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Grants & Awards

2023

  • ASNR Foundation Grant - Hill, Virginia
    Augmented Intelligence Analysis of Meningioma MRIs According to DNA Methylation Subgroups, Molecular Markers, and Copy Number Variants
    American Society of Neuroradiology
  • NIH R01 - Laleh Golestani Rad
    Discovery and Applied Research for Technological Innovations to Improve Human Health
    National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering
  • RSNA Emerging Issues - Long-Term COVID Effects Award - Kim, Daniel and Daniel C. Lee
    Discovery of Racial Disparities in Coronary Microvascular Dysfunction in Long COVID Patients using Rapid Quantitative Cardiovascular MRI
    Radiological Society of North America
  • NIH R01 - Kim, Daniel and Daniel C. Lee
    Quantitative Detection of Coronary Microvascular Dysfunction in Long COVID Patients using a Comprehensive, Rapid, Free-Breathing Cardiovascular MRI
    National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
  • NIH R41 - Cantrell, Donald and Sameer Ansari
    Motion-Resistant Background Subtraction Angiography with Deep learning: Real-Time, Edge Hardware Implementation and Product Development
    National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
  • NIH S10 - Markl, Michael
    State-of-the-art High Field 7T MRI System Upgrade to Accelerate Translational Sciences
    Office of the Director, NIH
  • NIH K01 - Jarvis, Kelly
    Heart-brain MRI for the evaluation of hemodynamic coupling in aging and Alzheimer's disease.
    National Institute of Aging
  • R03 - Golestani Rad, Laleh
    Assessing RF heating of active implantable medical devices in low-field MRI system
    National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering

2022

  • Career Development Award - Cantrell, Donald
    Motion-Resistant Artificial Subtraction Angiography with Deep Learning
    American Heart Association
  • RSNA Emerging Issues - Long-Term COVID Effects Award - Bagci, Ulas
    PASC Pulmonary Fibrosis Prediction with Deep Learning and Multimodal Data
    Radiological Society of North America
  • Mechanisms Underlying Cardiovascular Consequences Associated with COVID-19 and Long COVID - Daniel Kim and Daniel C. Lee
    Rapid Cardiovascular MRI for Quantifying Coronary Microvascular Dysfunction in COVID-19 Survivors
    American Heart Association
  • Pepper Scholars Grant - Kelly Jarvis
    Heart-brain MRI evaluation of hemodynamic coupling in hypertension and healthy aging
    Northwestern Medicine Center for Applied Health Research on Aging
  • R03 - Laleh Golestani Rad
    Application of machine learning for fast prediction of MRI-induced RF heating in patients with implanted conductive leads
    National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering
  • K99/R00 - Gunasekaran, Suvai
    Non-contrast 3D T1p Mapping for Myocardial Fibrosis Quantification of Pediatric Cardiomyopathy Patients
    National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
  • SIR Pilot Grant - Andrew Gordon
    Multiparametric PET/MRI for Evaluation of Hepatic Structural and Functional Changes after Yttrium-90 Radiation Lobectomy
    Society of Interventional Oncology
  • - Allen, Bradley
    2022 ARRS Scholarship
    American Roentgen Ray Society
  • COVID-19 Research Recovery Grants - Golestani Rad, Laleh
    Developing novel MRI technology for safe imaging of children and infants with cardiac devices
    Northwestern University

2021

  • Third Coast CFAR Pilot Award - Chen, Jennie
    Cerebral Small Vessel Disease in Early HIV Infection
    Third Coast Center for AIDS Research
  • Eleanor Wood-Prince Grant - Savas, Hatice and Ceylan Cankurtaran
    Multimodality Imaging with advanced multiparametric MRI and molecular imaging to improve treatment planning and evaluate early response assessment in neurooncology : A pilot study for multidisciplinary initiative
    Northwestern Memorial Hospital Women's Board
  • R01 - Golestani Rad, Laleh
    Reconfigurable MRI technology for safe and high-resolution imaging of deep brain stimulation at 3T
    National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering
  • R01 Renewal - Markl, Michael and James Carr
    Comprehensive Cardiac Structure-Function Analysis in Heart Transplantation
    National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
  • R21 - Kim, Daniel, Oliver Cossairt, and Aggelos Katsaggelos
    Next-Generation Cardiovascular MRI powered by Artificial Intelligence
    National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Engineering
  • R01 renewal - Kim, Daniel
    Precision MRI of Left Atrial Fibrosis for Patients with Atrial Fibrillation
    National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
  • Dixon Translational Research Grant - Kim, Daniel and Daniel C. Lee
    MRI of Chronic Heart Injury Associated with COVID-19
    Northwestern Memorial Foundation
  • Dixon Translational Research Grant - Jeesoo Lee
    Multimodality Quantification of Mitral Valvular Regurgitation in Complex Anatomies Including Percutaneous Mitral Valve Clip Placement
    Northwestern Memorial Foundation
  • R01 - Markl, Michael and Sameer Ansari
    Non-invasive Evaluation of Intracranial Atherosclerotic Disease Using Hemodynamic Biomarkers
    National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
  • R21 - Ragin, Ann
    The Role of Aortic-Carotid Hemodynamics and Aberrant Flow in HIV Cerebral Injury
    National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
  • Young Investigator Grant - Leaver, Amber
    Applied Strategies for MRI-Guided High-Definition tDCS for Major Depression”
    Brain & Behavior Research Foundation
  • R01 - Parrish, Todd and Matthew Tate
    High-resolution Infrared Thermal Imaging (ITI) for Simultaneous Functional Mapping of the Entire Craniotomy in Awake Patients
    National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

2020

  • R01 Supplement - Kim, Daniel and Daniel C Lee
    Administrative Supplement to Real-time Wideband Cardiac MRI for Patients with a Cardiac Implantable Electronic Device
    National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
  • Career Development Award - Allen, Bradley
    Hemodynamic evaluation in type B aortic dissection with 4D flow MRI for risk-stratification and treatment planning
    American Heart Association
  • R03 Small Grant Program - Leaver, Amber
    Neurobiology of seizure generalization during electroconvulsive therapy for major depression
    National Institute of Mental Health
  • Pilot Grant - Kim, Dong-Hyun
    Development of Immune check point inhibitor loaded Lipiodol for Local immunotherapy of HCC,”
    Society of Interventional Oncology
  • R21 Exploratory/ Developmental Grants - Elbaz, Mohammed
    4D Virtual Catheter (vCath) Assessment of Hemodynamic Pathways in Aortopathy Pathogenesis
    National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
  • R01 Research Project (Traditional) - Kim, Daniel and Daniel C. Lee
    Real-time Wideband Cardiac MRI for Patients with a Cardiac Implantable Electronic Device
    National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
  • R01 Research Project (Traditional) - Zhang, Zhuoli
    Image-guided Interventional Combination Liver Cancer Immunotherapy
    National Cancer Institute
  • R03 Small Grant Program - Golestani Rad, Laleh
    Assessing RF heating of deep brain stimulation implants in high-field open-bore MRI systems
    National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering
  • Dixon Translational Research Grant - Deshmukh, Swati
    Sonographic Assessment of Sarcopenia in Patients with Advanced Hip Osteoarthritis Before and After Joint Reconstruction Surgery
    Northwestern University
  • Dixon Translational Research Grant - Allen, Bradley
    Highly Accelerated Pulmonary Nodule First Pass Perfusion for Improved Characterization of Indeterminate Pulmonary Nodules
    Northwestern University
  • SCMR Seed Grant - Allen, Bradley
    Evaluating Multi-Institution Variability in 4D flow MRI Hemodynamic Characterization of Type B Aortic Dissection with 3D Printed Models
    Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance
  • Sylvia Wolf Research Grant - Elbaz, Mohammed
    Left Atrial 4D Hemodynamic Signatures of Atrial Fibrillation
    Northwestern Medicine
  • Dixon Translational Research Grant - Hill, Virginia
    Using Machine Learning with Deep Learning Algorithms to Detect and Triage Emergencies on Noncontrast Head CTs
    Northwestern University

2019

  • R01 Research Project (Traditional) - Lewandowski, Robert
    Yittrium-90 radiation lobectomy: Dose optimization and prediction of FLR hypertrophy to enable resection of HCC
    National Cancer Institute
  • T32 Institutional Research Training Grant - Markl, Michael
    Graduate Training Program for Magnetic Resonance Imaging
    National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering
  • GI Cancer Pilot Project Award - Zhang, Zhuoli
    MRI-Guided Electroporation-Enhanced Dendritic Cell Immunotherapy for Pancreatic Cancer
    Harold E. Eisenberg Foundation
  • Industry Sponsored Clinical Trial - Riaz, Ahsun
    LEGACY: Local RadioEmbolization for the Assessment of Tumor Control with Yttrium-90 Glass Microspheres (TheraSphere®)
    Biocompatibles UK Ltd
  • Industry Sponsored Research - Hill, Virginia
    Research Collaboration between Northwestern and Google LLC
    Google LLC
  • Industry Sponsored Clinical Trial - Liu, Benjanim
    LowEr Administered Dose with highEr Relaxivity: Gadovist vs Dotarem (LEADER 75)
    Covance Inc.
  • Industry Sponsored Clinical Trial - Mouli, Samdeep
    Prostate Radioembolization in a Model
    Biocompatibles UK Ltd
  • Industry Sponsored Clinical Trial - Mouli, Samdeep
    Immunologic Response to Transcatheter Arterial Chemoembolization in an Animal Model of Hepatocellular Carcinoma
    Biocompatibles UK Ltd
  • Transformational Project Award - Markl, Michael
    Patient Specific In-Vitro Modeling of Hemodynamic Outcome in Aortic Coarctation Repair
    American Heart Association
  • Innovative Project Award - Kim, Daniel and Jane Wilcox
    Wideband Cardiac MRI for Predicting Right Heart Failure after LVAD Implantation
    American Heart Association

2018

  • R01 Research Project (Traditional) - Kim, Dong-Hyun
    Image-Guided Transcatheter Delivery of Natural Killer Cell Therapy Augmented with IFN-Gamma Eluting Microspheres
    National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering
  • Industry Sponsored Clinical Trial - Salem, Riad
    Prostatic Artery Embolization (PAE) for Treatment of Signs and Symptoms of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH)
    Biocompatibles UK Ltd
  • Joe Niekro Foundation Award - Ansari, Sameer
    Diagnosis of Acute Stroke using Thermoencephalography
    SNIS Foundation
  • Dixon Award - Parrish, Todd
    Infrared thermography for intraoperative functional mapping In glioma surgery
    Northwestern Memorial Hospital
  • Industry Sponsored Clinical Trial - Markl, Michael
    Development of Machine Learning and Processing of Cardiovascular MRI and CT Images
    Circle Cardiovascular Imaging Inc.
  • Society Grant - Mouli, Samdeep
    Y90 Radioembolization Combined with Immune Checkpoint Blockade in a Model of Hepatocellular
    Society of Interventional Oncology
  • Industry Sponsored Clinical Trial - Grant, Thomas
    Quantitative Ultrasound for Predicting Steatosis Grade in Adult Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
    Canon Medical Systems USA, Inc.
  • Dixon Award - Markl, Michael
    Virtual Catheter (vCath) for Noninvasive Hemodynamics in Bicuspid Aortic Valve
    Northwestern Memorial Hospital
  • R21 Exploratory/ Developmental Grants - Schnell, Susanne and Vitaly Rayz
    Multi-modality 4D Flow MRI data enhancement for quantification of cerebral aneurysms hemodynamics
    National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
  • R03 Small Research Grants - Golestani Rad, Laleh
    Safety assessment of MRI in patients with retained cardiac leads
    National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering
  • R03 Small Research Grants - Lin, Kai
    Automatic quantification of myocardial motion in older adults
    National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
  • K99/R00 NIH Pathway to Independence Award - Golestani Rad, Laleh
    Patient-adjustable MRI technology for high-resolution imaging of deep brain stimulation
    National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering
  • NSF Young Investigator - Parrish, Todd
    BIGDATA: IA: Collaborative Research: Asynchronous Distributed Machine Learning Framework for Multi-Site Collaborative Big Brain Data Mining
    National Science Foundation
  • R03 Small Research Grants - Golestani Rad, Laleh
    Computational methodologies for safety assessment of MRI in patients with deep brain stimulation implants
    National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering

2017

  • R01 Research Project (Traditional) - Kim, Daniel and Daniel C Lee
    Rapid Real-Time Cardiovascular MRI for Detecting Coronary Artery Disease
    National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
  • Education Grant - Ansari, Sameer
    Illinois Stroke Intervention Registry and Trials Network (ISIRTN)
    MicroVention, Inc.
  • Industry Sponsored Clinical Trial - Larson, Andrew
    Development and Pre-clinical Validation of Sorafenib-Eluting Embolic Microspheres to Enhance Therapeutic efficacy of Lipiodol TACE
    Guerbet LLC
  • Industry Sponsored Clinical Trial - Riaz, Ahsun
    Biomarker Analyses in Hepatocellular Carcinoma Patients Treated with TheraSphere®
    Biocompatibles UK Ltd
  • Industry Sponsored Clinical Trial - Hurley, Michael
    SMART - A prospective, multicenter registry assessing the embolization of neurovascular lesions using the Penumbra SMART COIL System
    Penumbra, Inc.
  • Industry Sponsored Clinical Trial - Omar, Imran
    Determining the Incidence of Magnetic Resonance Imaging Findings in the Knee of National Basketball Association Players Using a Standardized Magnetic Resonance Imaging Protocol
    GE Healthcare
  • Industry Sponsored Clinical Trial - Carr, James
    Efficacy of Gadoterate Meglumine in Diagnosis of Vascular Diseases Using MRA
    Guerbet LLC
  • Industry Sponsored Clinical Trial - Carr, James
    Cardiac MRI application in Pulmonary Hypertension
    Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
  • Industry Sponsored Clinical Trial - Markl, Michael
    Investigation of Post-Surgical Aortic Hemodynamics After Aortic Valve Replacement
    CryoLife, Inc.
  • R21 Exploratory/Developmental Grants - Kim, Daniel and Michael Markl
    MRI of Left Atrial Hemodynamic Disorders in Atrial Fibrillation
    National Institute on Aging
  • R01 Research Project (Traditional) Renewal - Markl, Michael and Cynthia Rigsby
    Functional Cardiovascular 4D MRI in Congenital Heart Disease
    National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

2016

  • R01 Research Project (Traditional) - Zhang, Zhuoli
    MRI-Guided Dendritic-Cell-Based Vaccine Immunotherapy for Pancreatic Cancer
    National Cancer Institute
  • RSNA Research & Education Foundation Award - Carr, James
    Cardiac MRI and PET for Early Diagnosis and Screening in Chemotherapy-Induced Cardiotoxicity
    Radiological Society of North America
  • Industry Sponsored Clinical Trial - Lewandowski, Robert
    Perfusion DynaCT for Liver Cancer Pre and Post TACE/ Y90 Therapy
    Siemens Medical Solutions
  • Industry Sponsored Clinical Trial - Salem, Riad
    Landmark Analysis of Radiologic Response to Radioembolization
    Biocompatibles UK Ltd
  • SIR Foundation Award - Kim, Dong-Hyun
    Tumor Associated Macrophage (TAM) – Targeted Radiosensitizers for 90Y Radioembolization
    Society of Interventional Radiology
  • Industry Sponsored Clinical Trial - Liu, Benjamin
    Dose Finding Study in Central Nervous System (CNS) Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
    Guerbet LLC
  • AHA Scientist Development Grant - Schnell, Susanne
    Comprehensive Cardiac and Neurovascular 4D flow MRI for Improved Embolization Therapy in VGAM patients
    American Heart Association Midwest Affiliate
  • R01 Research Project (Traditional) - Kim, Daniel
    MRI of Diffuse Left Ventricular Fibrosis in Atrial Fibrillation
    National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
  • R21 Exploratory/Developmental Grants - Kim, Daniel
    Rapid Pediatric Cardiovascular MRI without Contrast Agent or Anesthesia
    National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering
  • R01 Research Project (Traditional) - Barker, Alex
    Role of Valve-Mediated Hemodynamics on Bicuspid Aortopathy
    National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

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