University of California San Francisco
San Francisco, California, United States
Tracy L. Luks, Ph.D.
Research Specialist
Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging
University of California San Francisco
The primary focus of my current research program is to use advanced neuroimaging to advance our ability to optimize treatment for brain cancer patients, by predicting and monitoring disease progression, treatment response, cognitive function, and quality of life (QoL) in these patients. The goal of our research is to further the ability to create personalized treatment plans which maximize survival while preserving the cognitive function and quality of life by tailoring the choice and timing of treatments for individual patients. This translational research program employs structural imaging (MRI), functional neuroimaging (fMRI), electrophysiology (MEG/EEG), and measures of neurocognitive and neurological status, I have also conducted MRI, fMRI and MEG studies of the neurobiological bases of executive functions in health control subjects, in patients with Schizophrenia, Depression, Autism, Dementia, TBI, and in normal aging. I have been the recipient of NIH NRSA and K01 training awards, have served as PI on neuroimaging projects funded by the University of California San Francisco, and have participated as a co-investigator on multiple neuroimaging and neurocognitive studies of neurological and psychiatric disorders.
