Multi-Disciplinary Human Imaging Program
From Radiological Sciences
The Multidisciplinary Human Imaging (MDHI) research training program integrates the research activities of physician, imaging scientist and medical physicist teams working on basic science and patient-oriented clinical investigations of the exceptional health needs of the predominantly Hispanic South Texas community. This is accomplished through three specific aims:
- by developing a rigorous recruiting and mentoring program for physicians and imaging scientists training in biomedical imaging of humans and/or animal models of human disease
- by expanding and building upon the success of the Graduate Program in Radiological Science by extension of the Resident/PhD track in Human Imaging to include clinical studies arising from the Research Imaging Core of the Frederic C. Bartter General Clinical Research Center (GCRC), and
- by increasing the numbers of ethnically diverse students, particularly Mexican-Americans and other Hispanic groups, trained in the conduct of human imaging research.
Resident MD/PhD students from multiple medical school departments join the pre-existing graduate program from medical physics and radiation biology. MDHI students are mentored by a network of established investigators (many with MIH funding) through collaborations fostered by five Human Imaging Research Mentorship Cores. The research cores provide infrastructure that bridges the gulfs between basic science research, translational research and patient clinical care.
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