[BIC-announce] Seminar in Biomedical Engineering - Wednesday May2nd at 13h

[Christophe Grova]

Dear all,

Our next Biomedical Engineering Dpt seminar is today

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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