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Medical Imaging COBRE

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Oklahoma Center of Medical Imaging for Translational Cancer Research

Oklahoma Center of Medical Imaging for Translational Cancer Research

The objective of this COBRE is to establish a new biomedical imaging research center with appropriate infrastructure and research capacity along with a multidisciplinary mentoring team to support the promising research project leaders of junior investigators as they conduct innovative translational cancer research projects. The success of COBRE will ultimately have a high research and clinical impact, leading to a reduced cancer burden both for individual patients and society. 

Mission

This COBRE aims to enhance the capability of conducting multidisciplinary medical imaging technology and informatics-related translational cancer research on both the OU Norman and OUHSC campuses.

Vision

Promoting close and effective collaboration between biomedical engineering researchers and physician scientists on two OU campuses can significantly increase the efficacy and translational clinical impact of research projects.

Research Themes

In order to improve cancer detection and diagnosis accuracy and/or treatment efficacy using medical imaging and informatics technology, the research topics of the COBRE include but are not limited to:

  • Develop novel investigative medical imaging modalities and technologies to more sensitively detect tumors and monitor tumor response to treatment.
  • Identify and develop new quantitative imaging markers using advanced image processing and AI-based technology.
  • Assess the efficacy of the investigative cancer therapy drugs or procedures using medical imaging methods.
  • Develop new machine learning (ML) based prediction models that fuse both imaging and genomic biomarkers.

 

COBRE News

UPCOMING EVENT: 2025 Annual Cancer Research Symposium on April 11, 2025
  • The OU Health Stephenson Cancer Center (SCC) has been excited to announce that 2025 Annual Cancer Research Symposium will be taking place on April 11, 2025.  This year symposium will feature two tracks: Translational Research and Cancer Health Promotion, Prevention, and Control.

WHEN:  Friday, April 11, 2025

WHERE Nicholson Conference Center – 1000 NE 13th St., Oklahoma City, OK 73104

REGISTER Registration HERE. (https://ousurvey.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3qrbP10V5Q5Fegm)

  • CALL FOR ABSTRACT Would you like to present your research via Oral or Poster presentation? Submit your abstract HERE. 

(https://ousurvey.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_5onos9yNbjJ7irI)

March 11-12, 2025 : NIH Strategic Planning Workshop - 2025

  • The National Institutes of Health (NIH) will be hosting a Strategic Planning Workshop titled "Integrating Clinical Imaging with Multimodal Data for AI in Precision Medicine" on March 11-12, 2025. For more details about the workshop, including the agenda and registration information, please refer to the link provided in the below as:

https://commonfund.nih.gov/potential-program-concepts/primed-ai/workshop

 

https://roseliassociates.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_XV4RRaETShi2ljX45ZEaNg#/registration

Publications and News Report

  • 08/2024-A study published in the July/September 2024 issue of Biophotonics Discovery explores the use of integrated multispectral autofluorescence imaging endoscopy combined with machine learning to automatically distinguish between benign and cancerous or pre-cancerous oral lesio (Dr. Javier Jo Team).
  • 08/2024- A paper published on Communications Engineering for automatic renal carcinoma biopsy guidance using forward-viewing endoscopic optical coherence tomography and deep learning (Dr. Qinggong Tang Team)
  • 07/2024– Dr. Tang co-authored a paper on Cell Cycle reporting on the synthesis and validation of a 37 amino acid RSPO1-mimetic peptide for interoperative imaging of colorectal cancer peritoneal metastatic disease.(Dr. Qinggong Tang Team)
  • 05/2024, A new study conducted by the Wilhelm Lab as "Study Reveals Promising Development in Cancer-Fighting Nanotechnologies" 

March 22, 2022
  • $11.3 Million Federal Grant Establishes New Center for Cancer Research at OU

Under the collaboration and support from Gallogly College of Engineering and Stephenson Cancer Center, a new Oklahoma Center of Medical Imaging for Translational Cancer Research will be established at OU.

Read the full story.

Publication Acknowledge COBRE Support

How to Acknowledge COBRE Support

Research reported in this [publication, release] is supported in part by an Institutional Development Award (IDeA) from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences, the National Institutes of Health, under grant number P20 GM135009.

Stephenson Research and Technology Center
Gallogly Hall of Biomedical Engineering

Contact Information

Administration Office Address:

Stephenson Research and Technology Center

101 David L. Boren Blvd, Rm 1160

Norman, OK 73019

Oklahoma Center of Medical Imaging for Translational Cancer Research (COBRE)
Stephenson Research and Technology Center
101 David L. Boren Blvd, Rm 1160
Norman, OK 73019
Updated 3/13/2025 by Oklahoma Center of Medical Imaging for Translational Cancer Research (COBRE): yhli1500@ou.edu