Erik Marcellus Shapiro, PhD
Assistant Professor of Diagnostic Radiology and of Biomedical Engineering
Departments & Organizations
School of Engineering and Applied Science2006 YCCI Scholars
Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS): Neuroscience
Stem Cell Center, Yale
Diagnostic Radiology: Bioimaging Sciences: Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Magnetic Resonance Research Center (
Liver Center)
Research Interests
Molecular and cellular imaging in preclinical animals studies; development of novel contrast agents for molecular imaging; sodium MRI for musculoskeletal imaging
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Education
- B.S., State University of New York at Binghamton, 1995
- M.S., University of Pennsylvania, 1997
- Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, 2001
Selected Publication
- Sumner, J.P., Shapiro, E.M., Maric, D., Conroy, R., Koretsky, A.P., In vivo labeling of adult neural progenitors for MRI with micron sized particles of iron oxide: Quantitation of labeled phenotype, NeuroImage, in press (2008).
Latest Honor and Recognition
- Young Investigator’s Award Finalist (2005), International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
Articles
Nov/Dec 2009
Clinical research: the next generation
In 2006, former National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Elias Zerhouni, M.D., launched the Clinical and...
Nov/Dec 2008
Scientist lauded for studies of dormant stem cells as therapy
Erik M. Shapiro, Ph.D., assistant professor of diagnostic radiology and biomedical engineering at the School of...
Jan/Feb 2007
State makes first stem-cell grants to Yale
Yale fared well in the first group of grants awarded in November by the state of Connecticut from a $100 million fund...
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