PREMRI Research Team

The study is a tightly knit collaborative effort of several groups from various departments at the University of California San Francisco, School of Medicine. The study involves neonatologists (pediatricians specializing in taking care of newborns), neurologists, physicists, psychologists, radiologists, research nurses, statisticians, study assistants, and technicians. The research team is lead by the principal investigator, Dr. A. James Barkovich, Professor of Radiology, Pediatrics, Neurology and Neurosurgery, and is funded by a US government grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Below we profile those members of the research team whom you and your child are likely to meet at the time of enrollment or when you come back for a follow-up visit.

Neuroradiologists:

• A. James Barkovich, M.D. - Principal Investigator
• Pratik Mukherjee, M.D, Ph.D.
• Orit Glenn, M.D.

MR Scientists:

• Daniel Vigneron, Ph.D.- Co-Principal Investigator

Child Neurologists:

• Donna M. Ferriero, M.D.- Co-Principal Investigator
• Terry Hutchison, M.D.
• Steven P. Miller, M.D.
• Jonathan Hecht, M.D.
• Hannah Glass, M.D.

Neonatologists:

• J. Colin Partridge, M.D., M.P.H.
• Sonia Bonifacio, M.D.

Research Nurses:

• Nancy Newton, R.N.
• Jill Imamura-Ching, R.N.
• Jane Holland-Browne, R.N.
• Cassie Williams, R.N.

Intensive Care Nursery Follow-Up Program:

• Robert Piecuch, M.D. (Neonatologist)
• Suzanne Golden, N.P.

Research Associate:

• Dan Hoisie

PREMRI Study Coordinator:

• Kerry Moore

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