News and Events

The Dean’s Staff Awards are presented annually to recognize exemplary staff members who support the School of Medicine’s mission and values.

The APAG Visionary Award honors the most committed and exemplary administrative professionals within our Duke community.

Congratulations to BIAC researchers and collaborators for their recent publication. Authors include: Jacques Stout, Robert J. Anderson, Ali Mahzarnia, Zay Yar Han, Kate Beck, Jeffrey Browndyke, Kim Johnson, Richard J. O’Brien & Alexandra Badea

Congratulations to Devon Overson, PhD, for successfully defending his Doctoral Dissertation titled "Use of Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Detection of Early Neurodegeneration in At-Risk Individuals for Alzheimer's Disease.” Dr. Overson’s study focused on using diffusion MRI to detect early neurodegeneration within Alzheimer's Disease.

Dr. Jenna Merenstein and BIAC researchers use column-based, depthwise profile analyses, to investigate the role of cortical iron in age-related differences in fluid cognition and functional brain connectivity in healthy aging.

Please join us in welcoming Dr. Dan Ma as a core faculty member with BIAC. She began her tenure at Duke on January 1st as an Associate Professor in the Departments of Neurosurgery and Biomedical Engineering. Dr. Ma’s research focuses on the development and clinical translation of innovative MRI technologies aimed at enhancing the understanding, diagnosis, and treatment of various diseases.

Congratulations to Jenna for winning 1st place for her poster at the annual Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Research Day! Jenna’s poster was titled, “Standard and high-resolution diffusion imaging of cortical disconnection in Alzheimer’s disease.”

BIAC researchers collaborate with Dr. Linda Cendales in the Department of Surgery to characterize brain changes associated with hand transplantation.

BIAC has recently purchased and set up a new Vera MRI Simulator from Psychology Software Tools to replace the old mock scanner used for many years. The new mock scanner, including the new Mock testing room, can now be found in room 1812M, conveniently located beside the lockers.

Congratulations to David Madden, Ph.D., and his lab for their most recent publication! This study used graph theory to characterize structural and functional brain connectivity, the change in functional connectivity between rest and task states, and the relation of brain connectivity to age-related differences in attention (visual search).