Position:

Assistant Professor, Step 3

 

Degrees:

BSE – Biomedical Engineering, Electrical Engineering (satisfied requirements), Psychology (minor)

The Johns Hopkins University

Ph.D. – Bioengineering,

University of California, San Francisco & Berkeley

"High Spatial Resolution Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Spectroscopy Using Surface Coils"

 

Contact Information:

sue@mrsc.ucsf.edu

(415)353-9409

(415)353-9423 (FAX)

http://www.mrsc.ucsf.edu/~sue      

 

The Department of Radiology

185 Berry St, Suite 350, Room 376    

UCSF, Box 0946

San Francisco, CA  94143-0946

 

Research Interests:

• MR of the body
• MRI and MRS of fatty liver disease
• Dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI of prostate cancer
• Dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI of cervical cancer
• Image post-processing, including image alignments for treatment planning and comparison to pathology
• Surface coils for increased S/N in MR imaging and spectroscopic imaging

 

Funding:

American Cancer Society Mentored Research Grant 1/05 – 12/09

I will have funds for ½ a postdoc or SRA or possibly a student starting in 1/05 to help with dynamic contrast-enhanced MR imaging of prostate cancer.

 

Other Interests:

Balancing family and career and self (I have 2 children, ages 2 and 5)

Teaching/Education Planning