March 2, 2007

In General

Wenli Cai, PhD, of the 3-D Imaging Lab in the MGH Radiology Department, recently was awarded a two-year grant from the Cancer Research and Prevention Foundation for his work as principle investigator for research on electronic cleansing for non-cathartic CT colonography. The MGH co-investigators are Michael Zalis, MD; Hiroyuki Yoshida, PhD; and Janne Nappi.

Adrian Zai, MD, PhD, a research fellow in the Department of Medicine's Laboratory of Computer Science, has received the Dvora Brodie, CPHIMS, FHIMSS Scholarship from the New England chapter of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS). The $5,000 scholarship is awarded annually to a HIMSS student member who exhibits excellence and future leadership potential in the health care information and management systems industry.