Department of Radiology / Division of Research

Gary D. Fullerton, Ph.D.
Professor and Vice Chairman / Malcolm Jones Professorship

The Division of Research is responsible for the coordination of medical imaging reseach within the Radiology Department. This research spans the spectrum from basic research related to molecular imaging, nanotechnology, radiotherapeutics, and targeted drug delivery to clinical research dedicated to minimally invasive image guided therapeutics, cardiac MRI imaging and diabetes research. The division shares a role in the development of the Radiological Sciences PhD graduate students and Resident/PhD students by enhancing the opportunities for research collaboration with the Radiology Department and with other clinical departments of of the Medical School. This research is supported by core facilities dedicated to state of the art small animal imaging with microSPECT/CT/PET, an image processing and analysis laboratory, a radiochemistry and molecular biology lab and a liposome nanoparticle manufacturing facility. It is the goal of the division to organize research projects into groups of researchers consisting of research radiologists, faculty PhD physicist or PhD basic scientist, a resident M.D./Ph.D. student, and one or two radiological sciences graduate students to form the critical mass of scientists necessary to initiate high quality research into new radiology related research fields. The research division has a particular interest in research dedicated to the use of medical imaging for development of novel therapeutic agents and approaches. This research is carried recently purchased state of the art imaging equipment such as the micoSPECT/CT camera.

There are a total of 15 researchers comprised of 3 Professors, 2 Associate Professors, 4 Assistant Professors, 1 instructor, 1 visiting scientist, 5 Radiological Sciences Graduate Students, and 4 Human Imaging M.D./Ph.D. students and support staff consisting of an Administrative Assistant dedicated to support research.

The Division cuurently has approximately $500,000 in grant funding each year. Some of the funding sources are the Office of Naval Research, the NIH and Private Coorporations.

Division of Research

Vice Chairman

(Laboratories)

Vascular Stent and Endothelial Cell Biology

Biomolecular and Nanotechnological Imaging / Therapeutic Systems

Diabetic Imaging

Oncological Imaging and Intervention

Image Processing and Analysis

Small Animal Imaging (SPECT/CT/PET)