Quing Zhu Awarded $1.36 Million NIH Grant
Dr. Quing Zhu, associate professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering, has garnered a four-year, $1.36 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to conduct larger-scale clinical trials at the University of Connecticut Health Center (UCHC) and Hartford Hospital using a novel device that combines near infrared (NIR) and ultrasound imaging. Dr. Zhu’s research team will include UCHC breast surgeons Peter Deckers and Scott Kurtzman, oncologist Susan Tannenbaum, radiologist Mark Kane, pathologist Poornima Hegde and cancer biologist Kevin Claffey; and Hartford Hospital radiologists Edward Cronin and Michele O'Loughlin, oncologist Patricia Defusco and pathologist Andres Ricci. Professor of Statistics Joseph Glaz is also participating.
