News and Events

Congratulations to Jenna for winning 1st place for her poster at the annual Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Research Day! Jenna’s poster was titled, “Standard and high-resolution diffusion imaging of cortical disconnection in Alzheimer’s disease.”

BIAC researchers collaborate with Dr. Linda Cendales in the Department of Surgery to characterize brain changes associated with hand transplantation.

BIAC has recently purchased and set up a new Vera MRI Simulator from Psychology Software Tools to replace the old mock scanner used for many years. The new mock scanner, including the new Mock testing room, can now be found in room 1812M, conveniently located beside the lockers.

Congratulations to David Madden, Ph.D., and his lab for their most recent publication! This study used graph theory to characterize structural and functional brain connectivity, the change in functional connectivity between rest and task states, and the relation of brain connectivity to age-related differences in attention (visual search).

Congratulations to Tina Zhao, a BIAC Clinic Research Intern and core member of the Madden Lab, who has been accepted for graduate study in the PhD program in the Department of Psychology of the University of Washington, Seattle, for the fall 2024 semester. Tina will be in the Cognition and Perception area and received a Provost Fellowship Award to begin her studies.

Congratulations Dr. Madden for receiving the 2024 Career Mentoring Award in Basic and Translational Science from the Duke University School of Medicine! This award is to recognize faculty members in the School of Medicine for their excellence in research mentoring demonstrated through the accomplishments of their mentees, implemented programs, or their creativity in mentoring. This award was presented at the Medical School Spring Faculty Celebration held in in Duke Gardens.

Congrats to Olivia Dickinson from the MR Engineering Lab for receiving a Carey E. Floyd, Jr., Graduate Fellowship from the Duke Medical Physics Graduate Program!

Congratulations to Jenna Merenstein, Ph.D., for being awarded a three-year NIH postdoctoral fellowship. With this award, Jenna will be comparing standard and high-resolution measures of white matter structural connectivity, with regard to characterizing both healthy aging and Alzheimer’s disease. Her BIAC faculty mentors are Drs. David Madden and Allen Song.

Congratulations to Sharena Ballard for being nominated for the Michelle P. Winn Inclusive Excellence Award! Sponsored by the Duke School of Medicine Office of Equity, Diversity & Inclusion, this award was established to recognize those who have contributed significantly to the diversity, equity, and inclusion of their School of Medicine community.

BIAC faculty, Dr. Rajendra A. Morey, and his lab were recently highlighted in The Duke Daily for their work on climate change, displacement, and mental health.