[BIC-announce] Seminar in Biomedical Engineering - Wednesday May 2nd at 13h

[Christophe Grova]

Dear all,

Our next Biomedical Engineering Dpt seminar is next Wednesday

Wednesday - May 2nd,  at 13h

Location: Room  333 Lyman Duff Building (Biomedical Engineering Dpt, 3775 University Street).

Speaker: Pr. G. Parraga Ph.D. Imaging Research Laboratories, Robarts Research Institute.
Departments of Medical Biophysics, Medical Imaging, Oncology. The University of Western Ontario
www.imaging.robarts.ca/~gep

Title: Pulmonary Functional Imaging: New Engineering, New Biology, New Knowledge

Abstract:
Recent imaging research and engineering developments have accelerated the acquisition of high-resolution images of the respiratory system using novel noble gas methods such as hyperpolarized helium-3 (3He) MRI and xenon-129 (129Xe) MRI.  We discuss the development of quantitative regional imaging measurements of lung function and microstructure that until recently, have never been possible. We discuss the limitations of our current understanding of lung mechanics and biology and how novel image analysis tools can be used to derive MRI measurements of lung structure and function that have changes our understanding of healthy and diseased lung.

Short Bio: 
Dr. Parraga’s laboratory is focused on understanding the underlying mechanisms of disease using novel imaging technologies as tools in patient-based translational biomedical engineering, biophysics and imaging research.  An important goal of the lab is to identify and validate imaging intermediate endpoints of respiratory disease as potential therapeutic targets.  Dr. Parraga completed her PhD in Biochemistry at the University of Washington in Seattle Washington and after completing post-doctoral studies at the Biozentrum, University of Basel, (Basel, Switzerland), she joined F. Hoffman La Roche AG as a Scientist in Pharmaceutical Research and Development.  In 2004, she returned to academic research at Robarts Research Institute, The University of Western Ontario.  Dr. Parraga’s work has been published in Science, the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Circulation, Radiology and the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.  She currently serves as a member of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Biomedical Imaging Technologies study panel and co-Chairs a National Science and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) peer-review panel (Collaborative Health Research Program).  Her pulmonary research is currently funded by CIHR Operating grants, a CIHR New Investigator Award, a CIHR Team grant, the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research and the National Science and Engineering Research Council (NSERC). 

A list of upcoming seminars can be found at : http://www.mcgill.ca/bme/news/seminars

See you there

Christophe Grova

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Christophe Grova, PhD
Assistant Professor
Biomedical Engineering Dpt
Neurology and Neurosurgery Dpt
Montreal Neurological Institute
Centre de Recherches en Mathématiques
Biomedical Engineering Department - Room 304
McGill University
3775 University Street, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3A 2B4
email : christophe.grova at mcgill.ca<mailto:christophe.grova at mcgill.ca>
tel : (514) 398 2516
fax : (514) 398 7461

web:
http://www.mni.mcgill.ca/research/gotman/members/christophe.html
http://www.bmed.mcgill.ca/
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