Andrea Kassner, Phd Email & Phone Number

Dr Kassner is a Professor of Medical Imaging at the University in Toronto and Senior Scientist in the Translational Medicine program at Sickkids, where she is also Co-Director of the Stroke Imaging Lab for Children (SILC). Dr. Kassner received her PhD in 2002 from the University of Manchester, UK. Her thesis focused on tumour angiogenesis using dynamic susceptibility contrast-enhanced MRI. After working for Philips Medical Systems Europe for eight years as a MR Clinical Scientist, she joined the Department of Medical Imaging at the University of Toronto in 2003. In 2006, Dr. Kassner was awarded a Canada Research Chair in Neuroimaging.Dr. Kassner’s lab uses quantitative MRI to interrogate the complex interplay between the various physiological parameters that maintain brain function. In particular, her lab is interested in the haemodynamic, metabolic, and structural mechanisms of cerebrovascular diseases in children with sickle cell disease, stroke, cerebral angiopathies and sleep disorders. Dr. Kassner also investigates pre-clinical models of these diseases and investigates effective treatment strategies. Her lab collaborates with researchers and clinicians from multiple disciplines such as neurology, radiology, physiology, biophysics, engineering, hematology and respirology.

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