Department of Radiology
This past weekend, Jason Chiang, a medical student and research assistant in Dr. Chris Brace’s Tumor Ablation Lab successfully completed his first marathon in the Wisconsin Dells with a time of 2:46:20. This impressive time earned him the third place finish overall, and he was just 37 seconds away from the second place finisher. The Tumor Ablation …
The new academic year brought about some big changes in the leadership team for UW Radiology. We would like to take a moment to recognize the accomplishments of our leaders, as well as look forward to our goals for this next year and beyond. This September, Senior Associate Chair for Clinical Operations, Dr. Fred T. …
NeuWave Medical, a Madison-based start-up company, was featured in the Wisconsin State Journal and the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel this past week for its successful fundraising efforts. Co-founded in 2008 by UW Radiology Professor Fred T. Lee Jr., NeuWave specializes in developing and commercializing minimally invasive technologies for the treatment of cancer and other critical medical …
We are happy to announce that Jason Chiang, medical student and research assistant in Dr. Chris Brace’s Tumor Ablation Lab, recently secured funding from a National Institutes of Health National Research Service Award through the National Cancer Institute (NCI). This $153,000, pre-doctoral award is significant in that it will cover Chiang’s stipend, tuition, and expenses for …
J. Louis Hinshaw, M.D. The opening of the University of Wisconsin Health Digestive Health Center will create the region’s finest multi-disciplinary outpatient clinic serving patients with diseases of the digestive tract, liver, and pancreas. Located on the corner of University Avenue and Whitney Way, the $24 million project is part of a $100 million, 14 …
The good news keeps coming for Dr. Brace and his hydrodissection gel team! The project was recently awarded a 2012-2013 Innovation and Economic Development grant. The one-year grant, worth $50,000, begins July 1, 2012 and will go directly towards funding Dr. Brace’s lab’s award winning project, “Thermoreversible Barrier for Hydrodissection During Ablation.” In addition, the …
The recipients of the highly competitive Hilldale Undergraduate/Faculty Research Fellowships have been announced and the UW Department of Radiology is proud to share that Kieran Hynes is among the talented students chosen. Hynes is an undergraduate at the University of Wisconsin–Madison majoring in both mathematics and physics. The grant will support some of Hynes’ research …
The Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) and the UW Department of Radiology have joined forces to support the exciting research of Jason Chiang, a medical student and research assistant in Dr. Chris Brace’s Tumor Ablation Lab. The RSNA Research & Education Foundation Board of Trustees approved Chiang’s application, “Development of Thrombotic Risk Function for …
Be sure to pick up a March 2012 edition of RSNA News because this month’s edition gives a shout out to Chris Brace, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the Departments of Radiology and Biomedical Engineering, and his team of UW undergraduates. The article, entitled, “Radiologist Places Second in Collegiate Inventors Competition,” recognizes Brace and his …