{"id":121,"date":"2014-01-13T11:26:58","date_gmt":"2014-01-13T19:26:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/erinlmacmillan\/?page_id=121"},"modified":"2023-07-20T17:13:43","modified_gmt":"2023-07-21T00:13:43","slug":"experience","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/erinlmacmillan\/research-2\/experience\/","title":{"rendered":"Experience"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>MRI Clinical Scientist (2023 &#8211; present)<\/h3>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mriresearch.med.ubc.ca\/facilities\/3t-mri\/\">UBC MRI Research Centre<\/a> and Simon Fraser University&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfu.ca\/research\/facilities\/imagetech-lab\">ImageTech Lab<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Projects:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>MRS technical development including semi-LASER with and without water suppression<\/li>\n<li>Technical development for sodium (23Na) MRI and phosphorus (31P) spectroscopy<\/li>\n<li>MRS in clinical trials and clinical research for MS, Alzheimer&#8217;s Disease, stroke, first episode mania, etc<\/li>\n<li>Characterization of metabolite and perfusion profiles in healthy control grey matter<\/li>\n<li>MRI in radiation therapy planning and treatment evaluation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Philips MR Clinical Scientist (2016 &#8211; 2023)<\/h3>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mriresearch.med.ubc.ca\/facilities\/3t-mri\/\">UBC MRI Research Centre<\/a> and Simon Fraser University&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfu.ca\/research\/facilities\/imagetech-lab\">ImageTech Lab<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.philips.ca\/healthcare\">Philips Healthcare Canada<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">Projects:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>MRS technical development including semi-LASER and without water suppression<\/li>\n<li>Applications of MRS in \u00a0multiple sclerosis (MS), depression, schizophrenia, Alzheimer&#8217;s Disease, etc<\/li>\n<li>Measuring dynamic changes in glutamate with MRS in response to experimental pain during acquisition<\/li>\n<li>Acceleration of myelin water imaging acquisition techniques<\/li>\n<li>Creation of myelin water imaging normative atlases<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Post-Doctoral Research Fellow (2013 &#8211; 2017)<\/h3>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">Supervisor: Dr. Anthony Traboulsee<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">Department: Division of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, The University of British Columbia<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">Projects:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>MRS evidence to support mechanisms of action of new therapeutics in people living with relapsing\u00a0MS<\/li>\n<li>Demonstration of glutamate and glutamine as biomarkers of progressive MS<\/li>\n<li>Development of fast water suppression for MRS detection of short peptide chains in MS<\/li>\n<li>endMS Scholar Program for Researchers in Training<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Post-Doctoral Fellow (2012)<\/h3>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">Supervisor: Dr. Klaas Pruessmann<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">Department: Institute for Biomedical Engineering, University and Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">Projects:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Characterization of unwanted signal distortions in MRS<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>PhD: Biomedical Science (2008-2012)<\/h3>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">Supervisor: Dr. Roland Kreis<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">Department:\u00a0Division of MR Spectroscopy and Methodology, The University of Bern<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">Co-supervised by: Dr. Anke Henning at the\u00a0Institute for Biomedical Engineering, University and Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">Projects:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Implementation of non-water-suppressed MRS for detection of downfield protons in the human brain at 3T and 7T<\/li>\n<li>Motion correction of spinal cord and liver spectroscopy with non-water-suppressed MRS<\/li>\n<li>MRS of skeletal muscle<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>MSc: Medical Physics (2006-2008)<\/h3>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">Supervisor: Dr. Alex MacKay<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">Department:\u00a0Physics &amp; Astronomy, The University of British Columbia<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">Projects:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Myelin water MRI in the spinal cord<\/li>\n<li>Phase contrast velocity MRI in the spinal cord<\/li>\n<li>MRI of cervical spondylotic myelopathy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>BSc: Honour Biophysics (2001-2006)<\/h3>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">Supervisor: Dr. Alex MacKay<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">Department: Physics &amp; Astronomy, The University of British Columbia<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">Project: Towards absolute quantification of MRS in vivo<\/p>\n<h3>Co-op Placement (2005)<\/h3>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">Supervisor: Dr. Graham Wright<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">Department: Medical Biophysics, The University of Toronto<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">Project: MRI of atherosclerotic veins<\/p>\n<h3>Co-op Placement (2004)<\/h3>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">Supervisor: Dr. Alex MacKay<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">Department: Physics &amp; 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