Delaware State University Awarded $431,000 Grant For Imaging Analysis And AI Methods Research
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Posted By: Reginald Culpepper on March 07, 2022 Delaware State University has received a four-year $431,000 grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences under the National Institute of Health for a research project entitled “Image Analysis and Machine Learning Methods for Biomarkers of Age-related and Metabolic Diseases.” The Principal Investigator of the grant is Dr. Sokratis Makrogiannis, associate professor in the Division of Physics, Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science. The award is a competitive renewal grant, which follows a previous four-year $255,000 grant that funded Del State research on quantitative image analysis techniques for the studies of aging phenotypes and age-related diseases. The current funded research will build on recent advances in medical imaging analysis to contribute novel and non-invasive techniques for studying the human body composition and its changes. This is especially in relation to age-related metabolic diseases such as type-2 diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular disease, obesity, and osteoporosis – all of which have become a worldwide medical challenges. Dr. Makrogiannis said the research will also develop machine learning (artificial intelligence) methods to achieve timely diagnosis and prognosis. “We will work to develop ways in which artificial intelligence can be utilized to understand imaging data to assist physicians in making medical diagnoses,” Dr. Makrogiannis said. “For underserved communities, this could lower health care costs, as it will take less time for analysis, and speed up diagnostics.” Dr. Makrogiannis and his graduate-level researchers will use imaging and clinical data collected by the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging – the longest ongoing epidemiology study in the United States – as well as publicly available datasets. Among his team of researcher is Chelsea, a Del State Ph.D student from Felton, Del. As the University possesses imaging technology capable of delineating the many different types of muscles in the body, the research will develop improved imaging techniques and artificial intelligence methods relating to the longitudinal changes in body composition and form – which is strongly linked to metabolic diseases. The research will also involve the analysis of accumulation of adipose tissue in the human body and the changes in its regional distribution, which is associated with type-2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease and the metabolic syndrome. PHOTO CUTLINE Dr. Sokratis Makrogiannis (center), DSU Associate Professor, has been awarded a four-year $431,000 grant from the National Institute of Health for his research on imaging analysis and artificial learning methods as it relates to age-related diseases. With him are two assisting Ph.D. researchers – Azubuike Okorie (l), of Amanato-Isu, Nigeria, and Chelsea Harris, of Felton, Del. If you enjoyed this article, Join HBCU CONNECT today for similar content and opportunities via email! |
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