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, Professor of Radiology, and Matthew R. Brier, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Neurology
Secondary Mentor: Zhude Tu, PhD, Professor of Radiology, and Anne Cross, MD, Professor of Neurology
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, Assistant Professor of Radiology
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, Professor of Pathology and Immunology
Secondary Mentor: Tammie L.S. Benzinger, MD, PhD, Professor of Radiology
