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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: radiopharmaceuticals and radiochemical methods for molecular imaging
Themes: Cancer, Cardiovascular Science and Medicine,
Department: Clinical Neurosciences
Email: fia20@medschl.cam.ac.uk
Website: www.micl.wbic.cam.ac.uk/
Sorry no students can be taken this year. 
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: Medical Imaging
Department: Department of Radiology
Email: la398@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 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: Dr Srinjan Basu
Topic: Towards a single-molecule perspective of early mammalian development
Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Medical Imaging, Molecules and Cells
Department: Department of Physiology, Devlopment and Neuroscience, Wellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute
Email: sb451@cam.ac.uk
Website: https://www.stemcells.cam.ac.uk/people/pi/basu
Applications from potential 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
Department: Department of Medicine
Email: jpc44@cam.ac.uk
Website: https://www.med.cam.ac.uk/pace-our-pis-and-associate-pis/ and https://www.neuroscience.cam.ac.uk/directory/profile.php?jpc44
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 Matt Davis
Topic: Neuro-anatomical and computational accounts of language comprehension; spoken and written word recognition; connectionist modelling; fMRI
Themes: Medical Imaging, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour
Department: MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit
Email: matt.davis@mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk
Website: http://www.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/people/matt.davis/
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: Oncological Imaging Biomarkers Hyperpolarised 13C MRI
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
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
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: https://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 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 Sarah Morgan
Topic: Data science for brain sciences (including brain imaging and Natural Language Processing)
Themes: Medical Imaging, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour
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: Dr James Rowe
Topic: The relationship between motor and cognitive processes in healthy subjects and neurodegenerative disease; overlap between disorders of movement and cognition; functional changes associated with disease; assessment of potential surrogate indices of the efficacy of candidate therapies; cognitive architecture for response selection and voluntary action; fMRI PET rTMS and MEG.
Themes: Medical Imaging, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour
Department: MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit
Email: james.rowe@mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk
Website: http://www.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/people/james.rowe/
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
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: Dr Alison Sleigh
Topic: Characterisation of the fat distribution within skeletal muscle
Themes: Medical Imaging, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology
Department: Clinical Neurosciences
Email: as626@cam.ac.uk
Website: https://www.wbic.cam.ac.uk/userdirs/as626
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: Computational psychiatry focusing on dementia neuroimaging analysis methods and cognitive modelling
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 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
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

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