Harvard Catalyst Imaging Consortium receives ARRA stimulus award

CHARLESTOWN, Mass., November 11, 2009 -- Harvard Catalyst (http://catalyst.harvard.edu) has received four American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA)-funded “administrative supplement” awards. One of the grants – awarded to Harvard Catalyst’s Imaging program led by Bruce Rosen, director of the Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging – will help the Harvard Catalyst Imaging Consortium and Informatics Program aggregate and use tens of thousands of clinical images generated at four Harvard affiliated health care centers, “These clinical images contain a wealth of data on human illness that could be of untold value to the research community,” said Imaging Consortium co-director Randy Gollub MD, PhD. “With this grant and the cooperation of radiology departments at the participating hospitals, we can develop the research tools to analyze clinical data in ways that ensure patient privacy and quality of service.

Contact: Randy Gollub