Dr. Peter Niedbalski
Dr. Peter Niedbalski is a research assistant professor at KU Medical Center and directs the hyperpolarized 129Xe MRI research lab. His background is in MRI and hyperpolarization physics, and his primary interests are in using novel MRI methods to understand early disease progression in a wide variety of pulmonary diseases.
Dr. Chase Hall
Dr. Chase Hall is an assistant professor at KU Medical Center and the associate director of the ILD and Rare Lung Disease Clinic. In addition to his clinical duties caring for patients with interstitial lung disease, Dr. Hall is interested in the use of imaging to better understand and treat lung disease. Dr. Hall also is an expert in quantitative analysis of images and deep learning imaging processing methods and is a driving force behind the complete automation of our image processing pipelines.
Dr. Mario Castro
Dr. Mario Castro is the Chief of the division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine at KUMC. He has extensive experience using novel imaging methods, including hyperpolarized 129Xe MRI, in his translational asthma research.
Bradie Frizzell is a research assistant in the lab of Dr. Niedbalski. Bradie is in charge of day-to-day operation of the hyperpolarization system, which includes preparing hyperpolarized 129Xe for all of our research studies.
The Hyperpolarized 129Xe MRI research lab is supported by a team of research coordinators who help to facilitate study start-up, participant interaction, study visit completion, and data entry. This team includes:
- Vianca Williams
- Cristal Monge
- Ashley Peterson
If you are interested in joining the Hyperpolarized 129Xe MRI Research Team, we are always interested in building our program. Please Contact Peter Niedbalski, .
