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| Brian Athey, Ph.D., Principal Investigator, University of Michigan Visible Human Project | |
Dr. Brian Athey is on the Faculty of the University of Michigan School of Medicine and is an Associate Professor at the Department of Psychiatry, Depression Center. He holds a Ph.D. in Cellular and Molecular Biology (Biophysics Concentration) from the University of Michigan (1990). He is Director of the Michigan Center for Biological Information (MCBI), in the UM office of the Vice President for Research, the Bioinformatics Computing and Digital Library Hub of the Michigan Life Science Corridor (MLSC) Infrastructure Initiative. In 2000-2001 Brian also was an Academic Liaison for Health and Life Sciences Computing in the Office of the University CIO, where he has been active in high performance IT infrastructure development. In the mid 1990s, Brian served as the Director of Biological Imaging Programs at ERIM International (now known as Veridian Inc.), Dr. Athey is also a founding member of the University of Michigan Center for Biologic Nanotechnology. He is best known for his work with the National Library of Medicine (NLM) Visible Human Project where he has been a leader in establishing a nationwide Internet2 end-to-end test-bed demonstration project with NIH/NLM NGI sponsorship in collaboration with Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center, Stanford University, and the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences(USUHS)(http://vhp.med.umich.edu). Dr Athey is an expert in 3-D optical and computer imaging of biological tissue, and shares a laboratory with the world famous holographer Professor Emmett Leith. Brian has an active research program with funding from NIH (NLM and NCI), several DARPA grants, and many Corporate sponsors. Since 1990, he has been involved in the training of many Undergraduate, MS, Ph.D., and Postdoctoral students. The topics of study have ranged from Optical Sciences (Served or serving on 4 Ph.D. Committees), Digital Signal Processing (Served on 1 Ph.D. Committee), Computer Science (Networking; Serving on 1 Ph.D. Committee), Medical Informatics (taught and mentored several Masters students at UM School of Information for several years, Biophysical Chemistry (taught 4 years and mentors a Post-Doctorial), and Molecular Modeling and Simulation. Brian also holds an Assistant Professorship of Art and Design at the University of Michigan where he has taught Computerized Biomedical Visualization at the Masters level in the Medical Illustration Program. Dr. Athey has published over 30 papers in the scientific literature and has given over 40 talks nationally. Brian has recently been nominated for a Peace Fellowship from the Federation of American Scientists (FAS), and is currently active in international educational and treaty efforts to prevent biological warfare and terrorism. In this regard, he serves as UM faculty coordinator of the local student Pugwash USA with sponsorship from the UM Life Sciences and Values Program. More information about Dr. Athey's work can be found at http://www-personal.umich.edu/~bleu/. |
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