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Elizabeth M. C. Hillman, PhD
Member, St. Jude Faculty
Chair, Department of Imaging Sciences
Faculty, St. Jude Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
Endowed Chair
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Elizabeth M. C. Hillman, PhD
Department of Imaging Sciences
MS 222
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
262 Danny Thomas Place
Memphis, TN 38105-3678
Education
BS/MSci - University College London, London, UK (1998) PhD – University College London, London, UK (2002) Post-Doctoral – Massachusetts General Hospital , Boston, MA (2003-2005) Instructor – Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (2005-2006) Professor – Columbia University, New York, NY (2006-2024)
Honors & Awards
- 2025 St. Jude Endowed Chair in Imaging Sciences
- 2025 Adjunct Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY
- 2024 Chair, NINDS Board of Scientific Counselors (member 2022-)
- 2017-2024 Herbert and Florence Irving Professor, Columbia University
- 2023 National Academy of Inventors Fellow
- 2020 Royal Microscopical Society Mid-Career Scientific Achievement Award.
- 2019 Executive Leadership in Academic Technology, Engineering and Science (ELATES) Fellow
- 2018 SPIE 2018 Biophotonics Technology Innovator Award
- 2018 NIH “BRAIN 2.0” Working Group of the Advisory Committee to the NIH Director and BRAIN Neuroethics Sub-Group
- 2016 American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) Fellow
- 2016 Society of Photonics in Industry and Engineering (SPIE) Fellow
- 2015 Optical Society of America (OSA / Optica) Fellow
- 2011 Adolph Lomb Medal from the Optical Society of America (OSA)
- 2010 NSF CAREER Award
- 2008 Rodriguez Junior Faculty Award, Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
- 1998-02 Wellcome Trust Prize PhD Studentship
- 1994-8 University College London Prize in Undergraduate Physics and Astronomy
Research Interests
- Development of high-speed 3D microscopy and wide-field optical mapping approaches for dynamic, functional and metabolic in vivo imaging
- Development of dynamic image analysis, modelling and data visualization methods
- The application of in vivo imaging approaches to understanding tissue physiology in health and disease, including neurovascular coupling and relationships between neuronal activity and real-time behavior
- Large-scale, high throughput and high-content microscopy of cell types, structures and connectivity in the brain and organs across species
- High-speed in vivo and bedside histopathology
