The Molecular Imaging Program at Stanford (MIPS) was established as an inter-disciplinary program to bring together scientists and physicians who share a common interest in developing and using state-of-the-art imaging technology and developing molecular imaging assays for studying intact biological systems. A multimodality approach using imaging technologies such as positron emission tomography (PET), single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT), digital autoradiography, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS), optical bioluminescence, optical fluorescence, and ultrasound are all technologies under active development and investigation. The goals of the program are to fundamentally change how biological research is performed with cells in their intact environment in living subjects and to develop new ways to diagnose diseases and monitor therapies in patients. Areas of active investigation are cancer research, microbiology/immunology, developmental biology and pharmacology.

Sanjiv Sam Gambhir M.D., Ph.D.
Virginia & D.K. Ludwig Professor of Radiology & Bioengineering
Director, Molecular Imaging Program at Stanford (MIPS)
Director, Canary Center for Cancer Early Detection at Stanford
Head, Division of Nuclear Medicine
Member, Bio-X Program

Christopher Contag, Ph.D.
Co-Director, Molecular Imaging Program at Stanford,
Director, Stanford Center for Innovation in in vivo Imaging (SCI³)
Associate Professor, Departments of Pediatrics and of Microbiology and Immunology and, by courtesy, of Radiology



Complete listing of all MIPS Faculty and Staff

New NCI Physical Sciences-Oncology Centers (PS-OC) U54 Grant awarded to USC in collaboration with Stanford for $16M October 26, 2009 The National Cancer Institute (NCI) has awarded $16M to University of Southern California in collaboration with Stanford University to establish a Physical Sciences-Oncology Center (PS-OC). Professor of engineering at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering and professor of research medicine at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, W. Daniel Hillis, is the principal investigator. Collaborators at Stanford are Dr. Sam Gambhir, Dr. Shan Wang, Dr. Steve Quake, and Dr. Garry Nolan. The goal of the five year initiative is to engage trans-disciplinary scientific teams from fields of physics, mathematics, chemistry and engineering to examine new, non-traditional approaches to cancer research. NCI PS-OC Press Release USC Press Release View All Grant News

Peter Olcott Received 2009 IEEE NSS/MIC Student Paper Award November 15, 2009 Peter Olcott, a graduate student in the Molecular Imaging Instrumentation Laboratory (MIIL), received Second Place from the Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference for his paper, "Cross-strip capacitive multiplexing and electro-optical coupling for silicon photomultiplier arrays for PET detectors". Congratulations, Peter! View All News Items