Research Faculty

Sridhar Vajapeyam, PhD

Department Radiology
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Phone 617-355-7870
Email Sridhar Vajapeyam
Location 300 Longwood Avenue
Boston
MA 02115

Research Overview

Dr. Vajapeyam's research interests are in the areas of MR image and data processing, with special emphasis on brain tumors and diffusion. His research goals include:

  • Developing image and data analysis methods for magnetic resonance imaging and magnetic resonance spectroscopy
  • Studying white matter development of the human brain in infancy and childhood
  • Diffusion tensor imaging and tractography in the human brain
  • Applications of magnetic resonance methods for the characterization, assessment and treatment of human brain neoplasms

About Sridhar Vajapeyam, PhD

Dr. Vajapeyam did his undergraduate work in mechanical engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology in Madras, India. He earned his ME and PhD degrees in mechanical engineering from the University of Delaware and completed a 3-year postdoctoral fellowship at Children’s Hospital Boston in 1997.

Publications

  • Ecklund K, Vajapeyam S, Feldman HA, Buzney CD, Mulkern RV, Kleinman PK, Rosen CJ, Gordon, CM. Bone Marrow Changes in Adolescent Girls with Anorexia Nervosa. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research. Posted online on August 4, 2009.
     
  • Poussaint TY, Phillips PC, Vajapeyam S, Fahey FH, Robertson RL, Osganian S, Ramamurthy U, Mulkern RV, Treves T, Boyett JM, Kun LE. The Neuroimaging Center of the Pediatric Brain Tumor Consortium--collaborative neuroimaging in pediatric brain tumor research: a work in progress. AJNR 2007; 28:603-7.
     
  • Mulkern RV, Vajapeyam S, Haker SJ, Maier SE. Magnetization transfer studies of the fast and slow tissue water diffusion components in the human brain. NMR in Biomed 2005 May; 18(3):186-94.
     
  • Turner CD, Chi S, Marcus KJ, MacDonald T, Packer RJ, Poussaint TY, Vajapeyam S, et al Phase II study of thalidomide and radiation in children with newly diagnosed brain stem gliomas and glioblastoma multiforme. J Neurooncol 2007, Mar:82(1):95-101.
     
  • Als H, Duffy FH, McAnulty GB, Rivkin MJ, Vajapeyam S, Mulkern RV, Warfield SK, Huppi PS, Butler SC, Conneman N, Fischer C, Eichenwald EC. Early experience alters brain function and structure. Pediatrics 2004; Apr 113(4):846-57.