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Dr. Alexandra Badea holds a joint appointment in the Department of Radiology and the Department of Neurology at Duke University. Her research primarily focuses on neurological conditions, particularly Alzheimer's disease, through the lens of imaging analysis. She employs advanced MRI techniques, including diffusion tensor imaging, to characterize brain structures and connectivity in both healthy and diseased states. Dr. Badea's interests extend to developing robust methods for comprehensive phenotyping, integrating genetics and behavior with neuroimaging data. A strong proponent of high-performance computing, she uses cluster resources to expedite her image processing workflows, focusing on multivariate biomarkers to identify at-risk populations for Alzheimer's disease. Additionally, she actively supervises undergraduate students in research projects related to Biomedical Engineering and collaborates with interdisciplinary teams to support women's presence in STEM fields.
Department of Biomedical Engineering (MS program)