Daniel Vigneron, Ph.D.

Daniel B. Vigneron, PhD, wears a lot of hats: professor of radiology and biomedical imaging, professor of bioengineering and therapeutic sciences, director of the Advanced Imaging Technologies Specialized Resource Group, director of the Hyperpolarized MRI Technology Resource Center, associate director of the Surbeck Laboratory for Advanced Imaging. But all of these roles have something in common–they allow him to focus on developing hyperpolarized MRI techniques to detect, characterize and target brain and prostate tumors.

“The goal of our research is to improve understanding of what causes diseases such as cancer, diabetes, liver and kidney disease, then come up with new ways to treat them, and then follow that with our techniques,” explains Dr. Vigneron… Continue reading.