UC San Francisco Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging is proud to announce that Duygu Tosun-Turgut, PhD, has been named a Distinguished Investigator by the Academy for Radiology & Biomedical Imaging Research. The award ceremony was held on November 29th during the Radiology Society of North America 2022 Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting.
“Dr. Tosun-Turgut’s early work in brain mapping has led to a number of novel results shedding light on the neurobiology of alcohol dependence, developing novel biomarkers associated with the progression of neurodegenerative diseases including both Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s, and elucidating the imaging phenotypes of psychiatric conditions such as depression,” observed Christopher Hess, MD, PhD, chair of the UCSF Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging. “Dr. Tosun-Turgut and her collaborators are applying advanced…