Sharmila Majumdar Professor in Residence, Department of Bioengineering and Radiology, UCSF 1700 4th Street, QB3 mailcode: 2520 415 476 6830 fax: 415 514 9656 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it http://mqir.ucsf.edu

Joined the UC Berkeley Faculty in 1999

Research Interests

Quantitative magnetic resonance imaging, computed tomography and computed tomography, image processing and analysis with a focus on the musculo-skeletal system.

Education

1983    B.Sc., St. Stephens College, Univ. of Delhi, India., Physics, Honors

1984     M.S., Yale University, New Haven, CT. USA, Engineering & Applied Science

1987     M.Phil., Yale University, New Haven, CT. USA., Engineering & Applied Science

1988     Ph.D., Yale University, New Haven, CT.  USA., Engineering & Applied Science

Major Awards

1977-1978     National Scholarship of the Government of India

1980     University of Delhi, Science Merit Award

1982-1983     National Scholarship Scheme of the Government of India

1993-1998     National Institutes of Health: Career Development Award

Professional Experience

1988-1989     Assistant Professor, Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT.

1989-1995     Assistant Professor in Residence, Department of Radiology, University of California, San Francisco, CA.

1989–present    Member Joint Bio-Engineering Graduate Group, University of California, Berkeley and University of California, San Francisco, CA.

1991-1999     Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Stomatology, School of Dentistry, University of California, San Francisco, CA.

1995-1999    Associate Professor in Residence, Department of Radiology, University of California, San Francisco, CA.

1999-present    Professor in Residence, Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA.

2000-present    Co-Chairman Joint Bio-Engineering Graduate Group, University of California, Berkeley and University of California, San Francisco, CA.

2000-2002    Visiting Professor, Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA.

2002-present    Director of Translational Research, Department of Radiology, University of California, San Francisco, CA.

Selected Publications

Burghardt AJ, Kazakia GJ, Majumdar S. A Local Adaptive Threshold Strategy for High Resolution Peripheral Quantitative Computed Tomography of Trabecular Bone. Ann Biomed Eng, Jun/30/2007.

Stahl R, Blumenkrantz G, Carballido-Gamio J, Zhao S, Munoz T, Hellio Le Graverand-Gastineau MP, Li X, Majumdar S, Link TM. MRI-derived T2 relaxation times and cartilage morphometry of the tibio-femoral joint in subjects with and without osteoarthritis during a 1-year follow-up. Osteoarthritis Cartilage, Jun/8/2007. 

Majumdar S. Magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy of the intervertebral disc. NMR Biomed, Nov/2006;19(7):894-903. 

Krug R, Han ET, Banerjee S, Majumdar S. Fully balanced steady-state 3D-spin-echo (bSSSE) imaging at 3 Tesla. Magn Reson Med, Sep/19/2006.