Towards Neuroimaging For Everyone Everywhere (FrEE)

Abstract: Approximately 90% of deaths from non-communicable disease (NCDs) occur in low-and-middle income countries, which neurological conditions are the leading cause. However, these communities do not have access to the essential diagnostic services necessary for risk assessment, diagnosis, and treatment management of NCDs. This talk will describe work conducted at Dr. Anazodo's laboratory with global collaborators to increase neuroimaging capacity in underserved communities and the use of open science methods to drive their application for everyone everywhere (FrEE).

Bio: Dr. Udunna Anazodo completed her doctoral degree in Medical Biophysics at Western University, Canada and was a MITACS Accelerate Fellow at The Lawson Health Research Institute, Canada. She is a William Dawson Scholar and Assistant Professor at McGill University's Montreal Neurological Institute, where she directs the Multimodal Imaging of Neurodegenerative Disease (MiND) Lab, focusing on PET and MRI neuroimaging techniques. She is also the Past Chair of the ISMRM PET/MRI Study group. She is actively involved in several global health initiatives focused on democratizing access to neuroimaging, particularly through the Consortium for Advancement of MRI Education and Research (CAMERA), which she founded and currently directs.