Marta Bianciardi, PhD
Professional Information
Experience:
Assistant Professor in Radiology, Harvard Medical School
Assistant in Biomedical Engineering, Massachusetts General Hospital
Director of Brainstem Imaging, Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging
Education:
PhD Biophysics, University of Rome,
Position:
Martinos Faculty
Contact
Mailing Address
Building 149, Room 2301
13th Street
Charlestown, MA 02129 USA
Additional Information
Biosketch
As a biophysicist by training, my research centers on the development of novel high- and ultra-high (7 Tesla) field MRI techniques for the investigation of brain function, anatomy, and physiology.
I joined the faculty at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Harvard Medical School (HMS) with the goal of developing an in vivo neuroimaging-based atlas and connectome of brainstem nuclei by 7 Tesla MRI to enhance our knowledge and the quality of patient care in disorders of consciousness, sleep disorders, and movement disorders (such as Parkinsons disease).
I am also interested in developing methods for physiological noise correction of MRI/fMRI data and for the extraction of MRI-based biomarkers of physiology and metabolism.
At the Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging (MGH), I lead the Brainstem Imaging Laboratory, as well as I am a faculty member of the Magnetic Resonance-Physics and Instrumentation Group.
