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Distinguished Lecturer

James C. Overall Lecturer in Pediatrics

Institute for Quantitative Health Science and Engineering: Director

Department of Biomedical Engineering: Chair

Charge-altering releasable transporters (CARTs) for the delivery and release of mRNA in living animals

A clinical wide-field fluorescence endoscopic device for molecular imaging demonstrating cathepsin protease activity in colon cancer

Reactive oxygen species imaging in a mouse model of inflammatory bowel disease

Differential fates of biomolecules delivered to target cells via extracellular vesicles

In vivo imaging today and tomorrow: How multimodality imaging is driving translational research

Christopher Contag, the inaugural James and Kathleen Cornelius Endowed Chair, was recruited to MSU to lead the brand-new Institute for Quantitative Health Science and Engineering. A pioneer in molecular imaging, Contag also serves as the Chair of the Department of Biomedical Engineering. His research at MSU will change the way the world thinks about biomedicine through developing new technologies and approaches for precision health and medicine to change how healthcare can be delivered to patients.

Prior to joining MSU, he held many roles at Stanford, including associate chief of Neonatal and Developmental Medicine, director of Stanford’s Center for Innovation in In Vivo Imaging, and co-director of the Molecular Imaging Program. Contag also is a fellow and past president of the World Molecular Imaging Society. His research has been published in a number of journals including Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, PloS one and Journal of Biomedical Optics.

Contag graduated from the University of Minnesota with an undergraduate degree in biology and a PhD in microbiology.

Photomedicine

Molecular Imaging 

 Neonatal and Developmental Medicine

Microbiology & Immunology

Radiology

Pediatrics

ResearchGate Citations

Contag to Receive 2017 Britton Chance Biomedical Optics Award

Pioneer in Molecular Imaging to Lead New MSU Initiatives

James and Katherine Cornelius Chair;  John A. Hannah Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Microbiology & Molecular Genetics; Director, Institute for Quantitative Health Science and Engineering

Chris Contag, PhD, discusses pediatric and maternal health at Childx 2016. Childx is a dynamic, TED-style conference designed to inspire innovation in pediatric and maternal health. The symposium took place April 21 - 22, 2016, at the School of Medicine. Learn more: http://childx.stanford.edu/.

Chris Contag

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