People

A dedicated team of investigators helps supervise the operation of the preclinical imaging core and maintain the preclinical scanners. For questions about particular imaging systems contact us at the links below.

 

Christian Farrar
Assistant Professor of Radiology, Harvard Medical School
Assistant in Neuroscience, Massachusetts General Hospital
Director of Preclinical Imaging, Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging
cfarrar@mgh.harvard.edu

Expertise: 4.7T PET-MRI, 9.4T MRI, 14T vertical bore NMR/MRI, micro-PET/CT

 

 

Ethan French 
Preclinical PET/MRI systems lab manager, Massachusetts General Hospital
ejfrench@mgh.harvard.edu

Expertise: 4.7T PET-MRI, 9.4T MRI, 14T MRI, micro-PET/CT

 

 

 

Joe Mandeville 
Instructor of Radiology, Harvard Medical School
Assistant in Physics, Massachusetts General Hospital
jmandeville@mgh.harvard.edu

Expertise: 4.7T PET-MRI and 9.4T MRI

 

 

Xin Yu
Associate Professor of Radiology, Harvard Medical School
Assistant in Physics, Massachusetts General Hospital
xyu9@mgh.harvard.edu

Expertise: 14T horizontal bore MRI

 

 

 

Jerry Ackerman 
Associate Professor of Radiology, Harvard Medical School
Assistant in Physics, Massachusetts General Hospital
jlackerman@mgh.harvard.edu

Expertise: 14T vertical bore NMR/MRI