Dr. Molly Bright
Mapping neural and vascular function throughout the central nervous system using functional MRI
Following a S.B. in physics from MIT, Dr. Molly Bright received her D.Phil. from the University of Oxford as part of a collaboration with the US National Institutes of Health, working at the Oxford Centre for Functional MRI of the Brain (FMRIB) and the Advanced MRI group of NINDS. She completed post-doctoral training at the Cardiff University Brain Research Imaging Centre (CUBRIC), incorporating new physiological stimuli, additional imaging modalities, and advanced fMRI processing techniques to her research. She then moved to Nottingham as an independent Anne McLaren Fellow, to develop ultra-high-field MR imaging methods for studying cerebral physiology in neurological diseases at the world-leading Sir Peter Mansfield Imaging Centre, the birthplace of MRI. In 2018, she returned to America to lead the Applied Neuro-Vascular Imaging Lab (ANVIL) at Northwestern University. Dr. Bright is an active member of the international neuroimaging community, with elected positions in the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM) and the Organization for Human Brain Mapping (OHBM), founding member of the OHBM Women Faculty special interest group, and co-founder of the Imaging Cerebral Physiology Network. She is on the editorial board for Imaging Neuroscience and is a handling editor for Aperture Neuro (the journal of OHBM), emphasizing her commitment to community-driven academic publishing. Her lab focuses on advanced MRI techniques to assess the healthy function and interaction of neural activity and vascular physiology throughout the human central nervous system, with an emphasis on initial translation to motor-impaired patient populations.
Time and Location
July 9, 12pm
Psychology Building Room 14