The Hopkins Imaging Initiative (HII) began in 2010, growing from the creation of the Training Program in Translational Research in Imaging at JHU. The "Imaging Initiative" (a.k.a., HII, I 2, HI 2) seeks to include all Hopkins affiliates that develop imaging resources, in order to nurture a network of versatile researchers. If you would like to become a part of the Imaging Initiative, please submit the form on our Join the Initiative section.
Initial Structure: Summer 2010
Dr. McVeigh asked BME PhD students Issel Anne Lim and Di Xu to organize a structure for trainees of the TPTRI in February of 2010. Mary McAllister of the JHU SOM Radiology Department wrote an article about the formation of the HI^2 in the Fall 2011 Radiology Newsletter.
The Founding Members of the Imaging Initiative
- Training Subcommittee: Issel Anne L. Lim
- Outreach Subcommittee: Di Xu
Trainees of the TRTPI
- Liheng Guo
- Bradley Harden
- Geran Kostecki
- Carmen Kut
- Kwame Kutten
- Jessica Mavadia
- Jaymin Patel
The Initiative Organizational Committee: 2010-2011
The Initiative Organizational Committee, which provides a central group for directing I2 activities, consists of the following members:
Faculty Advisors
- Principal Investigator of the TPTRI: Dr. Elliot McVeigh
Committees
- The central points-of-contact for organizing the Imaging Initiative
The Curriculum Committee (Classes / Training)
- Leader: Jessica Mavadia
- Contact: johnshopkinsimaging+curriculum@gmail.com
- Curriculum Planning
- Outlining classes that effectively educate biomedical imaging students
- Engineering: ask faculty and students which established classes are useful or "essential" for imaging students
- Basic Science: ask which classes build a solid foundation (quantum physics? biology?)
- Clinical: schedule time with the Residency Training Program for trainees to observe radiology case studies
- Intercession courses: recruiting students to give intense advanced courses in lieu of the TA-requirement (BME)
- Academic Evaluations
- Reviewing classes, professors, teaching assistants, media
- Members
- Bradley Harden, Carmen Kut, Shadi Toghi-Eshghi, Issel Anne Lim, Amir Pourmorteza, Hassan Mohy-ud-Din, Xingde Li, Jeff Siewerdsen, Elliot McVeigh
The Lecture Committee (Tutorials / Seminars)
- Leader: Carmen Kut
- Contact: johnshopkinsimaging+lecture@gmail.com
- Imaging Tutorials
- Subcommittee Leaders: Jaymin Patel, Issel Anne Lim
- Contact: johnshopkinsimaging+tutorial@gmail.com
- Responsibilities:
- Scheduling experienced students to give lectures on basic aspects of imaging research, e.g. from Fourier Transforms to MRI to Anatomy
- Online web form for students and faculty to suggest mini-courses or lectures that would be most useful for imaging students to give a basic understanding for prerequisites or fill in the gaps that aren't taught by imaging courses
- Video-recording some of these lectures as an open courseware resource
- Users can vote for specific lecturers to produce more or longer videos
- Some ideas: Fourier Transforms, MRI, Neuroanatomy
- Including step-by-step or hands-on software tutorials
- Symposia and Seminars
- Subcommittee Leaders: Carmen Kut, Sajendra Nithiananthan
- Contact: johnshopkinsimaging+seminar@gmail.com
- Responsibilities:
- Planning lectures by distinguished faculty members
- Annual symposium: Introducing faculty outside the BME department via ten-minute "chalk talks" to showcase rotation opportunities
- Seminars: General presentations (faculty, students at the FSSHH, etc.)
- Members: Kwame Kutten, Shadi Toghi-Eshghi, Wenxuan Liang, Jaymin Patel, Farhad Pashakhanloo, Sajendra Nithiananthan, Hassan Mohy-ud-Din
The Networking Committee (Professional / Events)
- Leader: Geran Kostecki
- Contact: johnshopkinsimaging+networking@gmail.com
- General Events
- Subcommittee Leaders: Geran Kostecki, Bradley Harden
- Contact: johnshopkinsimaging+event@gmail.com
- Providing a forum for meeting people at all levels of imaging research
- Examples: Happy Hours, Lunchtime Meetings
- Professional Interests
- Subcommittee Leaders: Sahar Soleimanifard, Kwame Kutten, Liheng Guo
- Contact: johnshopkinsimaging+professional@gmail.com
- Responsibilities:
- Providing connections with professional options for collaborations or careers
- Contacting industry professionals to partner in research internships, provide job prospects, or utilize resources
- Creating career panels, advice, tips
- Internship opportunities, partnerships, job prospects
- Alumni Database: johnshopkinsimaging+alumni@gmail.com
- Compiling connections in industry, government, academia
- Job Database: johnshopkinsimaging+job@gmail.com
- Job opportunities are posted to our Job Blog (link coming soon!)
- Recruitment
- Subcommittee Leaders:
- Contact: johnshopkins+prospective@gmail.com
- Responsibilities:
- Answering questions from prospective students
- Showcasing imaging labs at recruitment weekend and orientation (lab tours, etc.)
- JHU Imaging Conference / Research Day
- Subcommittee Leaders: Geran Kostecki, Bradley Harden, Issel Anne Lim
- Contact: johnshopkinsimaging+conference@gmail.com
- A conference showcasing imaging at JHU, with famous professors and student presentations
- Imaging Contests
- Outreach and Community Service
- Subcommittee Leaders: Carmen Kut, Farhad Pashakhanloo
- Contact:
- Fostering an interest in biomedical imaging research within the community
- Community Service
- Join one of the many community service programs at JHU to showcase imaging (lead tours, teach science, adopt a high school student for a summer)
- Community Science Day: teaching science to a local elementary school
- Project IMAGE: discussing issues in imaging with the Baltimore Community
- Members
- Geran Kostecki, Bradley Harden, Liheng Guo, Amir Pourmorteza, Di Xu, Sahar Soleimanifard, Sebastian Schaefer, Giann Gorospe, Jaymin Patel, Hassan Mohy-ud-Din, Nikolaos Karakatsanis, Yi Zhang, Carmen Kut, Issel Anne Lim, Di Xu, Kwame Kutten, Mark Mentzer, Dan Wu, Domenico Zacà, Yi Zhang
The Compilation Committee (Resources / Web)
- Leaders: Di Xu, Kwame Kutten
- Contact: johnshopkinsimaging+compilation@gmail.com
- Resources
- Subcommittee Leaders: Kwame Kutten, Amir Pourmorteza
- Contact: johnshopkinsimaging+resource@gmail.com
- Responsibilities:
- Gathering anything that will help students in imaging
- Links, available software and databases, media, books, conferences, publications
- Names of all imaging researchers and groups at JHU
- Available thesis or rotation projects
- Media Database: gallery of images, videos, etc. from JHU collaborations
- Publicity / Historical
- Subcommittee Leaders:
- Contact:
- Responsibilities:
- Posting easy-to-read synopses about each imaging area for non-science-y people
- Compiling controversial issues in imaging and how we deal with them
- Calendar Coordinators
- Subcommittee Leader: Kwame Kutten
- Contact: johnshopkinsimaging+calendar@gmail.com
- Responsibilities:
- Combining all imaging events, seminars, journal clubs, conferences, retreats, etc. from various calendars
- Please add johnshopkinsimaging+calendar@gmail.com to all of the events mailing lists
- Sending a weekly email about imaging events for that week
- Webmasters
- Subcommittee Leaders: Issel Anne Lim, Kwame Kutten
- Contact: johnshopkinsimaging+web@gmail.com
- Responsibilities:
- Online surveys (forms to gather member feedback)
- Maintaining the mailing lists
- Organizing and editing the information on the website
- Members
- Kwame Kutten, Issel Anne Lim, Jaymin Patel, Amir Pourmorteza
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