The Medical Imaging Research Theme includes the following sub-groups:
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) acquisition and analysis methods
- Bioimaging quantification
- Neuroimaging and Neuropsychology
- Oncological Imaging and Biomarkers
- Data Science and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging
Principal Investigators in this theme:
| Name: Professor Franklin Aigbirhio Topic: Novel radiopharmaceuticals and radiochemical methods for molecular imaging Themes: Cancer, Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Medical Imaging, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour Department: Clinical Neurosciences Email: fia20@medschl.cam.ac.uk Website: www.micl.wbic.cam.ac.uk/ Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Sarah Aitken Topic: Genomic pathology; Cancer evolution; Image analysis Themes: Cancer, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Medical Imaging, Molecules and Cells Department: MRC Toxicology Unit Email: sa696@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.aitkenlab.org Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Luigi Aloj Topic: Clinical and preclinical radionuclide imaging and therapy in oncology Themes: Cancer, Medical Imaging Department: Department of Radiology Email: la398@cam.ac.uk Website: http://radiology.medschl.cam.ac.uk/about-us/departmental-staff/academic-... Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Lisa Alves Topic: Neurosciences Themes: Medical Imaging, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour Department: Veterinary Medicine Email: la382@cam.ac.uk Website: www.vet.cam.ac.uk Sorry no PhD students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential summer students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Tristan Barrett Topic: Prostate cancer Imaging Genito-urinary Radiology Themes: Cancer, Medical Imaging Department: Department of Radiology Email: tb507@medschl.cam.ac.uk Website: http://radiology.medschl.cam.ac.uk/about-us/departmental-staff/academic-... Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Sarah Bohndiek Topic: Optical molecular imaging for early cancer detection Themes: Cancer, Medical Imaging Department: Department of Physics / Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute Email: seb53@cam.ac.uk Website: www.bohndieklab.org Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Edward Bullmore Topic: Methods for analysis of brain imaging data Themes: Medical Imaging, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour Department: Department of Psychiatry Email: etb23@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.neuroscience.cam.ac.uk/directory/profile.php?etb23 Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Adrian Carpenter Topic: Optimisation of magnetic resonance acquisition and analysis: spectroscopy Themes: Medical Imaging Department: Department of Clinical Neurosciences (Wolfson Brain Imaging Centre) Email: tac12@wbic.cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.wbic.cam.ac.uk Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Jonathan Coles Topic: Mechanisms responsible for secondary neuronal injury, their temporal profile, and implications for eventual neurocognitive recovery following head injury (TBI). Themes: Medical Imaging, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, Clinical Science Department: Department of Medicine Email: jpc44@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.neuroscience.cam.ac.uk/directory/profile.php?jpc44 and https://www.med.cam.ac.uk/pace-our-pis-and-associate-pis/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Mireia Crispin Topic: We use machine learning and computational data integration models to understand cancer on multiple scales, from medical imaging down to molecular profiles Themes: Cancer, Medical Imaging Department: Department of Oncology Email: mc973@cam.ac.uk Website: https://micrisor.github.io/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Tim Dalgleish Topic: Experimental investigation of cognition-emotion relationships; post-traumatic stress; functional theoretical modelling of emotions; depression Themes: Medical Imaging, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour Department: MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit Email: tim.dalgleish@mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/people/tim.dalgleish/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Kristian Franze Topic: Using biophysical and cell biological approaches to understand the influence of physical cues on the functioning of the nervous system Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Medical Imaging, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience Email: kf284@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/staff/franze/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Tim Fryer Topic: The physics of positron emission tomography: to improve the information provided by this imaging technique in the study of disease. Themes: Medical Imaging Department: Department of Clinical Neurosciences (Wolfson Brain Imaging Centre) Email: tdf21@wbic.cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.wbic.cam.ac.uk Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Ferdia Gallagher Topic: Novel imaging methods to characterise tissue metabolism Themes: Cancer, Medical Imaging Department: Department of Radiology Email: fag1000@cam.ac.uk Website: https://radiology.medschl.cam.ac.uk/about-us/departmental-staff/academic... Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Fiona Gilbert Topic: Breast and Oncology Imaging and Magnetic Resonance Imaging Themes: Cancer, Medical Imaging, Women's Health, Clinical Science Department: Department of Radiology Email: fjg28@cam.ac.uk Website: http://radiology.medschl.cam.ac.uk/about-us/departmental-staff/academic-... Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Peter Hutchinson Topic: Cerebral metabolism and imaging following acute brain injury Themes: Medical Imaging, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, Clinical Science Department: Department of Clinical Neurosciences (Neurosurgery Unit) Email: pjah2@medschl.cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.neuroscience.cam.ac.uk/directory/profile.php?pjah2 Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Rajesh Jena Topic: Neuro-oncology / Radiotherapy / Data science and machine learning Themes: Cancer, Medical Imaging Department: Oncology Email: rjena@nhs.net Website: https://www.oncology.cam.ac.uk/directory/r-jena Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Dr Tom Manly Topic: The cognitive neuropsychology of adult acquired attentional and executive disorders; attentional/executive function in children; neuropsychological rehabilitation Themes: Medical Imaging, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour Department: MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit Email: tom.manly@mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/people/tom.manly/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Tomasz Matys Topic: Neuroradiology Themes: Medical Imaging Department: Department of Radiology Email: tm418@cam.ac.uk Website: http://radiology.medschl.cam.ac.uk/about-us/departmental-staff/academic-... Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Kate McDole Topic: Morphogenesis of the early mammalian embryo Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Infection and Immunity, Medical Imaging, Molecules and Cells Department: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Email: kmcdole@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk Website: https://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/group-leaders/h-to-m/kate-mcdole/ Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Simon Mendez-Ferrer Topic: Stem cell niche pathophysiology Themes: Infection and Immunity, Medical Imaging, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Haematology (Wellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute) Email: sm2116@medschl.cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.haem.cam.ac.uk/staff/senior-staff/dr-simon-mendez-ferrer/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Selena Milicevic Sephton Topic: Development of radiotracers for Positron Emission Tomography (PET) imaging of neuroinflammation Themes: Medical Imaging Department: Clinical Neurosciences Email: sms96@medschl.cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.micl.wbic.cam.ac.uk Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Sarah Morgan Topic: Data science for brain sciences (including brain imaging and Natural Language Processing) Themes: Medical Imaging, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, Clinical Science Department: Department of Psychiatry, Computer Science and Technology Email: sem91@cam.ac.uk Website: https://semorgan.org/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Ken Poole Topic: Osteoporosis, Osteoarthritis and Rare Bone Diseases; Imaging and Microstructural Analysis Themes: Medical Imaging Department: Department of Medicine Email: kp254@medschl.cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.med.cam.ac.uk/poole/ Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Timothy Rittman Topic: Modelling neurodegenerative disorders using neuroimaging and neuropathology data Themes: Medical Imaging, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour Department: Clinical Neurosciences Email: tr332@medschl.cam.ac.uk Website: www.rittman.uk Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Trevor Robbins Topic: Fronto-striatal systems and the neurochemical control of behaviour: Relevance for human impulsive-compulsive disorders Themes: Medical Imaging, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour Department: Psychology Email: twr2@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.psychol.cam.ac.uk/staff/professor-trevor-w-robbins-cbe-frs-f... Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Professor Chris Rodgers Topic: Ultra-high field (7T) Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (MRS) Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Medical Imaging, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour Department: Department of Clinical Neurosciences (Wolfson Brain Imaging Centre) Email: ctr28@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.neuroscience.cam.ac.uk/directory/profile.php?ctr28 Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor James Rudd Topic: Non-invasive imaging can quantify and track inflammation in human and animal vascular disease Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Medical Imaging, Clinical Science Department: Department of Medicine (Division of Cardiovascular Medicine) Email: jhfr2@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.cambridgecancercentre.org.uk/users/jhfrudd Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Elizabeth Soilleux Topic: Interesting projects available in immunity (TCR/BCR repertoire) cancer biology (esp lymphoma) histopathological imaging bioinformatics AI and clinical data handling. Active collaborations with the vet school maths engineering and industry Themes: Cancer, Infection and Immunity, Medical Imaging, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Pathology Email: ejs17@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.path.cam.ac.uk/directory/elizabeth-soilleux Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Li Su Topic: Multimodal neuroimaging in dementia Themes: Medical Imaging, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour Department: Department of Psychiatry Email: ls514@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.aicn-group.com Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr John Suckling Topic: Brain imaging methods and analysisPsychiatry, Brain Imaging, Bioinformatics, Cognitive recovery, Neuroscience Themes: Cancer, Medical Imaging, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour Department: Department of Psychiatry Email: js369@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.neuroscience.cam.ac.uk/directory/profile.php?js369 Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Dénes Szücs Topic: Mathematical cognition and development, mathematics anxiety, meta-science, research replicability Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Medical Imaging, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour Department: Department of Psychology Email: ds377@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.cne.psychol.cam.ac.uk/staff/denes-szucs Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Kamen Tsvetanov Topic: The effects of vascular health and brain health on cognitive function in healthy subjects and neurodegenerative disease; multimodal neuroimaging (MRI, DWI, fMRI, MEG, PET, MRS); brain resilience and vulnerability. Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Medical Imaging, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour Department: Clinical Neurosciences Email: kat35@cam.ac.uk Website: https://neuroscience.cam.ac.uk/member/kat35/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Kamen Tsvetanov Topic: The effects of vascular health and brain health on cognitive function in healthy subjects and neurodegenerative disease; multimodal neuroimaging (MRI, DWI, fMRI, MEG, PET, MRS); brain resilience and vulnerability. Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Medical Imaging, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour Department: Clinical Neuroscieces Email: kat35@cam.ac.uk Website: https://neuroscience.cam.ac.uk/member/kat35/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Virginie Uhlmann Topic: Biological Imaging Themes: Medical Imaging Department: EMBL-EBI Email: uhlmann@ebi.ac.uk Website: https://www.ebi.ac.uk/research/uhlmann/ Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Petra Vertes Topic: Systems and Computational Neuroscience Themes: Medical Imaging, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour Department: Department of Psychiatry Email: pv226@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.psychiatry.cam.ac.uk/groups/systems-and-computational-neuros... Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Jonathan Weir-McCall Topic: Cardiothoracic imaging particularly in the use of CT and MRI Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Medical Imaging, Clinical Science Department: Department of Radiology Email: jw2079@cam.ac.uk Website: http://radiology.medschl.cam.ac.uk/about-us/departmental-staff/research-... Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Guy Williams Topic: Acquisition and analysis methods for Magnetic Resonance Imaging Themes: Medical Imaging Department: Department of Clinical Neurosciences (Wolfson Brain Imaging Centre) Email: gbw1000@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.neuroscience.cam.ac.uk/directory/profile.php?gbw1000 Applications from potential students are welcome |
