RSNA doling out more than $4M in new grants to dozens of researchers
The Radiological Society of North America is doling out more than $4 million in grant money to dozens of researchers hoping to tackle key issues in the imaging field.
Altogether, the RSNA Research and Education Foundation is supporting 93 research projects across 47 different institutions, officials announced Tuesday. Nine physicians will receive the top allotment of $150,000 over a two-year period. Those include an imaging tracking tool that guides decision-making for brain tumor patients, and an automated fat quantification system powered by machine learning.
“The R&E Foundation is proud of our collaborative partnership with academic departments in supporting innovation and discovery that will ultimately translate into improved outcomes and patient care,” Thomas Grist, MD, chair of the group’s board of trustees, said in a statement.
RSNA said it was able to cover about 28% of grant applications this year, with individuals, practices and corporate donors providing “generous support” to the effort. The R&E Foundation has been around since 1986 and has awarded some $66 million in grants to 1,600-plus projects since then.
Leaders also announced a new initiative this year to specifically target researchers from racial and ethnic groups that are “historically underrepresented in medicine.” Three students received dollars through this initiative, according to the announcement, including a project investigating how artificial intelligence can help classify bone lesions and another targeting liver and skin cancers. You can read more about this year’s recipients here.
Marty Stempniak has covered healthcare since 2012, with his byline appearing in the American Hospital Association's member magazine, Modern Healthcare and McKnight's. Prior to that, he wrote about village government and local business for his hometown newspaper in Oak Park, Illinois. He won a Peter Lisagor and Gold EXCEL awards in 2017 for his coverage of the opioid epidemic.