John Ronald
Academic Appointments
- Postdoctoral Research fellow, Radiology
Key Documents
Contact Information
- Academic Offices
Personal Information Email Tel (650) 724-3634
Professional Overview
Honors and Awards
- Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Canadian Institutes of Health Research (2009-2012)
- Canadian Governor General's Academic Gold Medal, Canadian Government (2009)
- Doctoral Research Award, Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada - Great-West Life (2006-2008)
- Travel Stipend, International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM) (2007)
- Travel Stipend, ISMRM (2006)
- Travel Stipend, Society of Molecular Imaging (SMI) (2006)
Professional Education
| Doctor of Philosophy: | University of Western Ontario (2009) |
| Master of Science: | University of Western Ontario (2003) |
| Bachelor of Science Honors: | University of Western Ontario (2000) |
Stanford Advisors
| Sanjiv Gambhir: | Postdoctoral Faculty Sponsor |
Lab Affiliations
- Sanjiv Gambhir, Multimodality Molecular Imaging Lab (MMIL) (5/1/2009 )
Scientific Focus
Current Research Interests
Development of novel gene expression systems for potent, tumor-specific gene therapy of cancer, and to link therapeutic gene expression with imaging reporter gene expression in order to longitudinally track treatment efficacy in living subjects using bioluminescence imaging and positron emission tomography. Emphasis has also been on labeling therapeutic cells with imaging probes or reporter genes to track the fate of these cells in both small animal models and human subjects.
Publications
- Intratumoral versus intravenous gene therapy using a transcriptionally targeted viral vector in an orthotopic hepatocellular carcinoma rat model. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2012; (5): 704-11
- Imaging Myeloperoxidase Activity in Cardiovascular Disease Current Cardiovascular Imaging Reports. 2011; (1): 24-31
- Potent, tumor-specific gene expression in an orthotopic hepatoma rat model using a Survivin-targeted, amplifiable adenoviral vector. Gene Ther. 2011; (6): 606-12
- Early identification of aortic valve sclerosis using iron oxide enhanced MRI. J Magn Reson Imaging. 2010; (1): 110-6
- Clinical field-strength MRI of amyloid plaques induced by low-level cholesterol feeding in rabbits. Brain. 2009; (Pt 5): 1346-54
- Comparison of gadofluorine-M and Gd-DTPA for noninvasive staging of atherosclerotic plaque stability using MRI. Circ Cardiovasc Imaging. 2009; (3): 226-34
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