CONGRATULATIONS to our incredible MRI technologist/wizard, Ms. Kimberly Mason, who was selected for the 2014 Franklin College Staff Excellence Award in the category of Research support! Kim has been our 3T MRI technologist since the beginning of BIRC and this is a very well deserved award. Please be sure to congratulate Kim when you next …
The BIRC will welcome about 30 High School range students and have them learn about bio-imaging at UGA on Wednesday, June 25. BIRC is participating in the Fanning Summer Program Academic Offerings, a summer residential program for Georgia High School students. The outreach is an effort to serve the community.
The University of Georgia Obesity initiative hosted a conference titled “Obesity, Imaging and Musculoskeletal Health” on June 12, 2014. The meeting featured guest speakers from industry and academia, who addressed the use of high-resolution imaging techniques to better understand the relationships between obesity and chronic diseases, such as diabetes, low skeletal strength and poor muscle …
Recent BIRC/Neuroscience student Dr. Carlos Faraco, and his research advisor, Dr. Steve Miller, have received significant media attention for their recent article “Lateral temporal hyper-activation as a novel biomarker of Mild Cognitive Impairment, Neuropsychologia, 2013. Drs. Faraco and Miller provide evidence for working memory functioning as a potentially viable way to identify older adults at …
BIRC/Psychology graduate student Nick Puente, along with graduate students Cutter Lindbergh and Doug Terry and undergraduate students Kirstin Chu and Sarah Evans as coauthors, received a “Best Student Poster” award for their work entitled “Exploring the Relationship between Cognitive Reserve and Functional Ability: the role of cognitive functioning.” Congratulations!
