Susie Huang Receives Jim Thrall, MD, Mentoring Award
The award honors the mentoring contributions of both clinical and research faculty in the Mass General Department of Radiology.
Uncovering the Relationship between Loneliness and Poor Health Outcomes
Martinos researchers Daphne Holt, MD, PhD, Faye McKenna, PhD, and colleagues have identified a potential marker of loneliness, which could help understand the effects of loneliness on the body and even how to reverse them.
Meet Nilson Fernandes, the New Operations Director for the Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging
Nilson will focus on all operations for the Center’s Imaging Research Core.
Martinos Fellowship Program Now Accepting Applications
Candidates are encouraged to apply by April 15, 2024.
Mesoscale Brain Mapping: Bridging Scales and Modalities in Neuroimaging
The Martinos Center and the HST-based Neuroimaging Training Program (NTP) recently hosted a symposium exploring the state-of-the-art in mesoscale brain mapping.
Symposium to Explore ‘Mesoscale’ Imaging of the Human Brain
The symposium will be held October 10, 2023, on the Assembly Row campus of Mass General Brigham, in Somerville, Mass.
‘Martinnovate’ Seminar Series Boosts Innovation at Martinos
Co-founders Bastien Guerin and Nikou Louise Damestani discuss the series and why it’s important to support innovation.
Bruce Rosen on the Advanced Imaging Technologies Coming to the Martinos Center
Martinos Center director Bruce Rosen, MD, PhD, describes several cutting-edge technologies that will advance research both in the center and elsewhere in the coming years.
Open-Source Tool Performs Whole-Brain Segmentation of Longitudinal MRI Scans
Martinos researchers have developed a method for whole-brain segmentation of longitudinal MRI scans that generalizes to different scanners and MRI sequences, does not put any constraints on the number or timing of follow-up scans, and can segment white matter lesions simultaneously.
Home Hospital Innovation Challenge Showcases Imaging Technologies of Tomorrow
The Shark Tank-like event presented innovative technologies including a point-of-care surgical robotic platform and a fleet of mobile MRI scanners.
The Center’s Eric Gale to Address Anemia of Chronic Disease in Project Funded by HMS Award
Gale is a recipient of the 2023 HMS Blavatnik Therapeutics Challenge Award.
Q&A: Susan Whitfield-Gabrieli on Managing Anxiety and Depression with Mindfulness-Based fMRI Neurofeedback
The work she describes was done in collaboration with center researcher Anastasia Yendiki and the Martinos-based Boston Adolescent Neuroimaging of Depression and Anxiety (BANDA) study.
Q&A with Eve Valera on Intimate Partner Violence and Brain Injury
Valera uses imaging and other tools to study traumatic brain injury and other impacts of intimate partner violence.
Third Somatomotor Map Distinguished in Human Cerebellum
The center’s Randy Buckner and colleagues have provided direct support for a third somatomotor map in the vermis of the cerebellum by using intensive, repeated functional MRI scanning of individuals performing movements across multiple body parts.
As an MGH Research Scholar, Brian Edlow Will Pursue Detection of ‘Covert Consciousness’ in the ICU
He will lead a team in optimizing and implementing the technique transcranial magnetic stimulation electroencephalograph (TMS-EEG).
Q&A with Caterina Mainero, Director of the Multiple Sclerosis Imaging Laboratory
Dr. Mainero discusses the lab’s research into the mechanisms of the disease and new approaches to diagnosis and monitoring.
It’s All about Teamwork: The Center’s Shahin Nasr on his breakthrough findings in the visual system
Nasr, director of the Mesovision Laboratory at the center, talks about the discovery and what made it possible.
Hemostatic Factors Have Potential as Biomarkers and Therapeutic Targets in MS
The Center’s Caterina Mainero and colleagues review the interplay of fibrinogen and coagulation factors with neuroinflammation in multiple sclerosis.
Metabolomic Information Highly Useful for Predicting Future Prostate Cancer
A study by the Center’s Leo Cheng and colleagues suggests that metabolomic changes detected with an advanced nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy technique can differentiate between patients with benign prostate biopsies who will or will not receive a prostate cancer diagnosis over the following years.
Jyrki Ahveninen Receives Mentoring Award
The Jim Thrall, MD Mentoring Award recognizes the mentoring contributions of research as well as clinical faculty in the Mass General Department of Radiology.