On January 29, 2026, Duke Radiology hosted its inaugural Radiology Research Day. The event showcased the work of faculty, trainees, and students in the Department. The best presentation in clinical science and basic science, as judged by a select faculty panel, received awards. The day was a great success and we look forward to the second annual event in 2027!
Research Day Award Categories
Best Overall
Nick Perkons, M.D.
“Intravascular Ultrasound-Guided Transcaval Cisterna Chyli Access for Lymphatic Intervention: A Proof-of-Concept Study in a Porcine Model”
Mentor: Brendan Cline, M.D.
Training Level: Resident
Best Oral Presentation
Katie Olivas, Medical Physics Graduate Program
“A Quantitative Framework for Opportunistic Bone Health Screening Using Photon-Counting CT Localizer Radiographs”
Mentors: Ehsan Abadi, PhD; Ehsan Samei, Ph.D.
Best Undergraduate Poster
Kunyu (Kimi) Du
“Same-Session Repeatability of Single-Breath Fractional Ventilation Measurements Derived from 129Xe Gas Exchange MRI”
Mentor: David Mummy, Ph.D.
Best Medical Student Poster
Soren Christensen
“Photon-Counting Detector vs. Energy-Integrating Detector CT Myelography
for Detecting CSF-Venous Fistulas in Spontaneous Intracranial Hypotension: Lower
Radiation Dose”
Mentor: Timothy J Amrhein, M.D.
Best Trainee Poster
Nick Perkons, M.D.
“EPIC Workflow Changes to Improve Interventional Radiology Consult Triage and Reduce Overnight Paging Volume”
Mentor: Charles Kim, M.D.
Training Level: Resident
Best Graduate Student Posters
Seth Lee, Medical Physics Graduate Program
“Improving the precision of hyperpolarized 129Xe MR spectroscopy using heart rate-based spectral averaging”
Mentor: Bastiaan Driehuys, Ph.D.
Fong Chi Ho, Ph.D. Student
“Task-specific Evaluation of Photon-Counting CT Using a 3D-Printed Anthropomorphic Lung Phantom with COPD Pathology”
Mentor: Ehsan Abadi, Ph.D.
Special thanks to:
- Mustafa Bashir, M.D.
- Evan Calabrese, M.D., Ph.D.
- Katherine Cheng, M.D.
- Danielle Corrigan-Webster
- Jen Eberhard
- Bathai Edwards, M.D.
- Christopher Gallo, M.D.
- Debbie Griffin
- Lars Grimm, M.D., M.H.S.
- Lisa Ho, M.D.
- Connie Kim, M.D.
- Jeanne Kirschner, M.S.
- Kyle Lafata, Ph.D.
- Eun Langman, M.D.
- Joseph Lo, Ph.D.
- Jon Martin, M.D.
- Charles Maxfield, M.D.
- Derek Nguyen, M.D.
- Erik Paulson, M.D.
- Scott Robertson, Ph.D.
- Joshua Wilson, Ph.D.
