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NameTimestampHighest Degree(s)InstitutionTitleDept(s)Tools/TechniquesTissue/Organs of interestClinical Disease(s)EmailResearch Questions or Summit Comments (optional)

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Russ WittePhDUAAssistant Professor Radiology, Biomed. Eng., Opt. SciencesImaging, photoacoustics, ultrasound,electrical
neural, cardiac, skeletal muscleEpilepsy,AD,Parkinson's,
Arrhythmia, cancer		rwitte@radiology.arizona.edu1) nanostructures that can cross BBB; 2) novel "voltage-sensitive" agents; 3) Any ideas for molecular targets for the most common neural diseases: gliomas, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, Epilepsy, etc.

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Ragnar OlafssonPhDUAPost-DocRadiologyultrasound current source density imaging, photoacoustic imagingcardiacmyocardial infarction, arrhythmiarolafsso@email.arizona.edu

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Ted Trouard9/9/2008 13:33:14PhDUAAssoc Prof.Biomedical Engineering, RadiologyImaging, MRIBrainCancer, AD, Stroke,trouard@email.arizona.edu

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Brenda Baggett9/9/2008 17:25:35BSUAResearch SpecialistBMEoptical imaging, reporter genescancerbaggett@u.arizona.edu

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Terry Matsunaga9/10/2008 11:33:28PhDUAResearch ProfessorRadiologyultrasound imaging, microbubbles, nanodroplets, liposomes, targeting bioconjugatesbrain, prostate, heartstroke, vascular occlusions, cancerTmatsunaga@radiology.arizona.edu

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Bhaskar Banerjee9/11/2008 7:16:35MDUAProfessorMedicineAutofluorescence, reflectance, high contrast endoscopic imagingGastrointestinal tract, liver, pancreasCancer, ischemia, cytology

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Vincent L.Sorrell9/11/2008 21:19:54MDUAProfessorMedicine (Cardiology), Radiology, PediatricsClinical ImagingCardiovascularHeart disease (myopathic)vsorrell@email.arizona.eduIs anyone interested in creating a contrast agent (using ultrasound or MRI) that preferentially binds fresh / recent thrombus?

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Bogdan Olenyuk9/13/2008 16:41:29PhDUAAssist. Prof.ChemistryDesigned ligands, small molecules, imaging agentsN/ACancerolenyuk@email.arizona.edu

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Urs Utzinger9/13/2008 21:22:57PhDUAAssociate ProfessorBME, ObGyn, ECE, Optical Sciences, BIO5Optical spectroscopy, multipsectral imaging, non linear microscopyGynecology, Colon, Vasculature, CardiacCancer, Angiogenesisutzinger@u.arizona.edu

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Mark "Marty" Pagel9/13/2008 22:06:38PhDUAAssociagte ProfessorBME, Chemistry, AZ Cancer Centercontrast agents, MRIcancercancermpagel@u.arizona.edu

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Phillip Kuo9/14/2008 21:51:10MD, PhDUAAssociate ProfMedicinetissue culture, rodent model of fibrosis, MRI and PET/CTfibrosis, skin, kidneyNephrogenic systemic fibrosis, cancer, traumatic brain injurypkuo@azcc.arizona.edu

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Eric Clarkson9/15/2008 9:43:53PhDUAProfessorRadiology/Optical sciences/Applied MathImaging TheoryNo specific targetsNo specific diseasesclarkson@radiology.arizona.edu

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Monica Chawla9/15/2008 9:50:45PhDUAResearch ScientistNSMA/ARLFISH, CISH & ISHneuralAlzheimer & agingmchawla@nsma.arizona.educan fluorescent probes pass the BBB; how to image the whole brain with some sort of activity marker?

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Josef Vagner9/15/2008 9:53:36PhDUAAssoc.Res.Prof.Bio5high throughput synthesis and screening, ligands, drug discoverypancreas, skin, prostate, cardiaccancer, cardiacvagner@email.arizona.eduHow can this activity help me? Vaque question, I know. I mean a practical outcome such as a building of communication network. It may help me to atract more collaborators (my lab is a service lab)

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Victor J. Hruby9/15/2008 10:39:38PhDUniversity of ArizonaRegents ProfessorDepartment of Chemistry, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Department of Medical Pharmacology, NeuroscienceSynthesis, NMR, X-Ray, Mass Spectrometry, Ligands, Combinatorial Chemistry, etc.Cancer - melanoma, pancreatic, etc.cancerhruby@u.arizona.edu

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Matthew (Matt) Huentelman9/15/2008 15:25:52PhDTGenAssociate InvestigatorNeurogenomicsgenomics, drug development, animal modelingbrain, CNS, cochleaAlzheimers, autism, deafnessmhuentelman@tgen.org

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Natarajan Raghunand9/16/2008 10:24:42PhDUAAssociate Research ProfessorRadiologyMRI, contrast agentstumor, kidneycancer, renal failureraghunan@email.arizona.edu

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Manish Bharara9/18/2008 16:20:02PhDUAAssociate Resarch ScientistSurgery, SALSAImaging, Thermography, Physical Activity Monitoring, AcousticsSkin, Feet, Neural, Brain Muscle, SkeletalDiabetes, Diabetic Foot, Parkinson's, Cancer, manish.bharara@gmail.com

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Michael Bernas9/18/2008 17:54:05MSUAAssoc Sci InvestSurgeryrats, micelymphaticslymphangiodysplasiamichaelb@u.arizona.eduHow can we better image the lymphatic system?
How can we non-invasively image the presence of cancer in lymph nodes?

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Horacio L. Rilo9/19/2008 21:22:37MDUAProfessor of SurgerySurgeryDiabetes, chronic pancreatitishrilo@surgery.arizona.edu

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Andy Rouse9/23/2008 15:18:38PhDUAAssistant Research ProfessorRadiologyConfocal microscopy, translational imaging, endoscopy, optics, multipsectral imagingovary, esophagus, colon, anythingcancer, anythingrouse@u.arizona.edu

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Ron Lynch9/23/2008 16:47:21PhDUAProfessorPhysiology and PharmacologyMicroscopic ImagingBrain, Pancreas, Heart, Blood vesselsDiabetesrlynch@u.arizona.edu

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Marlys H. Witte9/24/2008 13:01:35MDUAProfessorsurgerylymphatic imaging, central, peripheral, GI, all modalitieslymphatics/blood vesselslymphedema, angiodysplasia, cancerlymph@u.arizona.eduHow to image lymphatics better, deeper, more dynamically, in vivo?

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Tim Hunter9/28/2008 11:43:39MDUAProfessorRadiologyClinical ImagingMSKTumor, Traumatbh@3towers.com

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David G. Armstrong10/4/2008 17:53:16MD, PhDUAProf.SurgeryBone, muscle, vascularosteomyelitis, ischemia, Charcot's arthropathyarmstrong@usa.net

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Jennifer Barton10/5/2008 7:24:32PhDUAAssoc ProfBMEOptical ImagingGI, skin, ovary, blood vesselsCancerbarton@u.arizona.edu

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Michael Demeure10/5/2008 18:05:15MDTGENSr. InvestigatorClinical translational researchmolecular genomicsadrenal, pancreascancermdemeure@tgen.org

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Byunghee Yoo10/6/2008 12:41:11PhDUAResearch AssociateBMEresponsive contrast agentsBreastcancerbhyoo@u.arizona.edu

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James M. Woolfenden10/8/2008 8:59:18MDUAProfessor EmeritusRadiologyNuclear imagingwoolfend@radiology.arizona.edu

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Kevin Bennett10/23/2008 19:31:59PhDASUAssistant ProfessorBMEimaging, nanoparticles, ligandsbrain, kidneys, pancreascancer, alzheimer's, neurodegenerative disorders, glomerulosclerosiskevin.m.bennett@asu.eduHow can we make molecular imaging agents more detectable?

How big a problem is toxicity?

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Kirsten Limesand11/18/2008 8:42:03PhDUAAssist. ProfNutritional SciencesGEM modelssalivary glandsNormal tissue response to cancer therapeuticslimesank@u.arizona.edu

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Wenxin Zheng11/18/2008 10:54:38MDUAProfessorPathologymolecular imagingfemale pelvic organsPelvic serous carcinomaszhengw@u.arizona.eduCan p53 protein be used as a target marker for molecular imaging?

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Sean Limesand11/18/2008 16:29:24PhDUAAssistant ProfessorAnimal Sciencesimagingisletsdiabeteslimesand@ag.arizona.edu

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yuguo li2/12/2009 9:57:25PhDuaAssociate ResearcherBMEligand, imaging, nanoparticle engineertumorcancerlyg@email.arizona.edu

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Julio Cardenas2/12/2009 10:35:19BSUAChemistry, Arizona Cancer CenterImaging (MRI)BreastCancercardenaj@email.arizona.edu

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