Professor Andrew Dunn, a researcher in optical and molecular imaging and applications in neuroscience, has won an Established Investigator Award from the American Heart Association.
Andrew Dunn
Professor Andrew Dunn, a researcher in optical and molecular imaging and applications in neuroscience, has won an Established Investigator Award from the American Heart Association.
The award, which includes a five-year research grant, supports mid-career investigators with unusual promise and an established record of accomplishments with a commitment to cardiovascular or cerebrovascular science. The candidate's career is expected to be in a rapid growth phase.
Dunn, an associate professor who holds the Werner W. Dornberger Centennial Teaching Fellowship in Engineering, has developed optical methods, such as laser speckle contrast imaging, to dynamically image cerebral blood flow changes during stroke, migraine, and normal brain activation. These methods have resulted in important insights in cerebrovascular disease. His imaging techniques are being adapted for use during brain surgery to provide physicians with real-time images of blood and greatly improve a doctor's ability to identify the margins of tumors.
