Mayo Clinic awards ultrasound research grants

The Mayo Clinic Ultrasound Research Center, directed by Matthew Callstrom, M.D., Ph.D. (MED ’97, RD ’02), awarded seven new 2018 pilot grant awards for up to $30,000 per project. The grants allow investigative teams to study new applications of ultrasound technology.

Su-Youne Chang, Ph.D. (NS ’12); Gregory Worrell, M.D., Ph.D. (I-1 ’97, N ’00, NPHY ’01): “Pilot Study to Investigate Neuromodulatory Effect on Ultrasound”

Hon Leong, Ph.D. (U ’17); Jin Jen, M.D., Ph.D. (THDCC ’08, LABM ’16); Shigao Chen, Ph.D. (BPHY ’02, PHYS ’04): “Ultrafast High-Frequency Ultrasound Imaging for Chemo Sensitivity Screening in a Chick Embryo Patient-Derived Xenograft Model of Metastatic Lung Cancer”

Peter Amadio, M.D. (OR ’83); Mostafa Fatemi, Ph.D. (PHYS ’95): “Shear Wave Elastrography and the Stiffness of the Median Nerve in the Carpal Tunnel: A Validation Study”

Bradley Erickson, M.D., Ph.D. (BPHY ’89, MDPD ’89, RD ’93, R-NEU ’94); Matthew Callstrom, M.D., Ph.D.: “Novel Spinal Echo Catheter for Imaging and Guided Therapy”

Brandon Wiley, M.D. (CV ’17); Xiaoming Zhang, Ph.D. (PHYS ’01, RD ’12); James Greenleaf, Ph.D. (PHYS ’70): “Application of Lung Ultrasound Surface Wave Elastrography in Assessment of Extravascular Lung Water”

Bradley Erickson, M.D., Ph.D.; Matthew Callstrom, M.D., Ph.D.: “Making Ultrasound Smart for Localization and Diagnosis of Thyroid Nodules”

Azra Alizad, M.D. (PHYS’01, R-D ’15); Rodrigo Ruano, M.D., Ph.D. (OBG ’16); Mostafa Fatemi, Ph.D.; Wendaline VanBuren, M.D. (R-D ’16): “The Clinical Value of Ultrasound Strain Magnitude Imaging for Assessment of Placental Attachment Abnormalities”