Investigators

Michael Markl, PhD

Vice Chair for Research, Department of Radiology

Senior CVMRI leader whose research centers on 4D flow MRI, cardiovascular hemodynamics, and translational imaging methods.

4D flow MRIaortic hemodynamicscardiovascular methods

James Carr, MD

Chair, Department of Radiology

Chair of Radiology with cardiovascular MRI work across pulmonary hypertension, bicuspid aortic valve disease, and translational imaging.

cardiovascular MRIpulmonary hypertensionclinical translation

Ann Ragin, PhD

Research Professor of Radiology

Hemodynamic Imaging for studies of aging and neuroimmunology.

Quantitative Brain ImagingNeurovascular ImagingHeart Brain

Kai Lin, MD, MS

Research Associate Professor of Radiology

Work connects cine MRI, cardiac motion analysis, pulmonary hypertension, and AI-assisted cardiovascular MRI measurement.

pulmonary hypertensioncardiac motionquantitative MRI

Ryan Avery, MD

Chief of Nuclear Medicine in the Department of Radiology

Nuclear medicine leader with collaborative cardiovascular MRI interests in multimodality and translational imaging.

nuclear medicinemultimodality imagingcollaborative CMR

Mohammed Elbaz, PhD

Assistant Professor, Radiology (Basic and Translational Radiology Research)

Research foregrounds computational cardiovascular imaging, left-atrial and pulmonary-hemodynamic analysis, and MRI-guided fibrosis signatures.

computational imagingleft atriumpulmonary hemodynamics

Bradley Allen, MD

Assistant Professor of Radiology

Research clusters around bicuspid aortic valve disease, thoracic aortic hemodynamics, and clinically oriented 4D flow MRI.

bicuspid aortic valveaortic disease4D flow MRI

Jeesoo Lee, PhD

Research Assistant Professor, Radiology (Basic and Translational Radiology Research)

Research emphasizes cardiovascular flow imaging, fluid dynamics, and improved diagnostic precision for valvular heart disease.

valvular hemodynamics4D flow MRIfluid dynamics

Kelly Jarvis, PhD

Assistant Professor, Radiology (Basic and Translational Radiology Research)

Research emphasizes heart-brain hemodynamics, vascular aging, and 4D blood-flow MRI across cardiovascular and neurovascular applications.

heart-brain coupling4D blood-flow MRIvascular aging

Postdoctoral Fellows and Research Associates

Ethan Johnson, PhD

Haben Berhane, PhD

Justin Baraboo, PhD

Lexiaozi Fan, PhD

Minyoung Kim, PhD

Melika Shafeghat, MD

Anahita Najafi, MD

Doctoral Students

Sebastian Cohn

Mentored by

Michael Markl and Bradley Allen

William Dong

Mentored by

Michael Markl

Charilaos Apostolidis

Mentored by

Michael Markl

Thara Nallamothu

Mentored by

Michael Markl

Mohamed Elbayumi

Mentored by

Mohammed Elbaz

Mehri Mehrnia

Mentored by

Mohammed Elbaz

Master's Students

Shiyi Ma

Mentored by

Michael Markl

Undergraduate Students

Edison Sun

Mentored by

Michael Markl

Medical Students

Isaiah Lasisi

Mentored by

Jeesoo Lee

Alumni and prior collaborators

Alex Barker, PhDJeremy D Collins, MDLajja Desai, MDSungtak Hong, PhDSuvai Gunasekaran, PhDAnthony Maroun, MDSandra Quinn, MD PhDJackson MooreViswajit KandulaGaurav InamdarSophia LiuStanley ChuJay BisenHuili YangDaniel Kim, PhDElizabeth WeissDavid Dushfunian, MDOzden Kilinc, MDAshitha Pathrose, MDMaurice Pradella, MDJack Cerne, MDDaming ShenMitchell CollinsAmanda DiCarlo, PhDMichael Scott, MD PhDMaria Aristova, MD PhDLiliana Ma, MD PhDAlyssa SingerGilles Soulat, MDAakash GuptaYue Ma, MDMichael PanVincent ChenRoberto Sarnari, MDHassan Haji-Valizadeh, PhDAlireza Vali, PhDMuhannad Abbasi, MDAlexander Ruh, PhDHyungkyu Huh, PhDSydney RabinNivedita Naresh, PhDSusanne Schnell, PhDAmer Syed, MDEmilie Bollache, PhDMichael Rose, BSOzair Rahman, MDKenichiro Suwa, MDRyan Dolan, MDLingzi Tashakkor, MSXin Shen, MS