I am happy to announce that I’ve finished my post-doc and am now an assistant professor in the Department of Radiology at Duke, so I’ll be sticking around for a while.

Some career news – I’ve graduated from the University of Wisconsin – Madison, and am now a post-doc at the Driehuys Lab in the Center for In Vivo Microscopy and Department of Radiology at Duke University in Durham, NC.

Not to worry! I’ll still be working on applications of hyperpolarized gas MRI to lung disease.

Good news, everybody! The 2nd edition of the Springer textbook “MRI of the Lung” is now in print, and I’m somehow first author on the chapter on asthma.

Purchase your copy here: http://a.co/fMsb578.

I’m presenting two talks and a poster at this year’s American Thoracic Society International Conference in San Diego, CA. Come say hi!

Image-Guided Bronchoscopy of Regional Ventilation Heterogeneity in Asthma as a Means of Assessing Localized Inflammatory Response: Preliminary Results
B20 ASTHMA: NEW FINDINGS IN AIRWAY SMOOTH MUSCLE PATHOPHYSIOLOGY AND POTENTIAL THERAPY
Mini Symposium
MONDAY 5/21/18 9:15 AM - 11:15 AM
My talk is at 10:45 AM.

Poster 1003: Ventilation Defects in Asthma on Hyperpolarized Gas MRI Are Associated with Airway Mucus Plugs on CT
D28 RESPIRATORY DISEASE DIAGNOSIS: PULMONARY FUNCTION TESTING AND IMAGING
Poster Discussion Session
WEDNESDAY 5/23/18 9:15 AM - 11:15 AM
9:15 AM - 10:00 AM Poster Viewing
10:00 AM - 11:15 AM Discussion

Regional Measures of Bronchodilator Response in Asthma on Hyperpolarized Gas MRI Are Associated with Air Trapping on CT
D98 ASTHMA AND COPD: THE BEST OF RESPIRATORY STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION
Mini Symposium
WEDNESDAY 5/23/18 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
My talk is at 3PM.

I’m also helping facilitate a poster session:
B64 COPD: LUNG FUNCTION, IMAGING AND PATHOPHYSIOLOGY
MONDAY 5/21/18 11:15 AM - 1:00 PM

New publication out, a Letter to the Editor in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.

Title: “Ventilation defect percent in helium-3 magnetic resonance imaging as a biomarker of severe outcomes in asthma”.

I’ve got a few abstracts at this year’s American Thoracic Society 2017 meeting in Washington, DC. Here’s the info, come say hello:

ID 10024 Ventilation Defect Percent in Helium-3 MRI Is Associated with Severe Outcomes in Asthma
A98-SEEING IS BELIEVING: USING NOVEL IMAGING TECHNIQUES TO UNDERSTAND THE LUNG IN HEALTH AND DISEASE
Mini Symposium
SUNDAY, MAY 21, 2017
2:15 PM-4:15 PM

ID 8627 Regional Associations Between CT Measures of Airway Structure and Hyperpolarized Helium-3 MRI Measures of Local Bronchodilator Response in Asthma
C29-ADVANCES IN PULMONARY IMAGING TO STUDY LUNG STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION
Poster Discussion Session
TUESDAY, MAY 23, 2017
9:15 AM-11:15 AM

ID 8541 Regional Comparison of Vascular Volume Measured on CT with Ventilation Defect Percent on Hyperpolarized Helium-3 MRI in Asthma
C80-C-IMAGING METHODOLOGY AND APPLICATION TO LUNG DISEASE
Thematic Poster Session
TUESDAY, MAY 23, 2017
9:15 AM-4:15 PM

I’m coauthor on the “Asthma” chapter on the recently released Hyperpolarized and Inert Gas MRI: From Technology to Application in Research and Medicine”. Pick up your copy today!

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