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Imaging Elevated 2026 Agenda

Friday October 23, 2026 – Guest House

8:00-8:30          Breakfast Buffet

8:30-8:40          Welcome remarks – Chair of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Dr. David Larson

 

SESSION I: Neuroimaging outside of Radiology – how to expand your local impact

8:40 – 9:10       Jacqueline Walsh-Snow: “Beyond Pictures: Neuroimaging Human Vision with Real Objects”

9:10 – 9:30       Nick Frost, MD: "Multimodal imaging of neural circuits in Alzheimer’s disease"

9:30 – 9:50       Jenna Merenstein, PhD: "Mapping Brain Iron Accumulation in Healthy Cognitive Aging and Alzheimer’s Disease”

9:50 – 10:10     Ben Shofty, PhD: "From Images to Intervention: Mapping Human Brain Circuits for Precision Neurosurgery"

 

10:10 – 10:30  Break

 

SESSION II: The role of imaging in rural and global health

10:30 – 11:00  Adrienne Campbell-Washburn: "New opportunities for fast imaging of the heart and lungs with 0.55T MRI"

11:00 – 11:30 Matt Molchan: “From Pipeline to Patient: Telix’s Pathway to Accessible Precision Imaging Worldwide”

11:30 – 12:00  Rita Nassanga, MD: "Global Outreach in Radiology Education and Research: A Ugandan Partner’s Perspective on Opportunities, Resources and Benefits"

12:00 – 12:30  Udunna Anazodo: "Imaging Without Borders: Building Medical Imaging Capacity For Everyone, Everywhere"

 

12:30 – 12:40  Group photo!

12:40 – 1:10    Lunch buffet & break

1:10 – 1:40       Industry / Sponsor panel – Industry’s role in rural and global medicine

 

1:40-2:10          Break & networking

 

SESSION III: Low resource intervention and treatment innovations

2:10 – 2:40       Jens Gühring:  TBD

2:40 – 3:00       Dell Dunn, MD: Global Outreach in Radiology Education and Research

3:00 – 3:20       Charles Ray, MD: "Interventions in sub-Saharan Africa - Current State and Opportunities for Involvement" 

3:20 – 3:40       David Strain, MD: TBD

3:40 – 4:00       Radiology and Imaging Sciences Global and Rural Outreach Vision, Charles Ray, Dell Dunn, Shawna Webster

 

4:00                      Closing remarks