At Illinois, we are focused on education, research, and public service of regional, national, and international significance. The campus is constantly attracting top-quality students across various science and engineering disciplines. Many of these students have strong interests in engineering and biomedical applications, and in pursuing their future careers in clinical research or the biomedical industry.
In contrast, Massachusetts General Hospital is a non-degree-granting medical institution. Having sustained access to University of Illinois students across various engineering disciplines is beneficial to MGH in fulfilling its role as a leading health care provider, an international leader in basic research, and a premier institution for training of future medical professionals.
This partnership provides a unique opportunity for training Illinois students with a rigorous engineering education and research experiences in a premiere clinical institution.
General Goals
1. To develop a Joint Illinois-MGH Program in Radiological Sciences and Molecular Imaging that leverages the strength of Illinois on basic science and technology and the clinically-oriented research carried out at MGH.
This program specially emphasizes multidisciplinary and integrative research approaches that combine imaging physics, chemistry, biology, nanomaterial and/or advanced computation techniques for future radiological and molecular imaging applications;
2. To develop a joint platform for training Illinois students towards their future careers in clinical research and the biomedical industry.
This program would allow students to go through the rigorous course work and research activities at Illinois, and at a later stage of their training, to gain concrete research experiences in one of the largest and top ranked clinical departments;
3. To provide a basis for increased research interactions and collaborations between individual staff, faculty, and students at Illinois and MGH.
This includes not only research activities but also patenting, commercialization, and royalty sharing of certain subject inventions and works of authorship conceived or created by these collaborative efforts.