Featured Research

Postdoctoral Research

Advisor: Christos Davatzikos, Ph.D.

  • Characterizing and quantifying brain changes due to cardiovascular, metabolic, and lifestyle risk factors in structural magnetic resonance images

Doctoral dissertation

Advisor: Tim Q. Duong, Ph.D.

  • Developed machine learning and multivariate statistical analytic methods for anatomical, diffusion and functional MR imaging applied to neurodegeneration, specifically Multiple Sclerosis and Traumatic Brain Injury

PRe-doctoral research

Advisor: Caterina Mainero, M.D., Ph.D.

  • Multivariate statistical analyses of structural, functional, quantitative MRI (3 and 7 Tesla) and PET imaging to investigate cortical degeneration in Multiple Sclerosis

Additional research roles

Research Assistant. Supervisor: Lilianne Mujica-Parodi, Ph.D.

Area: Ultra-high field (7 Tesla) functional MRI, experimental design setup, pulse sequence testing for long acquisition times (>20 min fMRI)


Masters Dissertation Research. Advisor: Walter O’Dell, Ph.D.

Area: Automated segmentation of blood vessels in volumetric lung CT in the presence of post-treatment scar tissue


Research Project. Advisor: Dana Helmreich, Ph.D.

Area: Audio signal processing to measure stress response in rats