People

Principal Investigator

Abhijit J. Chaudhari
Lab director, Associate Professor, Department of Radiology
Director, Center for Molecular and Genomic Imaging (CMGI)
M.S. (E. E.), California State University, Northridge, 2002
M.S. (Appl Math), Ph.D. (E.E.), University of Southern California, 2007
e-mail: ajchaudhari AT ucdavis DOT edu

In memoriam: Michael H. Buonocore, M.D., Ph.D., Professor, Department of Radiology, University of California Davis, Technical Director, UC Davis Imaging Research Center, Deceased: June 2014

 

Students/Trainees

 

Valerie Porter
Graduate Student, Major: Biomedical Engineering
B. S. (Bioengineering), University of California San Diego
email: vporter AT ucdavis DOT edu
yasser_abdelhafez Yasser Abdelhafez
Post-doctoral Fellow
M.B.B.Ch., M.Sc., M.D. (Nuclear Medicine), Cairo University, Egypt
email: yabdelhafez AT ucdavis DOT edu
Dario Mazza
Junior Specialist
M.S. (Biomedical Engineering), M.Sc. (Epidemiology), Imperial College London
email: dfmazza AT ucdavis DOT edu
Cathy_Zhou

Cathy Zhou
Radiology Resident
B. S. (Biology/Pharmacology), Duke University, M.D., University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
email: catzhou AT ucdavis DOT edu

Collaborators

Robert D. Boutin, M.D. (Stanford University – Radiology)
Siba P. Raychaudhuri, M.D. (UC Davis – Rheumatology, Sacramento VA Medical Center)
John H. Morrison, Ph.D. (UC Davis – Neurology, CNPRC)
Pamela J. Lein, Ph.D. (UC Davis – School of Veterinary Medicine, Molecular Biosciences)
Ramsey D. Badawi, Ph.D.(UC Davis – Radiology)
Simon R. Cherry, Ph.D. (UC Davis – Radiology and Biomedical Engineering)
Anand A. Joshi, Ph.D. (USC – Electrical Engineering)
Krishna Nayak, Ph.D., (USC – Electrical Engineering)
Richard M. Leahy, Ph.D. (USC – Electrical Engineering)
Robert M. Szabo, M.D., M.P.H. (UC Davis – Orthopedic Surgery)
Christopher O. Bayne, M.D. (UC Davis – Orthopedic Surgery)
Alice F. Tarantal, Ph.D. (UC Davis – Pediatrics, CNPRC)
John M. Boone (UC Davis – Radiology)
Joseph J. Crisco, Ph.D. (Brown University – Orthopaedic Surgery)

 

Affiliated Centers

UC Davis Center for Molecular and Genomic Imaging
California National Primate Research Center
UC Davis CounterACT Center of Excellence
UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center

 

Alumni

Sanchita Raychaudhuri, B.S., Summer Intern and NPF Research Awardee, 2018-2020, currently Medical Student, Ichan School of Medicine at Mt Sinai, New York, NY
Soumajyoti Sarkar, M.D., Research Fellow, 2019-2020, currently physician at the Department of Pediatric Dermatology, Institute of Child Health, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Brad H. Hobson, PhD., Postdoctoral Fellow, 2018-2020, currently Research Scientist, UC Davis Center for Molecular and Genomic Imaging
Stephen S. Henrichon, Medical Resident, 2014-2019, currently medical fellow, UC Davis
Laura Sonoda, Medical Fellow, 2019, currently Orthopaedic Surgeon, Kaiser
Brent Foster, Graduate Student, 2014-2019, currently postdoctoral fellow, Yale University
Calvin Shaw, Post-doctoral Fellow, 2016-2017, currently scientist, Exponent Inc.
Marissa Borgese, Junior Specialist, 2016-2017, currently medical student, Loyola Marymount University
Vinay Nittur, Undergraduate Researcher, 2012-2015, currently Medical student, UC Davis
Scott To, Undergraduate Researcher, 2012-2014, currently Engineer, Workday Inc.
Cindy La, Research Intern, 2014, currently pre-surgical intern, UC Davis
David Gedeon, Research Intern, 2014, currently medical resident, UC Irvine
Kristen E. Lipscomb, Postdoctoral fellow, 2014, currently Injury Biomechanist at Hayes & Associates
Zachary Ashwell, Research Intern, 2013, currently Radiologist, Radia, Seattle, Washington
Yves-Paul Nakache, Medical student, UC Davis, 2013, currently Physician, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center
Igor Immerman, M.D., Orthopedics/Hand fellow, UC Davis, 2012-2014, currently Assistant Professor, UCSF
Shruti Agarwal, Post-doctoral fellow, UC Davis, 2012-2014, currently researcher at Johns Hopkins University
Bedro Jin, Medical student, UC Davis, 2012, currently Radiologist, Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center