MSBI Program Research Projects
UCSF’s Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging consistently ranks amongst the top departments in the nation in terms of funding from the National Institutes of Health. There is a wide breadth of research performed, ranging from basic science to applied clinical research. MSBI students are free to engage in imaging based research in other departments, which have included Cardiology, Neurology, Ophthalmology and Dentistry. Alternatively, students can engage in an internship at one of the bay area’s biotechnology or pharmaceutical companies.
The MSBI program encourages students to explore their own research interests and many research opportunities exist within the Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, in other departments at UCSF, and even in local biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies. A research elective course is introduced in the Spring quarter, which allows students time to explore potential research topics. Most MSBI students pursue the thesis option, which allows them to spend the summer quarter working full time on their research project. The vast majority of MSBI thesis students receive a stipend during the summer quarter. Summaries of the range of projects undertaken by MSBI students can be found at the links below.
Thesis & Abstracts
2020 - 2021
| Aryn Alanizi | Radiolabeling peptidoglycan with synthetic PET click partner for infection imaging |
| Umama Ali | Development of a method to image zinc distribution using positron emission tomography, and initial application in prostate cancer models |
| Maria Baida | Comparative ROI analysis for Traumatic Brain Injury with JHU and AutoPtx masks using DTI and NODDI models |
| Bhanu Bucchireddigari | Efficacy of PARP inhibitors in CD46 targeted, Lu based therapy in prostate cancer |
| Suchi Dhrona | Development of polymer nanoparticles for Boron Neutron Capture Therapy Directed Against PSMA |
| Ryan Ellis | Deep Learning Based 7T Super Resolution from 3T MRI |
| Cyril Fong | Light-Induced One Pot Shot Synthesis as an Optimal Approach in the Development of 89Zr-radiolabeled Antibodies |
| Natalia Konovalova | Dedicated breast positron emission tomography technology to characterize invasive lobular carcinoma |
| Sasank Sakhamuri | Studying the role of granzyme biochemistry in autoimmune diseases with restricted interaction peptides and PET |