Hopkins Imaging Initiative: Meeting Minutes 2011-05-05 Compiled by Issel Anne L. Lim
Structure of the Training Grant- Four main committees: o Curriculum o Lectures (Tutorials / Seminars) o Networking (Professional / Events) o Compilation (Resources / Web) - Each committee has a leader and several subcommittees o Structure: http://imaging.jhu.edu/about-us o You may be officially listed as a member of a committee if you have contributed to the committee and attended an organizational meeting - Imaging Initiative Organization: o Published with email addresses: o Published with names only: § https://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=0Amm8Um9b8zBzdDBUbUFGRDdQVVRaa3k2OXViUDNxQ1E&output=html
The Curriculum Committee- Leaders: Jessica Mavadia (johnshopkinsimaging+curriculum@gmail.com) - Current official members: Bradley Harden, Carmen Kut, Shadi , Amir Pourmorteza, Hassan Mohy-ud-Din - Faculty: Xingde Li, Jeff Siewerdsen, Elliot McVeigh - Included Areas o Planning suggested curriculum for each imaging area o Academic Evaluations § Reviews of classes, professors, media o Intercession courses § Recruit students to give intense advanced courses instead of TA-ing o Clinical classes § Sitting in on case reviews, interesting lectures, etc.
The Lecture Committee (Tutorials / Seminars)- Leader: Carmen Kut (johnshopkinsimaging+seminar@gmail.com) - Current official members: Jaymin, Kwame, Shadi, Issel, Wenxuan - Included Areas o Imaging Tutorials and workshops (given by professors, senior students, post-docs, etc.) § Recorded ten-minute videos (like MIT Open Courseware or the Khan Academy http://www.khanacademy.org/) § Tasks · Create online web form for students and faculty to suggest mini-courses of lectures that would be most useful for imaging students · People can vote online for: o Specific lecturers to produce more or longer videos o Topics that they want to cover · Schedule a time and a room (Fall? Weekly? Monthly?) or just record lectures? · Create a schedule for recording § Topics · What are the prerequisites for imaging courses? These could fill in some gaps (i.e., if a clinician wants to know "the essentials" of Fourier Transforms, he could watch this lecture) · Step-by-step tutorials on how to use imaging software · Fourier Transforms, Biostatistics, MRI, Neuroanatomy · Clinical overviews: anatomy, essential clinical techniques § Possible Lectures · Fourier Transforms: Alan Huang · PET: Dr. Arman Rahmim · Simulations (analytical, Monte Carlo): Nicholas Karakatsanis o Recruitment chalk talks § Professors introduce research projects and opportunities for trainees § Answer the questions: My lab does ___, ___, and ___. A student in my lab would work on ___, ___, and ___. o Seminars § Credits for seminar attendance (Cathy Jancuk, Hong Lan) § See a series of lectures for big shot professors over intercession (reimburse for travel) · Suggestions: Drs. Bruce Rosen, Scott Fraser · Lectures for BME Seminars or Intercession Course · Lesson afterwards or beforehand (an hour or more chalk talk w/ the imaging students) § Find students to present at the BME FSSHH
The Networking Committee (Professional / Events)- Leaders: Geran Kostecki (johnshopkinsimaging+event@gmail.com) - Current official members: Liheng Guo, Amir Pourmorteza, Di Xu, Sahar Soleimanifard, Sebastian Schaefer - Included Areas: o Imaging Research Conference / Research Day: October or November § Work with Joyce, Melanie to get rooms, facilities § A few "big" professor speakers, student presentations § Conference that showcases all imaging at JHU? § Cardiology training grant: May 19th and 20th o Imaging Competitions/Awards § Subcommittee Leader: Giann Gorospe § "Most Awesome Image" Competition o Jobs: johnshopkinsimaging+job@gmail.com § Talking about career trajectory for different companies, government agencies, academia § Tips on interviewing / finding a job § Create job blog or some forum to post jobs online § Prospective jobs can be forwarded to johnshopkinsimaging+job@gmail.com o Alumni: johnshopkinsimaging+alumni@gmail.com § Compiling a database of alumni to show where we go o Recruitment: johnshopkinsimaging+prospective@gmail.com § Answering emails from prospective students § Presenting JHU BME at conferences (BMES) § Directly email departments (EE, BME, etc.) § Organize lab tours and imaging-related networking for recruitment weekend o Professional Interests: Database § Subcommittee Leaders: Liheng Guo, Sahar Soleimanifard § Contact: johnshopkinsimaging+professional@gmail.com § Contact industry professionals to: · Partner in research internships · Provide job prospects · Utilize resources o Mailing list for volunteers o Community Service
The Compilation Committee (Resources / Web)- Leader: Di Xu (johnshopkinsimaging+web@gmail.com) - Current official members: Issel Anne Lim, Kwame Kutten (calendar), Wenxuan Liang, Giann Gorospe - Calendar email: johnshopkinsimaging+calendar@gmail.com - Included Areas: o Resources § Links § Available software and databases (and where to get them; see previous minutes for suggestions) § Useful media, books, conferences § Names of all imaging researchers and groups at JHU · Faculty bios · Names of lab members § Media gallery showcasing the work from the imaging groups at JHU § Available thesis or rotation projects under each faculty member § Publications from JHU imaging affiliates (this could be a link to a PubMed search for "Johns Hopkins" + "imaging") o Publicity + Historian § Photographs, videos, recording events, recording imaging tutorials § Posting an easy-to-read blurb about each imaging area for non-science-y people § Controversial issues in imaging and how we deal with them · Examples: MRI safety (gadolinium + NSF), CT radiation exposure, PET radioactivity · Links to articles, FDA regulations o Online surveys § Google forms to gather member feedback o Maintain mailing lists § Announcements: http://groups.google.com/group/imaginginitiative § Organizational: http://groups.google.com/group/johnshopkinsimaging § Volunteers for imaging studies · Join this mailing list to get requests from researchers looking for volunteers (researchers specify age, gender, conditions that they're looking for) · Or link to: http://trials.johnshopkins.edu/?ctg=imaging § Imaging Initiative Organization: o Calendar § Subcommittee Leaders: Kwame Kutten § Contact: johnshopkinsimaging+calendar@gmail.com § Combining all imaging events / seminars / journal clubs / conferences from various calendars (CIS, ICMIC, JHU, Kirby Center) § Add johnshopkinsimaging+calendar@gmail.com to the imaging mailing lists so that the event alerts will be forwarded to the calendar coordinator § Send weekly email about imaging events for that week
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