TIRS Trainees

Trainee: Karl Friedrichsen, PhD
Department: Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Postdoctoral Research Scholar
Project: Neuroinflammation in Multiple Sclerosis with a Novel PET Tracer 11C-CS1P1
Primary Mentor: Tammie L.S. Benzinger, MD, PhD, Matthew R. Brier, MD, PhD
Secondary Mentor: Zhude Tu, PhD, Anne Cross, MD

Trainee: Elizabeth A. Kras, PhD
Department: Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Postdoctoral Research Scholar
Project: Development and Evaluation of Novel PET Tracers for Imaging Microglial Responses in Neurodegeneration
Primary Mentor: Aisling M. Chaney, PhD

Trainee: Benjamin Plog, MD, PhD
Department: Department of Neurosurgery, Resident
Project: The role of CSF flow in regulating skull and vertebral bone marrow hematopoiesis and neurologic recovery after spinal cord injury
Primary Mentor: Jonathan Kipnis, PhD
Secondary Mentor: Tammie L.S. Benzinger, MD, PhD