov, PhD, Research Assistant professor (2008-2011) - current position: Associate professor, U of Maryland
Jacob Eisenrich, B.S., MD MSSRP scholar (2011) - current position: finishing up MD training

Former Lab Members

• Wei Chen , M.S. , M.D., Postdoc (2003-2004) - Current position: instructor at UMass Med Sch

• Mitul Desai, M.S., Research associate (2003-2004) - Current position: MR scientist at MIT

• Feng Luo, M.D., Ph.D., Postdoc (2004) - Current position: MR scientist at Abbott

• Zhixin Li, M.D., Ph.D., (2003-2004) - Current position: postdoc in Milwaukee College of Wisconsin

• Thomas Chang, M.S. M.D., MD Senior Scholar (2004-2005) - Current position: Resident at Standord University

• Ken Sicard, M.D., Ph.D. Student (2002-2006) - Current position: neurology fellow at UMass Med Sch

• Karl Schmidt, Ph.D., Student (2003-2007) - Current position: Staff scientist at McLean Hospital, Harvard University

• Hongxia Ren, Ph.D., Postdoc (2003-2005) - Current position: Associate Scientist at Yerkes

• Nanna Sulai, B.S., Senior research assistant (2005-2006) - Current position: Medical student at Wake Forest Medical School

• Hanh Nguyen, B.S., Senior research assistant (2005-2007) - Current position: Graduate school in public health

• Yoji Tanaka, MD, PhD, Research Associate (2006-2009) - Current position: Clinical director, University hospital in Japan

• Tsukasa Nagaoko, MD, PhD, Research Associate (2005-2008) - Current position: Clinical director, University hospital in Japan

• Xiaodong Zhang, PhD, Research Assistant Professor, (2005-2008) - Current position: Research Assistant Professor

• Haiying Cheng, Ph.D., Postdoc (2002-2008) - Current position: Research Associate at Yerkes

• Robbie Championn, BS, LAT, lab manager (2004-2008) - Current position: Animal lab director

• Yumei Yan, Ph.D., Postdoc (2007-2008) - Current position: Postdoc at Yerkes

• Yingxia Li, Ph.D., Postdoc (2006-2009) - Current position: Postdoc at Yerkes

• Ruoyou Luo, Ph.D., Postdoc (2007-2008) - Current position: Postdoc at Yerkes

• Wendy Williamson Coyne, BS, LAT, lab manager (2007-2008) - Current position: staff at Yerkes

Summer and rotation students

• Ross Sullivan, B.S. Undergraduate Summer Research - Current position: Medical student at Syracuse University

• Jared Danker, Undergraduate Summer Research - Current position: PhD student at Carnegie Mellon University

• Nathan Marengi, B.S. Medical Student Summer Research - Current position: unknown

• Miguel Conception, Undergradraduate Summer Research - Current position: unknown

• Karl Schmidt, Ph.D. Rotation Student, Current postion: Staff scientist at McLean Hospital, Harvard University

• Ken Sicard, M.D., Ph.D. Rotation Student - Current position: Medical student at UMass Med Sch

• Erica Fletcher, B.S., Summer M.D.Student - Current position: Medical student at Emory University Medical School

• Alex Poplawsky, B.S., Rotation Student - Current position: graduate student at Emory University

• Brittany Copp, B.S., Rotation Student - Current position: graduate student at Emory University

• Stefanie Ritter, B.S., Rotation Student - Current position: graduate student at Emory University

• Meghana Bhatta, Undergraduate Summer Research - Current position: undergraduate at Vandebilt University

• Ryan Jessee, Undergraduate Summer Research - Current position: undergraduate

Former honorary Lab Members

• Xiangjun Meng, M.D. Research Associate - Current position: Staff scientist at Merck

• Jurgen Bardutzky, M.D. Postdoc Associate - Current position: Chief resident, Neurology, University of Heidelberg

• James Bouley, B.S. Research Associate - Current position: scientist at UMass Med Sch

• Nils Henniger, M.D. Postdoc Associate - Current position: postdoc at UMass Med Sch

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