E. Mark Haacke, PhD

Director of MR Research Facility

Dr. Haacke's research interests include: MR Angiography, Susceptibility Weighted Imaging (SWI) to study vascular disease, Stroke Imaging, Better Detection of Cancer and Brain Function. He supervises graduates students in engineering, computer science and medical physics. He and Dr. Sehgal work together to enhance current clinical methods and take research ideas into the clinical realm.

K. Kish, MD

Dr. Kish is section chief of neuroradiology at Harper University Hospital-DMC. Research interests include tumor MRS, and fMRI. He is actively involved in the teaching of Wayne State University medical students, residents and fellows in addition to his clinical duties in the department of radiology.

Jiani Hu, PhD

Dr. Hu's research interests include the development of MR spectroscopy and its utilization in studying metabolic changes that take place in diseases tissue. He is currently studying: West Nile disease, Breast Cancer and Neuromuscular Disorders.

Bruce Berkowitz, PhD

Dr. Berkowitz's goal is to prevent vision loss and blindness in patients with diabetes and in very low birth weight infants. His approach is to use fMRI methods to detect the effectiveness of treatment as early in the course of the disease as possible.

Norman Cheng, PhD

Dr. Cheng comes with experience in theoretical aspects of MR system design and fMRI models. His current interests include studying brain oxygenation and quantifying brain iron.

Malek Makki, PhD

Dr. Malek Makki is an MRI physicist with a long-standing expertise in the development of MRI sequences and protocols. In particular, a focus of his research is the quantitative assessment and the merging of data obtained from complementing modalities such as diffusion tensor, perfusion, phase-contrast, and high resolution morphological and functional imaging in pediatric and adult neurology research applications.