
Behzad Sharif
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, MEDICINE
Assistant Professor, Bioengineering
Cedars-Sinai Biomedical Imaging Research Institute, 116 N Robertson Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90048
Email: behzad@ucla.eduPhone: (310) 423-7758
Websites
RESEARCH AND INTERESTS
- Development and translation of artificial-intelligence-enabled MRI approaches aimed at robust quantification of imaging markers in patients with cardiovascular disease, including myocardial markers of microvascular dysfunction and heart failure with preserved ejection fraction.
- Development and validation of new functional MRI markers of coronary microcirculation based on innovative high-resolution quantitative myocardial perfusion and blood volume mapping techniques.
NOTABLE PUBLICATIONS
http://www.tim-lab.org/p/publications.html
EDUCATION
- B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Iran, 2002
- M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 2004
- Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 2010
AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
- NIH K99/R00 Pathway to Independence Award, National Institutes of Health, 2014
- National Scientist Career Development Award, American Heart Association, 2014
- Early Career Award in Basic Science, Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, 2013
- Postdoctoral Fellowship Award, American Heart Association, 2011
- Beckman Institute Graduate Fellowship at UIUC, Arnold & Mabel Beckman Foundation, 2008
- Mavis Memorial Scholarship, Future Faculty Program, UIUC College of Engineering, 2008
- Sundaram Seshu Fellowship, UIUC College of Engineering, 2008
- Lemelson–MIT $30K Illinois Student Prize for Innovation, Finalist (top 3), UIUC, 2007
- Computational Science Interdisciplinary Fellowship, UIUC, 2006-2008
- C.R. Allen International Student Award, UIUC, 2007
- Silver Medal, National Iranian Computer Science Olympiad, 1998