Presenter: Dr. Kamil Uludag

Topic: Structural and Functional Imaging at 3 and 7T MRI

Biography: Dr. Kâmil Uludağ studied from 1992 till 1997 Physics at the Technical University of Berlin. He completed his Ph.D. in Medical Physics in 2003 on Near-Infrared Optical Spectroscopy (Humboldt University, Berlin) and moved for a postdoc position to the Center for Functional MRI (UCSD, San Diego, USA) to work on the physiological and physical basis of functional MRI. In 2004, he was appointed Head of the Human Brain Imaging group at the Max-Planck-Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Tübingen. From June 2010 to December 2018, he was Associate Professor in the Faculty of Psychology & Neuroscience and Head of the Department of Cognitive Neuroscience (from 2013-2016) continuing his work on the basis of fMRI and studying cognition in the human brain utilizing clinical fields (1.5. and 3T) and the new Ultra-High Field human MRI scanners (7 and 9.4 Tesla). He is on the editorial board of five leading neuroimaging journals. 

In January 2019, Dr. Uludağ moved to UHN, cross-appointed to Techna and Krembil Research Institute. His new laboratory combines artificial intelligence approaches with 1.5 and 3T MRI big data in order to answer fundamental neuroscience questions and to develop biomarkers for clinical applications. Furthermore, he utilizes deep learning methods to improve the effectivity of MR image acquisition and reconstruction, promising to advance our understanding of the physical and physiological basis of MRI. As Co-Director of the Slaight Family Centre for Advanced MRI at the Toronto Western Hospital he is responsible for MR Physics and NeuroImaging Methods and will advise clinical research group in their studies of the brain and spine.