NEW UNIL CIRSport Seed grant on exercise cardiac MRI

The UNIL Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Sport (CIRSport) have granted support for a joint effort at CHUV-UNIL between Stanislas Rapacchi and Prof. Matthias Stuber from the CIBM – Radiology Department and Simon Oestreicher and Prof. Aaron Baggish from the Cardiology Department to develop and validate an exercise cardiac MRI protocol and perform a pilot study on cardiac adaptation in prepuberty athletes. This one-year Seed Grant will propel their efforts to propose here an original and mechanistic approach to develop, implement, optimize and validate needle-free in-bore cardiac stress MRI, with 2D and then 3D whole organ coverage for the first time to eventually study the cardiac adaptation and growth trajectory in young pre-puberty athletes using exercise MRI. 

PhD Position in Abdominal MRI available

We are looking for a candidate to leverage their expertise in physics and/or engineering on an innovative project that has a worldwide impact in medical imaging. Join our vibrant and diverse team, including experts from various fields, working hand-in-hand with medical specialists at the University Hospital in Lausanne. This PhD position is funded by Siemens Healthineers and focuses on MRI technology for liver imaging, playing a key part in a long-standing partnership between Siemens Healthineers and the CHUV-UNIL Translational MRI Center. More information can be found here.