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Puneet Bagga, PhD

Assistant Member, St. Jude Faculty

Director, Metabolic Imaging Research Hub

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Contact Information

Puneet Bagga, PhD

Department of Radiology

MS 220, Room I3104

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

262 Danny Thomas Place

MemphisTN 38105-3678

Education

BE – Punjab University PhD – Jawaharlal Nehru University Postdoctoral Fellowship – Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania

Honors & Awards

  • 2016  Junior Fellow of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
  • 2016  Suma cum Laude at ISMRM

Research Interests

  • Developing non-invasive techniques to image cellular metabolic pathways in cancer using magnetic resonance spectroscopy
  • Combining proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy with deuterium/carbon-13 labeled substrates to evaluate cellular metabolism in preclinical models and design clinically translatable methods
  • Advancing molecular magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques, including chemical exchange saturation transfer and positron emission tomography, to image neurotransmitters, oxidative phosphorylation, and cancer metabolism
  • Creating imaging tools to assist oncologists and neurologists in therapy decision-making and treatment progress evaluation

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