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Illinois – MGH Partnership Training Illinois Students for Careers in Clinical Research and the Biomedical Industry

“This is a nice example of how an internationally known, clinical institution recognizes the value of engineering here at Illinois.”
– Stephen Boppart, Abel Bliss Professor of Engineering and director of Imaging at Illinois, a campus-wide initiative on imaging

The partnership formed to develop a Joint Illinois-Massachusetts General Hospital Program in Radiological Sciences and Molecular Imaging that leverages the strength of Illinois on basic science and technology and the clinically oriented research MGH carries out.

It emphasizes multidisciplinary and integrative research approaches that combine imaging physics, chemistry, biology, nanomaterials, and/or advanced computation techniques for future radiological and molecular imaging applications.

Now accepting applications for Illinois–MGH Summer 2016 Internship Exchange

Key Personnel

Stephen A. Boppart
Electrical and Computer Engineering, Bioengineering, and the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology

Ling-Jian Meng
Associate Professor of Nuclear, Plasma, and Radiological Engineering

James A. Brink, MD
Radiologist-in-Chief, MGH; Juan M. Taveras Professor of Radiology, Harvard Medical School

Georges El Fakhri
Director of the MGH PET Core and the Gordon Center for Medical Imaging, MGH; Professor of Radiology, Harvard Medical School

Current Activities

  1. Summer internship program for Illinois graduate students
  2. Identifying and developing courses, programs, and technical training necessary for Illinois students pursuing a career in radiological sciences and molecular imaging
  3. Supporting and coordinating education and training efforts; ex: Illinois-MGH Faculty Seminar Series in Radiological Sciences and Molecular Imaging

Research Areas

  • Molecular imaging and therapy
  • Radiochemistry and radiopharmaceuticals
  • Multifunctional nanomaterials
  • Magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy
  • Multi-modality imaging techniques (PET/MR, SPECT/MR, PET/CT etc.)
  • Advanced radiological imaging instrumentation
  • Tomographic reconstructions of imaging data
  • Supercomputing and big data in medical image and information processing
  • Brain network analysis
  • Optical biomedical imaging technologies and clinical applications