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Cyrus A. Raji, MD, PhD is an associate professor of radiology and a principal investigator in the Neuroimaging Labs Research Center at Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology (MIR), the academic radiology department of Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Raji, also a professor neurology, serves as director of neuromagnetic resonance imaging at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and as associate director of the diagnostic radiology residency research track. He is board certified in diagnostic radiology and neuroradiology with research interests focusing on modifiable risk factors for dementia and the role of advanced neuroimaging in quantitatively tracking related brain changes.

Raji graduated with a medical degree and doctorate from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, followed by a transitional internship at UPMC Mercy Hospital. Subsequently, he pursued a diagnostic radiology residency at UCLA, where he was awarded the RSNA Roentgen Resident Research award. Raji later completed a two-year neuroradiology fellowship at UCSF including a NIH T32 Program funded year on connectome imaging of traumatic brain imaging research. For this work, Raji was recognized by the Society of Pediatric Radiology for the Best Basic Science Paper in the journal Pediatric Radiology and received the faculty level ASNR Boerger Research Grant for Alzheimer’s Disease. Upon joining the faculty at MIR, he obtained the RSNA Research Scholar Grant and was a KL2 Career Development Award Scholar. Raji is currently advancing his brain health research with a $2.3 million dollar NIH R01 grant to study neuroinflammation in midlife obesity.

Clinical Interests

General diagnostic neuroradiology

Research Interests

Alzheimer’s disease, dementia, cognitive disorders, traumatic brain injuries, lifestyle effects on the brain, preventive neuroradiology

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Education History

Fellowship

Diagnostic Neuroradiology, University of California, San Francisco

Residency

Diagnostic Radiology, University of California, Los Angeles

Medical Degree

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Doctorate

University of Pittsburgh

Undergraduate

University of Pittsburgh

Associations

American College of Radiology Diplomate, American Board of Radiology Radiological Society of North America American Society of Neuroradiology American Society of Functional Neuroradiology Western Neuroradiological Society Los Angeles Radiological Society Organization of Human Brain Mapping International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine Alzheimer’s Association International Society to Advance Alzheimer’s Research and Treatment Senior Editor, Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease

Awards

2021 Thomas L. Slovis Award for the Best Basic Science Paper, Society for Pediatric Radiology 2018 Poster Prize, Health Science Category, Research Conference on Aging, University of California, Los Angeles 2017 Travel Award, Radiological Society of North America 2016 Roentgen Resident/Fellow Research Award, Radiological Society of North America 2011 Neuroscience Research Prize, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine 2009 Neuroscience Research Award, American Academy of Neurology 2004 Phi Beta Kappa 2004 Mental Health Research Fellowship Award, NIMH 2003 Summer Fellowship Award, National Science Foundation

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