Strategic Directions
- Identify and address shortcomings in technology and knowledge;
- Attract students and fellows from chemistry, physics, engineering, biology, pharmacology and clinical medicine to pursue a career in this area;
- Increase the number of women post-doctoral fellows and students in molecular imaging that make a successful transition to academic faculty positions;
- Increase the number of top scientists from the physical and imaging sciences and clinical medicine who specialize in this area;
- Provide the industry perspective on these developments and challenges;
- Develop global collaborations and mentoring;
- Develop industry collaborations spanning pharmaceutical, contrast agent and device companies;
- Facilitate technology transfer;
- Form an Advisory Group made up of successful scientists involved in UMIDD who would be willing to identify and visit potential collaboration partners;
- Provide a stronger, higher visibility network of scientists involved with research of ultrasound imaging and delivery at all career levels;
- Nominate ultrasound molecular imaging scientists to serve on relevant journal editorial boards;
- Prevent duplication of efforts, enhancing cooperation and synergy with all other interest groups within WMIS;
- Establish a subgroup for graduate students and postdocs who will develop workshop and seminar concepts.