| Education: | M.D./Ph.D., Biophysics
Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP) Fellowship
Stanford University, 2001
B.S. with Honors, Mathematics,
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, 1994 |
| Awards: | 2005 Society for Pediatric Radiology Research Fellowship. Granted once annually
for research advancing pediatric radiology
2004 American Roentgen Ray Society President's Award. Bestowed on one resident
or fellow annually for radiology research
2001 Norman Blank Award. Two recipients annually chosen from Stanford medical
school for contribution to field of radiology.
1999 I.I. Rabi Award Finalist. Three finalists annually chosen for research in mag-
netic resonance in medicine.
1994 Medical Scientist Training Program Fellowship.
1992 1993 Carnation Merit Scholarship. Awarded annually to twenty Caltech under-
graduates for research and academic performance.
1992 H.J. Ryser Scholarship. Awarded annually to two Caltech undergraduates for
mathematical ability. |
| Address: | Lucile Packard Childrens Hospital |
| E-mail: | vasanawala@stanford.edu |
| Research Interests: | Our research focuses on developing molecular imaging techniques to investigate liver disease. We are interested in early imaging markers of diffuse liver disease as well as early detection, characterization, and therapeutic response of liver tumors, with an emphasis on magnetic resonance techniques. Our approaches include developing hyperpolarized magnetic resonance methods to probe metabolism in animal models and multinuclear magnetic resonance imaging. |
| Current Labs: | Advanced Pediatric MR Imaging Laboratory
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