Large Instrumentation Grant Workshop

Ravenel Richardson, PhD, MPAP

Executive Director of Strategic Research Partnerships, Office of Research and Technology Management

Case Western Reserve University

Ravenel Richardson is the executive director of strategic research partnerships. Part of the Office of Research and Technology Management’s Office of Strategic Partnerships, the SPARC Team facilitates interdisciplinary, center-level research proposals that further the institutional priorities of Case Western Reserve University. With her expertise in technical writing, project management, and federal proposal development, Ravenel has built a team that fully supports investigators by streamlining proposal development and submission processes for large, complex grants and contracts.

In addition to overseeing the SPARC Team, Ravenel works across the university and with external stakeholders to build collaborative research partnerships that will grow CWRU’s research enterprise. She specializes in advancing research across disciplines, innovative problem solving, relationship building, and creative strategic planning and implementation. 

Chris Flask, PhD

Chris Flask, Professor, Department of Radiology Pediatrics Biomedical Engineering, School of Medicine

Case Western Reserve University

I am a Professor of Radiology, Biomedical Engineering, and Pediatrics with a focus on development of quantitative MRI techniques. I am also the Director of the Imaging Research Core at Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) that has been in operation since 2006. In this role, I enable transdisciplinary imaging research interactions across CWRU, University Hospitals – Cleveland Medical Center, the Cleveland Clinic, and MetroHealth Medical Center. These interactions have led to multiple new scientific collaborations resulting in numerous publications and new NIH-sponsored grants. I have also served on multiple NIH, DOD, Foundation, and internal study sections to review research proposals for cancer, metabolism, as well as chronic and genetic diseases of the kidney and lungs.As a Professor of Radiology, I have over 25 years of experience as an MRI physicist with diverse expertise in both rapid interventional MRI techniques as well as high field small animal MRI acquisitions. My current research is exploring the development of new preclinical and clinical MRI acquisition and analysis techniques for the assessment of pulmonary diseases, genetic diseases including cystic fibrosis (CF), cancer, and neurological diseases. Through these efforts, my research group has developed a platform of quantitative imaging techniques that provide in vivo assessments of T1 and T2 relaxation times, Magnetization Transfer (MT) / Chemical Exchange Saturation Transfer, diffusion, and perfusion. Recently my group has led the effort to develop new, dynamic MR Fingerprinting (MRF) methods for both human and rodent imaging applications. In particular, my lab is focused on developing new MRF methods to assess cancer progression and to detect and stage kidney and liver disease in patients with Autosomal Recessive Polycystic Kidney Disease (ARPKD) as well as multi-organ disease in people with Cystic Fibrosis.

Chris Wirth, PhD

Chris Wirth, Associate Professor, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Case School of Engineering

Case Western Reserve University

Katherine Gullett, MBA

Executive Director CWRU Center for Imaging Research

Case Western Reserve University

Ina Martin, PhD

Director of Research Cores and Operations, Office of the Senior Vice President for Research

Case Western Reserve University