About the MGH/HST Martinos Center
The Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging at Massachusetts General Hospital is one of the world’s premier research centers devoted to development and application of advanced biomedical imaging technologies. Our mission is to advance imaging in healthcare through technology development, translational research and education.
Located on the MGH Research Campus in Charlestown, the Center is home to roughly 100 faculty researchers and more than 200 affiliated and visiting faculty, postdoctoral research fellows and graduate students, who use advanced imaging technologies both separately and in concert to investigate a broad range of biologically and medically important questions.
For more information, please go to https://www.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/
Principal Investigator
David Salat
Associate Professor in Radiology, Harvard Medical School
Assistant Neuroscientist, Massachusetts General Hospital
PhD Behavioral Neuroscience, Oregon Health and Science University
David’s research examines structural and functional changes in the brain with aging and age-associated neurodegenerative disease. A primary focus of this work is to determine how the common decline in vascular health with advancing age contributes to neurodegenerative changes, cognitive attenuation and the development of Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias. Through these studies, we hope to advance procedures for the clinical utilization of imaging technology in the diagnosis, characterization and tracking of neurodegenerative disease as well as towards advancing understanding of the pathological mechanisms that cause dementia.
Lab Members
John Jacoby, MS, BS
Research Technician
Sarah Mellen, BS
Clinical Research Coordinator
Courtney Accorsi, BS
Clinical Research Coordinator
Lauren Antonucci, BA
Clinical Research Coordinator II
Tatiana Sitnikova, PhD
Co-Principal Investigator
Tatiana completed her doctoral training in neuroscience and brain pathology at Tufts University and her post-doctoral training in clinical…Read More
Marziye Eshghi, PhD
Principal Investigator
Dr. Eshghi holds a Ph.D. in Linguistics from University of Tehran and a PhD in Speech and Hearing Sciences from the…Read More
Barnaly Rashid, PhD
Research Fellow in Neurology
Barnaly received her PhD in Electrical Engineering with a focus on signal processing…Read More
Ikbeom Jang, PhD
Research Fellow
Ikbeom is interested in developing biomarkers for neurodegenerative diseases and…Read More
Nikou Damestani, PhD
Research Fellow
Nikou is a postdoctoral research fellow specializing in MRI physics and…Read More
Katherine Maina, BA
Project Coordinator
Katherine received a BA in Neuroscience specializing in cellular and molecular neuroscience from the…Read More
Shrikanth Yadav, MS
Data Analyst
Shrikanth received his Master of Science degree in Industrial and Systems Engineering with a…Read More
Alumni
Binyin Li M.D.& B.Sc.
BSc, Psychology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
MD, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
Binyin is a neurologist since 2013 in Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University…Read More
Zhuonan Wang
PET/CT Center
The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi’an Jiaotong University
Zhuonan Wang received a Ph.D. in Medical Imaging and Nuclear Medicine from Xi’an Jiaotong…Read More
Kim Stephens
Research Technician
Kim is a research technician in the lab who contributes to study visits, brain scanning and image…Read More
Chanmie Kim
Post-doctorate Research Fellow
Chan-Mi is interested in identifying initial brain changes caused by neurodegenerative…Read More
Joost Riphagen
Graduate Student/Research Fellow
Joost is a visiting researcher working on a PhD thesis on vascular contributions to neurodegeneration. This…Read More
Fridien Nana Tchoukoua
Research Coordinator
While in college, Fridien interned in the BAnD lab as a research assistant. Now, he is a…Read More
Olivia Hatch
Clinical Research Coordinator
Olivia helps to facilitate and support the BAnD lab’s research studies. She enjoys…Read More
Kathryn Yochim
Clinical Research Coordinator
Kathryn contributes to the lab’s research studies through the facilitation of study visits and…Read More
Jasmine Wilder
Senior Clinical Research Coordinator/Program Manager
Jasmine received a BA in Psychology from Boston University. Her primary role is leading a…Read More
Rachel
Clinical Research Coordinator
Rachel organizes all aspects of the lab’s research studies and enjoys getting to know our wonderful…Read More
Emma Boyd
Research Technician
Emma was an undergraduate intern to the clinical research coordinator in the BAnD lab….Read More
Emily Lindemer
Graduate Student
Emily works on automatic segmentation procedures for white matter lesions to be included in…Read More
Juliette Selb
Co-Investigator
Instructor in Radiology, Harvard Medical School
Assistant in Neuroscience, Massachusetts General Hospital
PhD, Université de Paris XI, 2002…Read More
Wan-Yu Chuang
Visiting student
My current research focuses on structural connectivity change affected by white matter…Read More
Mahanand Belathur Suresh
Visiting Faculty
Mahanand’s research focuses on employing machine learning algorithms to detect…Read More
Jean-Philippe Coutu
Research Fellow
Multispectral Image Analysis of Age-associated Brain Pathology Contributing to Cognitive…Read More
Artur Coutinho
Post-Doc Research Fellow
Artur’s primary research interest is functional and structural imaging changes in aging…Read More
Alison Goldblatt
Clinical Research Coordinator
Alison organized all aspects of the lab’s research studies. She is now pursuing a PhD in Clinical…Read More
Natalie Wheeler
Clinical Research Coordinator
Natalie is Clinical Research Coordinator and helps support the BaND lab studies. She graduated from…Read More
Gabriele Gassner, BS
Research Fellow/Medical Student
Gabriele received her BS in Psychology from the University of Wuerzburg, Germany, in 2015, where she…Read More
Christa Michel, BS
Research Technician
Christa received her B.S. in Neuroscience from Boston College in 2022. As an undergraduate student, her…Read More
Allison Lovely, BA
Senior Clinical Research Coordinator
Allison received a BA in Psychology with a concentration in Behavioral Neuroscience and a minor in…Read More
Casey Howard, BS
Clinical Research Coordinator II
Casey works on multiple studies in the lab, including the Human Connectome Aging Project…Read More
Emily Valencia, BA
Clinical Research Coordinator II
Emily received her Bachelor of Arts in Neurobiology and Psychology and a minor in German from…Read More
Collaborators
The BANDLAB at Massachusetts General Hospital is affiliated with the Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging and VA Boston Medical Center. Below is a list of partnering labs and research collaborators.
Martinos affiliated
Meher R. Juttukonda, PhD
Phoebe Chan, PhD
Jonathan Polimeni, PhD
Steven Stufflebeam, MD
Tatiana Sitnikova, PhD
MGH Neurology
Diana Rosas, MD
Sue Imbriglio
Steven Greenberg