Challenges and Opportunities of Human 7 Tesla MRI for Clinical Research
Dr. Kamil Uludag
Senior Scientist, University Health Network | Professor, University of Toronto
Date: Friday, December 5, 2025
Time: 1–2 p.m. EDT
Host: Dr. Tom Schweizer
Location: In-person and virtual
LKS Auditorium – 209 Victoria Street, and via Zoom
Lecture Takeaways
The main takeaways are as follows:
- Game changer for clinical research in MRI using ultra-high magnetic field strength
- Technical and data analysis challenges in MRI and solutions
Biography
Dr. Uludag studied Physics at the Technical University of Berlin and completed his Ph.D. in Medical Physics on Near-Infrared Optical Spectroscopy (Humboldt University, Berlin), and moved for a postdoc position to the Center for Functional MRI (UCSD, San Diego, USA) to work on the physiological and physical basis of functional MRI. Then, he was appointed Head of Human Brain Imaging group at the Max-Planck-Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Tübingen. From June 2010 to December 2018, he was an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Psychology & Neuroscience and was Head of the Department of Cognitive Neuroscience (from 2013-2016), continuing his work on the basis of fMRI and studying cognition in the human brain utilizing the new Ultra-High Field human MRI scanners (7 and 9.4 Tesla). Since January 2019, he has been a Senior Scientist at the University Health Network, and since May 2019, he has been a Full Professor at the Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto. Recently, he was appointed to be the Inaugural Scientific Director of the 7T located at the Sunnybrook Research Institute, Senior Fellow of the ISMRM and Canada Research Chair, Tier 1.
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