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🎉 Meet four of our 2026 Academy Distinguished Investigators! In the weeks leading up to #RSNA, we’re celebrating all 55 honorees advancing radiology and biomedical imaging. 01/05 Thread

🎉Kai Chen, PhD | @USC Dr. Kai Chen has advanced radiopharmaceutical science by integrating innovative radiochemistry with molecularly targeted PET probe development to improve disease imaging and advance precision medicine. Congrats!

🎉Zhenxin (Jason) Cai, PhD | @YaleMed Dr. Cai develops and translates novel PET imaging probes for neuropsychiatric diseases and oncology. He contributed to the development of the F-18-labeled SV2A PET tracers for quantifying synaptic density in the central nervous system.

🎉Nicholas Burris, MD | @UWMadison Dr. Burris’s research focuses on developing computational imaging tools to improve the assessment and management of aortic disease. His work includes 3D mapping of aortic growth to better predict a patients risk of progression.

🎉Sandip Biswal, MD | @UWMadison Dr. Biswal has advanced musculoskeletal molecular imaging by pioneering PET/MRI to identify pain generators occult on conventional imaging, linking imaging biomarkers with precision-guided interventions. Congrats!

📩 Last week's Policy & Legislative Update is out now. Read: Thread below 01/07

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📅38 days until RSNA 2026 begins. The Academy is excited to induct the 2026 Distinguished Investigators, and honor our Gold Medal recipient, Dr. Mitchell D. Schnall. 👏 See you there! #ACADRAD #RSNA26 #DISTINGUISHEDINVESTIGATORS #AWARDS

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month 🎗️ Behind every early detection is a researcher pushing imaging forward. This month, we're proud to spotlight 2026 Distinguished Investigator Rebecca Rakow-Penner, MD, PhD.@RakowPenner #BCAM #ACADRAD #DistinguishedInvestigator

🎉Congratulations to our 2026 Academy Distinguished Investigators! We’re celebrating all 55 honorees in the weeks leading up to RSNA. Thread 1/5 #Radiology #MedicalImaging #RSNA #DistinguishedInvestigator

5/5 🎉Berkin Bilgic, PhD @MassGenBrigham @harvardmed Develops MRI acquisition & reconstruction tech using MR physics, self-supervised AI, open-source sequences & novel hardware. Created Wave-CAIPI: 10x faster clinical imaging via high-channel-count receivers. Congrats! 👏

4/5 🎉Janine Bijsterbosch, PhD @WashUMedMIR Uses computational neuroimaging & large datasets to find brain markers of mental health: reproducible depression correlates in 6 datasets, brain profiles tied to symptom dimensions & network shape/location sensitive to behavior. 👏

3/5 🎉Marta Bianciardi, PhD @MassGenBrigham Pioneered ultra-high-field MRI of the living human brainstem, built a brainstem nuclei atlas & the first brainstem-cortical connectivity maps. Now: MRI biomarkers of prodromal Parkinson’s, disorders of consciousness & sleep disorders.

2/5 🎉Ramon Barajas Jr MD @OHSURadiology Dr. Barajas Jr., a neuroradiologist and physician-scientist, develops and clinically translates advanced imaging biomarkers, emphasizing quantitative imaging genomics, neuroinflammation, and molecular radiotheranostics. Congratulations!👏

RT @OHSURadiology: Congratulations to Dr. Barajas on his acceptance into the Academy for Radiology & Biomedical Imaging Research’s 2026 Council of Distinguished Investigators! Learn more about the Council of Distinguished Investigators here: