Behzad Sharif, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Adjunct Associate Professor of Radiology & Imaging Sciences
Director of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Research
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Bio
Dr. Sharif obtained his PhD degree in Electrical & Computer Engineering with a focus on computational medical imaging and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) in 2010 supervised by Yoram Bresler, PhD. He also trained as an American Heart Association postdoctoral fellow (2010-2013) with Debiao Li, PhD, and Daniel S. Berman, MD, at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, and UCLA. He has over a decade of research experience and track-record in translational cardiovascular imaging, computational imaging science, accelerated MRI, and machine learning innovations in medical imaging.ÂIn late 2022, he was recruited to Indiana University School of Medicine as the Director of Cardiovascular MRI Research and an awardee of the Indiana Collaborative Initiative for Talent Enrichment (INCITE) program funded by the Lilly Endowment to attract top biomedical scientists to IU. Prior to joining IU, he held joint faculty appointments at Cedars-Sinai and UCLA Geffen School of Medicine and served as the Director of the NIH-funded Laboratory for Translational Imaging of Microcirculation.
| Year | Degree | Institution |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | PhD | University of Illinois |
| 2004 | MSEE | University of Illinois |
| 2002 | BSEE | Sharif University of Technology |
Dr. Sharif's research is focused on noninvasive imaging of coronary microcirculation: MRI-based assessment of microvascular health and function leveraging multi-disciplinary innovations in magnetic resonance physics, computational engineering and machine learning. These investigations are driven by the need to enable reliable and accurate characterization of the relationship between myocardial imaging markers and the progression of cardio-metabolic diseases, with an emphasis on translational/mechanistic studies in the context of "small vessel" disease and coronary vasomotor/endothelial dysfunction.
His current active research projects are geared towards:
-- Development and validation of new functional MRI markers of coronary microcirculation based on innovative high-resolution quantitative myocardial perfusion and blood volume mapping techniques;
-- Development and translation of artificial-intelligence-enabled MRI approaches aimed at robust quantification of myocardial markers of microvascular dysfunction and heart failure with preserved ejection fraction.
His current active research projects are geared towards:
-- Development and validation of new functional MRI markers of coronary microcirculation based on innovative high-resolution quantitative myocardial perfusion and blood volume mapping techniques;
-- Development and translation of artificial-intelligence-enabled MRI approaches aimed at robust quantification of myocardial markers of microvascular dysfunction and heart failure with preserved ejection fraction.
Org: Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance
Desc: Early Career Award in Basic Science, 2013
Scope: International
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Desc: Early Career Award in Basic Science, 2013
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Org: University of Illinois
Desc: Lemelson–MIT $30K Illinois Student Prize for Innovation, Finalist (top 3), 2007
Scope: Campus
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Desc: Lemelson–MIT $30K Illinois Student Prize for Innovation, Finalist (top 3), 2007
Scope: Campus
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Org: Arnold & Mabel Beckman Foundation
Desc: Beckman Institute Graduate Fellowship at Univ. of Illinois, 2007
Scope: Campus
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Desc: Beckman Institute Graduate Fellowship at Univ. of Illinois, 2007
Scope: Campus
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Org: American Heart Association
Desc: AHA Postdoctoral Fellowship Award, 2011
Scope: National
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Desc: AHA Postdoctoral Fellowship Award, 2011
Scope: National
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Org: American Heart Association
Desc: AHA National Scientist Career Development Award, 2014
Scope: National
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Desc: AHA National Scientist Career Development Award, 2014
Scope: National
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Org: National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
Desc: NIH Pathway to Independence Award (K99/R00), 2014
Scope: National
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Desc: NIH Pathway to Independence Award (K99/R00), 2014
Scope: National
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Org: Lilly Endowment Inc.
Desc: Indiana Collaborative Initiative for Talent Enrichment (INCITE) Scholar, 2021-2026
Scope: University
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Desc: Indiana Collaborative Initiative for Talent Enrichment (INCITE) Scholar, 2021-2026
Scope: University
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Org: Department of Medicine, IU School of Medicine
Desc: Pyramid Award, 2022
Scope: Department
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Desc: Pyramid Award, 2022
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