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The vision of CCIR is to lead the next generation of transformative imaging research that will radically improve disease prevention, diagnosis and therapy. A recent BME Newsletter article highlights work by CCIR’s multidisciplinary investigators to combat prostate cancer.

Shuo Li, PhD, Leonard Case, Jr. Professor in Engineering, CWRU, has been elected a fellow of the International Academy of Medical and Biological Engineering (IAMBE). “I’m honored to join IAMBE and deeply grateful to my colleagues, collaborators and students,” said Li.

Leonardo Kayat Bittencourt, MD, PhD, Vice Chair of Innovation, Radiology, and leader of the UH RadiCLE initiative, was recently interviewed by the Frame by Frame podcast.

Zheng-Rong Lu, PhD, the M. Frank Rudy and Margaret Domiter Rudy Professor of Biomedical Engineering, CWRU, was recently named an ISMRM Fellow “for outstanding and pioneering work in small targeted contrast agents MRI that enables clinical translatable high-resolution molecular MRI of cancer."

CWRU BME PhD student Tom DeSilvio has been named a Crain's Cleveland Business "20 in their 20s" honoree. Tom is studying how AI can help clinicians better treat patients diagnosed with colorectal cancers. He is mentored by Satish Viswanath, PhD.

"University Hospitals and Case Western Reserve University recently celebrated a major milestone: more than 40 years of groundbreaking collaboration in radiology among the institutions and Siemens Healthineers."

Amit Gupta, MBBS, MD, Associate Professor, Radiology, University Hospitals and CWRU, was recently interviewed by Cleveland Channel 19 as part of a news piece on using AI to improve lung cancer outcomes, discussing UH collaboration with Qure.AI.

Supported by a $3.27 million, five-year NCI grant, Zheng-Rong Lu, PhD, the M. Frank Rudy and Margaret Domiter Rudy Professor of Biomedical Engineering, CWRU, and colleague Li Lily Wang, Cleveland Clinic and CWRU School of Medicine, are developing targeted vaccines for pancreatic cancer that could eliminate the disease.

Recently, the RadiCLE program at University Hospitals received its first development grant from the National Science Foundation. Leonardo Kayat Bittencourt, MD, PhD, Vice Chair of Innovation, Radiology, and the UH RadiCLE initiative will work with UH Radiology industry partner, SegMedix.

Prerna Singh, CWRU MD/PhD student in the Wilson lab, was selected in the Top Two for the SCCT Young Investigator Award and will present "Low-density Coronary Calcium Below The Agatston Threshold On CT Calcium Scoring Independently Predicts MACE Risk: Insights From CLARIFY And SCOT-HEART" at the SCCT conference, July 17-20.