Florence Chiang, M.D., Ph.D. NIH FIRST Scholar Assistant Professor School Medical School Department Radiology | Advanced Imaging Research Center | Peter O'Donnell Jr. Brain Institute You have reached the Academic Profile. For more information on the doctor and patient care, please visit the clinical profile. Biography Florence Chiang, M.D., Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor and NIH FIRST Scholar in the Department of Radiology, Advanced Imaging Research Center, and O’Donnell Brain Institute at The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. Dr. Chiang completed her medical, graduate, and residency training at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. She graduated from the School of Medicine with a Distinction in Research and was elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society. She then completed an integrated diagnostic radiology residency-Ph.D. program via the American Board of Radiology Holman Research Pathway. Dr. Chiang earned her doctorate in Radiological Sciences from the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and received the Armand J. Guarino Award for Academic Excellence. She completed a two-year Neuroradiology Fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School. Dr. Chiang’s research focuses on developing and translating computational neuroimaging methods to identify and implement imaging biomarkers of disease progression and treatment response in multiple sclerosis and other neurodegenerative diseases. Her current funding includes the RSNA Research Fellow Grant and Ralph Schlaeger Fellowship Award. Her prior grant support includes the RSNA Research Resident Grant, Julio Palmaz Award for Excellence in Radiology Research, NIH/NIBIB R25, and NIH/NICHD R03. Dr. Chiang has authored multiple publications and has presented nationally and internationally. Education Medical School The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Joe R & Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine (2016) Other Post Graduate Training University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (2020), Post Doctoral Residency The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (2022), Diagnostic Radiology Fellowship Massachusetts General Hospital (2024), Neuroradiology Research Interest Computational neuroimaging of neurodegenerative diseases including multiple sclerosis Functional network modeling using resting-state functional MRI Imaging biomarker development and validation Microstructural imaging using high-gradient diffusion MRI Publications Featured Publications Intrinsic and extrinsic contributors to subregional thalamic volume loss in multiple sclerosis. Krijnen EA, Salim Karam E, Russo AW, Lee H, Chiang FL, Schoonheim MM, Huang SY, Klawiter EC, Ann Clin Transl Neurol 2024 Jun 11 6 1405-1419 Long-Term Neurocognitive Outcomes in Pediatric Nonfatal Drowning: Results of a Family Caregiver Survey. Razaqyar MS, Osta E, Towne JM, Woolsey MD, Ishaque M, Chiang FL, Fox PT, Pediatr Neurol 2024 Feb 151 21-28 Detection of grey matter microstructural substrates of neurodegeneration in multiple sclerosis. Krijnen EA, Russo AW, Salim Karam E, Lee H, Chiang FL, Schoonheim MM, Huang SY, Klawiter EC, Brain Commun 2023 5 3 fcad153 Disruption of the Atrophy-based Functional Network in Multiple Sclerosis Is Associated with Clinical Disability: Validation of a Meta-Analytic Model in Resting-State Functional MRI. Chiang FL, Feng M, Romero RS, Price L, Franklin CG, Deng S, Gray JP, Yu FF, Tantiwongkosi B, Huang SY, Fox PT, Radiology 2021 Apr 299 1 159-166 Localised grey matter atrophy in multiple sclerosis is network-based: a coordinate-based meta-analysis. Chiang FL, Wang Q, Yu FF, Romero RS, Huang SY, Fox PM, Tantiwongkosi B, Fox PT, Clin Radiol 2019 Aug Characterization of normal-appearing white matter in multiple sclerosis using quantitative susceptibility mapping in conjunction with diffusion tensor imaging. Yu FF, Chiang FL, Stephens N, Huang SY, Bilgic B, Tantiwongkosi B, Romero R, Neuroradiology 2019 Jan 61 1 71-79 Results 1-6 of 6 1 Honors & Awards Cornelius G. Dyke Memorial AwardAmerican Society of Neuroradiology (2024) Radiological Society of North America Fellow Research GrantRadiological Society of North America Research and Education Foundation (2023-2024) Ralph Schlaeger Fellowship GrantMassachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School (2023-2024) Armand J. Guarino Award for Academic Excellence in Doctoral StudiesGraduate School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (2021) NIH/NICHD R03Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (2019-2022) Radiological Society of North America Roentgen Resident/Fellow Research AwardRadiological Society of North America Research and Education Foundation (2019) Julio C. Palmaz Endowment for Excellence in Radiology Research GrantUniversity of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (2018-2019) Radiological Society of North America Resident Research GrantRadiological Society of North America Research and Education Foundation (2018-2019) NIH/NIBIB R25 Training GrantNational Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (2017-2019) Community Service Learning GrantCenter for Medical Humanities and Ethics, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (2013-2014) Professional Associations/Affiliations Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society American Society of Functional Neuroradiology American Society of Neuroradiology International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine Organization of Human Brain Mapping Radiological Society of North America
