October 2026 - EMIC Members Shine at the 2026 Radiology Research Symposium!
EMIC Members Shine at the 2026 Radiology Research Symposium!
Congratulations to our EMIC members for their outstanding participation and achievements at the 2026 Radiology Research Symposium! Our group actively contributed to the symposium through oral presentations and poster presentations, showcasing a wide range of exciting research in medical imaging.
- Yasser Abdelhafez (top left) delivered an oral presentation titled “Elevated Systemic Lymphoid Tissue Activity on Total-Body ¹⁸F-FDG PET/CT in Psoriatic Arthritis Patients.”
- Claire Hsu (bottom left) presented her research titled “Liver Marker Associations with Amyloid and Tau Burden Measured with PET Imaging.”
Three additional members shared their research through poster presentations:
- Kavita Kundal: “[¹⁸F]FDG PET-Derived Synthetic MRI May Enable MRI-Free Brain Region Segmentation.”
- Deepa Choudhary: “TRACE: A New Phantom for Simultaneous Multi-Method Assessment of PET Spatial Resolution.”
- Reimund Bayerlein: “AI-based Denoising in PET: Balancing Image Quality Against Quantitative Accuracy.”
Beyond the research presentations, we are also excited to celebrate the awards received by our EMIC members!
- Guobao Wang received the Award for Most Impactful Basic Science Research and Excellence in Research Funding, recognizing his outstanding contributions to radiology research and scientific advancement.
- Lorenzo Nardo (top right) received the Award for Most Impactful Clinical Science Research, recognizing his outstanding contributions to clinical research and advancement in radiology.
- Ramsey Badawi (top center) and Michael T Corwin, together with Guobao Wang, received the Research Service Award in recognition of their outstanding service, leadership, and significant contributions to the Department of Radiology.
- Claire Hsu (bottom left) received the Best Oral Presentation in Basic Science Award.
- Kavita Kundal (bottom center) received the Best Abstract Presented by a Postdoc.
- Deepa Choudhary (bottom right) received the Best Abstract Presented by a Graduate Student Award.
Congratulations again to all our presenters and award recipients! We are proud of everyone's contributions and look forward to seeing more exciting research and achievements from our EMIC community!