Biographical summary
Houchun Harry Hu, Ph.D., is an MRI physicist and Professor of Radiology at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida. Prior to the Mayo Clinic, Harry has worked at the University of Colorado, Nationwide Children's Hospital (Columbus, Ohio), Phoenix Children's Hospital, and Children's Hospital of Los Angeles. Harry also worked at Hyperfine, Inc. from 2019-2021, and helped deploy one of the first low-field portable MRI systems to resource-limited areas, including Pakistan and Africa during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Harry has served on the editorial boards of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Radiology, and Magnetic Resonance Materials in Physics, Biology and Medicine. Harry is an active member of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. His research interests include pediatric MRI, quantitative MRI, and fast data acquisition and reconstruction techniques. He has authored more than 100+ peer reviewed papers, 10 book chapters, and holds two USA patents in MRI technology.
Mayo Clinic locations
Education
- 2006
PhDBiomedical Engineering and Physiology, Programs, Mayo Graduate School, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
- 2006
Predoctoral StudentBiomedical Engineering and Physiology, Programs, Mayo Graduate School, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
- 2001
BS - Biomedical/Biochemical EngineeringViterbi School of Engineering, University of Southern California
Activities and honors
Certifications
- 2023
Magnetic Resonance Imaging PhysicsAmerican Board of Magnetic Resonance Safety
- 2018
Magnetic Resonance Imaging PhysicsAmerican Board of Medical Physics
Awards and honors
- 2024
Senior Fellow, International Society for Magnetic Resonance in MedicineInternational Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
- 2024
2024, RSNA Honored Educator AwardRadiological Society of North America
- 2018
Caffey Poster Award Society for Pediatric Radiology
Publications