Dr. Qifa Zhou

Professor

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Biography

Qifa Zhou received a Ph.D. degree from the Department of Electronic Materials and Engineering at Xi'an Jiaotong University in China in 1993. He is currently a Professor in the Department of Ophthalmology at the USC Keck School of Medicine and the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Southern California. Dr. Zhou is a leading principal investigator at the NIH Resource Center for Medical Transducer Technology and has published over 200 peer-reviewed articles in journals such as Nature Medicine and Scientific Reports. He is a fellow of the International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE) and the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE). He serves on the Technical Program Committee for the IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium and is an associate editor for the IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control. Dr. Zhou's research focuses on the development of high-frequency ultrasound transducers for biomedical imaging applications.

Research Interests

Biomedical Imaging Ultrasound Technology Photoacoustic Imaging Intravascular Imaging Cancer Imaging Ophthalmic Imaging Ultrasonic Elastographic Imaging Trans-sclera Drug Delivery Ultrasound Mediated Therapeutic Technology

Awards

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International Conference on Ultrasound Engineering in Biomedical Applications Paper Award

2023-01-01
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IAAM Fellow

2023-01-01
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USC Viterbi Senior Research Award

2022-01-01
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BME Frontier Paper

2022-01-01
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National Academy of Inventors Senior Member

2019-01-01
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USC Steven Institute Innovation Technology Transfer Award

2019-01-01
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IEEE UFFC, Kobe, Japan Student Paper Award

2018-01-01
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SPIE Photonics West, BIOS, San Francisco Seno Medical Paper Awards

2018-01-01
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IEEE Fellow

2018-01-01
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SPIE Photonics West, BIOS, San Francisco Seno Medical Poster Awards

2015-01-01
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UC Irvine ICTS, Irvine Robert Newcomb Interdisciplinary Team Science Award

2015-01-01
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SPIE Fellow

2014-01-01
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AIMBE Fellow

2014-01-01

Requirements for University of Southern California

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3
TOEFL
Listening
Required:20
Reading
Required:20
Writing
Required:20
Speaking
Required:20
Total
Required:100
GRE General
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree in engineering or related science
Application Checklist
  • Official transcripts
  • GRE General scores
  • TOEFL scores (International)
  • Three letters of recommendation
  • Personal Statement
Specialization Notes

Requires general GRE for all graduate degrees.