Diagnostic Imaging Research
At MD Anderson, some of the best minds in the world work in partnership with our patients to enable groundbreaking research to better treat and prevent cancer. Here, researchers have the freedom and support to follow a hypothesis and test new theories that can yield breakthroughs that transform the field and the lives of patients. Embedded in the fourth largest U.S. city – and the most ethnically diverse – our teams work with our neighbors in the Texas Medical Center, the world’s largest medical center, and around the world to advance our science and to serve our patients. From the first spark of an idea to its translation in our world-leading clinics, we remain invested and determined in our collective focus to end cancer.
Learn more about the Division of Diagnostic Imaging.
Basic/Translational Research
Pre-clinical
Bankson Lab - engineering, physics and imaging science
Biomedical Optics & NanoDiagnostic Lab (BOND) - nanotechnology, molecular imaging, biophotonics
Chun Li - therognostics, molecular imaging, targeted drug delivery
David Piwnica-Worms - preclinical molecular imaging
Dawid Schellinghout - molecular imaging
Florian Muller - oncometabolism, oncogenomics, collateral lethality
Magnetic Relaxometry Research Lab - developing technology locates target-bound magnetic nanoparticles.
Marites Melancon - therognostics, molecular imaging, targeted drug delivery
Daniel Frigo - molecular biology, genomics
Pratip Bhattacharya - hyperpolarization, real-time molecular and metabolic MRI, nanoimaging in cancer
Drug/Radiopharmaceuticals
Biomedical Optics & NanoDiagnostic Lab (BOND) - nanotechnology, molecular imaging, biophotonics
Chun Li - therognostics, molecular imaging, targeted drug delivery
David Piwnica-Worms - preclinical molecular imaging
Marites Melancon - therognostics, molecular imaging, targeted drug delivery
Mian Alauddin - therognostics, molecular imaging, targeted drug delivery
Steven Millward - directed evolution, peptides, molecular imaging
Modalities
Kappadath Lab - PET and nuclear image development
Magnetic Resonance Systems Lab - therognostics, molecular imaging, targeted drug delivery
Photoacoustic Imaging Research Lab - novel clinical applications, photoacoustic-ultrasonic imaging
Software/Equipment
Computational Research Lab - applied mathematics, imaging physics, engineering, computation, modeling
Magnetic Resonance Systems Lab - therognostics, molecular imaging, targeted drug delivery
Morfeus Lab - tumor control and reduced toxicities through advanced image-guided focal cancer treatment
Chemistry
Chun Li - therognostics, molecular imaging, targeted drug delivery
David Piwnica-Worms - preclinical molecular imaging
Erik N. Cressman - chemo thermo ablations
Florian Muller - oncometabolism, oncogenomics, collateral lethality
Marites Melancon - therognostics, molecular imaging, targeted drug delivery
Steve Millward - directed evolution, peptides, molecular imaging
Clinical Research
Software/Equipment
Morfeus Lab - tumor control and reduced toxicities through advanced image-guided focal cancer treatment
Photoacoustic Imaging Research Lab - novel clinical applications, photoacoustic-ultrasonic imaging