ESMRMB Podcast

On this Earth Day special episode of the ESMRMB Podcast, we explore the often-overlooked environmental impact of medical imaging. Here, Dr. Moss Zhao speaks with Dr. Cassandra Thiel, a leader in sustainable healthcare systems, to discuss how tools like life cycle assessment are reshaping our understanding of technologies such as MRI — from manufacturing and energy use to data storage and disposal....

In this episode, Dr Beatrice Lena and Helena Durrant sit down with Dr Patricia Clement in honour of International Women's Day. Patricia talks shares her expertise of the female brain as well as the history and consequences of the gender data gap and why research into female health remains understudied. Happy international women's day to all of our listeners! This episode was edited by Hele...

In this special episode of the ESMRMB Podcast, recorded in recognition of World Rare Disease Day (28 February), Dr. Moss Zhao speaks with Jessica Asay, a brain arteriovenous malformation (AVM) patient and imaging scientist. Jessica shares her personal journey — from the moment she first heard the words “arteriovenous malformation” to navigating treatment, imaging, and recovery. In this thoughtful...

In this episode, Johanna Vannessjö and Francesco Santini reflect on the 2025 meeting in Marseille, sharing what they think worked well, what could be improved, and which aspects might be hard to live up to next year. They also talk about whether ESMRMB members will have opportunities to propose their own sessions or topics. Edited by Aja Zou. 

Recorded live at ESMRMB 2025 in Marseille, this episode features Petra and Guillermo from the MRI Together Working Group, where they discuss open science, reproducibility, and inclusiveness in MRI research. They share what MRI Together is, why it matters, and how researchers from around the world can get involved through free, online events and community collaboration. For more information or to g...

Recorded live at ESMRMB in Marseille 2025, this episode features a conversation with ESMRMB Past President Patrícia Figueiredo and President Jonathan McNulty. They discuss what the leadership roles involve, how the society is run, current priorities, and the future direction of ESMRMB. The episode also highlights how members—especially early-career researchers, clinicians, and educators—can get in...

In this episode, Patricia Clement speaks with Roy Haast and Nikos Priovoulos from the Early Career Researchers Committee (ECRC) about the challenges early career scientists face today. They share how the committee supports networking, career development, lab culture, and open science, and how getting involved can help researchers feel more connected, confident, and supported in the scientific comm...

In this episode, Dr. Beatrice Lena speaks with Prof. Chris Boesch about Medical Device Regulation (MDR) and the role of the MDR Working Group, recorded live from ESMRMB 2025 in Marseille. Chris explains what the MDR Working Group is, its main goals, and why it matters for researchers and clinicians. Finally, Chris shares how people can join the MDR Working Group, contribute to its work, and where...

Recorded live at ESMRMB 2025 in Marseille, this episode brings you a lively debate between Marion Smits, Moritz Zaiss, and Jonathan McNulty as they tackle the big question: Are radiology professionals becoming redundant? Moderated by Beatrice Lena, the conversation explores how radiologists, radiographers, and MR physicists see the rise of automation, how their roles overlap and differ, and what t...

Live from ESMRMB 2025 in Marseille, Dr. Moss Zhao speaks with Cristian Montalba and Marina Fernandez-Garcia from CAMERA (Consortium for the Advancement of MRI Education and Research in Africa). They discuss how CAMERA is helping bridge the global MRI education gap, from offering free training for technologists and radiographers, to organizing exchanges and AI workshops in low-resource regions. Chr...

In this episode, Dr. Moss Zhao continues his conversation with Lisa Reuter-Clarke as we recognize Chiari Malformation Awareness Month. In Part 2, Lisa shares what day-to-day life is like living with Chiari, how she became involved in advocacy, and why she believes early diagnosis and better imaging are so important for patients. She also talks about what drives her passion for improving Chiari res...

In this episode, Dr. Moss Zhao speaks with Lisa Reuter-Clarke in honor of Chiari Malformation Awareness Month. In Part 1 of this two-part conversation, Lisa walks us through her journey from the earliest symptoms to finally receiving a diagnosis, her experiences with MRI, and what it was like to go through decompression surgery. Stay tuned for Part 2, where we learn about her life today and her wo...

Patricia and Francesco join Sanam to talk about Project Abstracts, one of the new submission formats for the ESMRMB 2025 Annual Meeting. Designed for early-stage ideas, this format invites feedback and fosters interdisciplinary collaboration—whether you’re developing a new tool, launching a clinical concept, or exploring a novel direction. 🔗 Submission details & guidelines: https://wiki.esmrmb.or...

In this episode, Johanna and Maria join Sanam to introduce Registered Report Abstracts, a new submission format for the ESMRMB 2025 Annual Meeting. Learn how this format supports hypothesis-driven research by encouraging early feedback, transparency, and scientific rigor—especially valuable for early-career researchers. 🔗 Submission details & guidelines: https://wiki.esmrmb.org/index.php/Regi...

In this episode, we speak with Annelia Haek, a master’s student at Ghent University, about her first experience attending and presenting at an international academic conference. She shares the emotional rollercoaster of preparing for her power pitch, the surprising intensity of constant socializing, and the transformative perspective she gained on research as a collaborative pursuit. Her story is...

In this episode, Dr. Moss Zhao speaks with Dr. Beatrice Lena about ultra low field MRI.

In this episode, host Sanam Assili, a biomedical imaging scientist from ESMRMB, and co-host Dr. Gennady Roshchupkin lead an engaging discussion with Professor Christian Beckmann from Radboud University Medical Centre and Dr. Lisa Nickerson from Harvard Medical School on the transformative role of big data in neuroimaging. This episode explores the benefits and challenges of analyzing large-scale M...

In this episode, Dr. Moss Zhao speaks with Ms Helena Zhang about the connection between research and arts.

In this special episode for Halloween 2023, Dr. Melanie Bauer tells us her journey in developing postmortem MRI techniques.

In this episode, Dr. Moss Zhao speaks with Dr. Georg Alexander Schramm about academic publishing and open access.

In this episode, Dr. Moss Zhao speaks with Dr. Hector Ramos about science podcasts in South America

In this episode, Hendrik Mattern talks with the current president of the ESMRMB, Benedikt Poser. During the interview they talk about Benedikt's vision for the society, the role of early careers in the ESMRMB, mentorship, work-life-balance, and the importance of saying no.

Magnetic Resonance Fingerprinting (MRF) is a quantitative MRI framework developed in 2013, with its paradigm-changing methodology first described in a milestone Nature paper, cited by thousands of works since then.  In this episode, Constantin Slioussarenko had the chance to be joined by Dan Ma, who was at the origin of MRF, and Chaitra Badve, neuroradiologist who has led clinical translation...

"Autism is part of neurodiversity; it is neither a disorder, nor a disease" This is vital as autistic people might have an MRI scan for common clinical concerns, like headaches or low back pains, or for monitoring of epilepsy, often a comorbidity of autism, but also may participate in MRI studies. Making the scans autism friendly means addressing the preferences and needs of autistic people by usi...

"Reproducibility and Federated Learning" Deep learning methods are becoming increasingly popular in medical image analysis. Their performance, however, heavily depends on availability, diversity, and quality of the data. In this episode, Sanam Assili and Egor Panfilov discuss with Francesco Santini current issues in medical image segmentation, federated learning as a promising solution, and recent...