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Department of Radiology Hosts Imaging Services Workshop
A group of 35 post-docs, clinical fellows, and junior faculty
from across UCSF—all of them early-stage investigators—learned
about the use of in vivo preclinical and clinical
imaging as a tool in translational research in an August 24
workshop presented by the UCSF Clinical and Translational
Science Institute (CTSI), the Department of Radiology and
Biomedical Imaging, and the HIV Research Section of the
San Francisco Department of Public Health.
The workshop was organized by the Methods in
eLearning for Translational Science Project (METiS), which
supports collaborative workshops for early-stage investigators
who may be unaware of the availability and utility
of emerging laboratory technologies. METiS is funded
through a grant from the NIH/National Center for Research
Resources.
A panel of imaging experts, John Gore, PhD, of Vanderbilt
University, Nashville, Tenn., and Pratik Mukherjee, MD,
PhD, Henry VanBrocklin, PhD, and David Saloner, PhD, of
UCSF’s Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging,
discussed various imaging modalities, such as MR, US, PET-
and SPECT-CT, quantitative micro-imaging, and high-field
NMR. Other topics also covered imaging applications for
cardiovascular disease, neuroscience, and oncology/drug
development research.
Attendees at the collaborative imaging services workshop
Participants toured the department’s facilities at China
Basin, with emphasis given to the imaging equipment available
for research.
“We are excited about this collaboration with CTSI and
with the opportunity to expose early-stage investigators
from other research areas across UCSF to the services and
equipment available through our department,” said Ella
Jones, PhD, assistant adjunct professor.
CTSI is a cross-school, campus-wide institute at UCSF,
whose goal is to translate research into improvements in
patient and community health.
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