Using Magnetic Resonance Techniques to Study the Brain and Brain Diseases

Text Box: University of Hawai’i Neuroscience and Magnetic Resonance Research Program



Principal Investigator

EDUCATION

B.S.       Biochemistry, University of Maryland,

1981      College Park, Maryland

 

M.S.       Physiology and Biophysics, Georgetown University,

1982       Washington, D.C. 

 

M.D.       Georgetown University, School of Medicine,

1986       Washington, D.C.

 

Internship          Internal Medicine  

1986-87             Los Angeles County/USC Medical Center

                         Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA

 

Residency           Neurology

1987-90              University of California, Los Angeles Medical

                          Center, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA

 

Fellowships         Neuromuscular diseases and Electrophysiology

1990-91              Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA

 

1991-92              Research in Neuroimaging with SPECT, MRI and

                          MR Spectroscopy (MRS) in Dementia,

                          Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA

 

BOARD CERTIFICATION

1994       Neurology, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology

 

1997       Electrophysiology/EMG, American Board of

              Electrodiagnostic Medicine

Department of Medicine, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawai'i, 1356 Lusitana Street, University Tower, 7th Floor, Honolulu, HI 96813

Linda Chang, M.D.,
Professor of Medicine

Program Director, Neuroscience and MR Research

Associate Director, Clinical Research Center

Phone: (808) 586-7467               fax: (808) 586-7486

CURRICULUM VITAE:

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES

2004 - present     Professor of Medicine, University of Hawai'i, John A. Burns School of

                          Medicine, Honolulu, Hawai'i

 

2000-2003           Chair, Scientist, Medical Department Brookhaven National Laboratory,

                          Upton, NY

 

1999-2000           Associate Professor of Neurology, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA

 

1992-1999           Assistant Professor of Neurology, UCLA School of Medicine, Harbor-UCLA

                          Medical Center, Torrance, CA

 

1991-1992           Clinical Instructor / Research Associate, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center,

                          Torrance, CA

 

CURRENT SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS

American Academy of Neurology (AAN), Member, since 1989; Fellow since 2003

 

International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM), Member, since 1993;

             Scientific Program Committee member, 2000-2002; Board of Trustee, 2001 - 2004

 

American Association of Electrodiagnostic Medicine (AAEM), Fellow Member, since 1997

 

College of Problems in Drug Dependence (CPDD), Member, since 1999

 

International Society of Neuroimaging in Psychiatry (ISNP), Member, since 2000

 

Society of Neuro-Immune Pharmacology (SNIP), Founding Member, since 2001

 

American Neurological Association (ANA), Active Member, since 2003

 

PAST SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS

American Medical Association (AMA), Member, 1985 - 1999

 

Los Angeles Neurological Society, Member 1995 - 2000, Board of Directors 1997-2000;

             Secretary & Treasurer 1998, 1999, 2000

 

American Society of Neuroimaging (ASN), Member, 1998-2000

 

California Association of Neurologists, Member, 1998 - 2000

 

HONORS / AWARDS

Research Award - Department of Chemistry, Honors Program, University of Maryland, 1981

 

Rock Sleyster Memorial Scholarship Award - for special promise in Psychiatry,

             American Medical Association, 1985

 

Augustus Rose Fellowship from French Foundation for Alzheimer Research - 1992-1995

 

Clinical Associate Physician (CAP) Award, NCRR, NIH – 1993-1995

 

Clinician Scientist Development Award (K-20), NIDA, NIH – 1995 – 2001

 

Richard E. Weitzman Award in Biomedical Research – An Annual Young Investigator Research

             Award at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, 1998

 

Patient Care Leader Award at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center – March, 1999

 

Woman in Science Award, Town of Brookhaven, New York, March, 2002

 

EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBER

Science and Practice Perspectives

Journal of NeuroImmune Pharmacology

Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging

Journal of Magnetic Resonance in Imaging

 

 

 

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Neuroscience and MR Research Program, Department of Medicine—JABSOM, University of Hawaii, 1356 Lusitana Street., 7th Floor, Honolulu, HI 96813

Carol Kosaki: 808-545-8968; Linda Cunningham: 808-545-8973; Fax: 808-545-8970; Email: nmr@hawaii.edu

 

Last update:  Nov 2008.
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