Sarah J. Nelson, PhD

Professor, Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, UCSF; and Director, Surbeck Laboratory of Advanced Imaging
Margaret Hart Surbeck Distinguished Professorship in Advanced Imaging, UCSF

sarah.nelson@radiology.ucsf.edu

Phone: (415) 514-9242 (asst), 476-6383 (office)
Box 0775, UCSF
San Francisco, CA 94143-0775

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Education

University of Manchester, England, Hons. B.S., 1975, Mathematics
University of Heidelberg, West Germany, Dr.rer.Nat., 1982, Applied Math/Rad. Biol.
Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA, Postdoc, 1985-87, NMR

Professional Experience

• 1975-1978
  Systems Analyst/Applied Mathematician, EASAMS Ltd., Surrey, England
• 1978
  Mathematics Teacher, Geroge Abbott School, Surrey, England
• 1979-1982
  Research Fellow / Graduate Student of Special Research. Project 123 "Stochastic Mathematical Models." Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Heidelberg, West Germany
• 1985-1987
  Postdoctoral Fellow, Biostatistics Laboratory, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA
• 1987-1988
  Research Associate of NMR and Medical Spectroscopy, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Phila. PA
• 1988-1990
  Associate Member, Dept. of NMR and Medical Spectroscopy, Fox Chase Cancer Center Phila. PA
• 1990-1994
  Assistant Professor of Radiology, University of California, San Francisco, CA
• 1995-1997
  Associate Director, Magnetic Resonance Science Center, UCSF, CA
• 1994-2000
  Associate Professor of Radiology, University of California, San Francisco, CA
• 1997-2003
  Scientific Director, Magnetic Resonance Science center, UCSF, CA
• 1999-2001
  Visiting Professor of Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA
• 2000-present
  Professor of Radiology, University of California, San Francisco. CA.
• 2002-present
  Professor of Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley CA.
• 2002-present
  Chair, Division of Bioengineering, University of California, San Francisco, CA
• 2003-present
  Director, Surbeck Laboratory of Advanced Imaging, University of California, San Francisco, CA
• 2004-present
  Margaret Hart Surbeck Distinguished Professorship in Advanced Imaging, University of Califonria, San Francisco, CA.
• 2005-present
  Director, Program in Bioengineering of UCSF School of Medicine, UCSF, CA

Selected Publications

1. Nelson SJ, Ozhinsky E, Li Y, Park IW, Crane J. Strategies for rapid in vivo (1)H and hyperpolarized (13)C MR spectroscopic imaging. J Magn Reson. 2013 Apr; 229:187-97.
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2. Cunningham CH, Chen AP, Lustig M, Hargreaves BA, Lupo J, Xu D, Kurhanewicz J, Hurd RE, Pauly JM, Nelson SJ, Vigneron DB. Pulse sequence for dynamic volumetric imaging of hyperpolarized metabolic products. J Magn Reson. 2008 Jul; 193(1):139-46.
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3. Cunningham CH, Chen AP, Albers MJ, Kurhanewicz J, Hurd RE, Yen YF, Pauly JM, Nelson SJ, Vigneron DB. Double spin-echo sequence for rapid spectroscopic imaging of hyperpolarized 13C. J Magn Reson. 2007 Aug; 187(2):357-62.
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4. Catalaa I, Henry R, Dillon WP, Graves EE, McKnight TR, Lu Y, Vigneron DB, Nelson SJ. Perfusion, diffusion and spectroscopy values in newly diagnosed cerebral gliomas. NMR Biomed. 2006 Jun; 19(4):463-75.
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5. Banerjee S, Ozturk-Isik E, Nelson SJ, Majumdar S. Fast magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging at 3 Tesla using autocalibrating parallel technique. Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2006; 1:1866-9.
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6. Cunningham CH, Vigneron DB, Chen AP, Xu D, Nelson SJ, Hurd RE, Kelley DA, Pauly JM. Design of flyback echo-planar readout gradients for magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging. Magn Reson Med. 2005 Nov; 54(5):1286-9.
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7. Hurd R, Sailasuta N, Srinivasan R, Vigneron DB, Pelletier D, Nelson SJ. Measurement of brain glutamate using TE-averaged PRESS at 3T. Magn Reson Med. 2004 Mar; 51(3):435-40.
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