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Allen W Song

Professor in Radiology
Radiology
Brain Imaging and Analysis Ctr, Box 3918, Durham, NC 27710
40 Duke Medicine Circle, Davison 414, Box 3918, Durham, NC 27710

Selected Grants


Neurobiology Training Program

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2029

Integrated RF/Shim/WiFi Coil Array for High-Resolution Diffusion MRI in the Brain and Spinal Cord

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2028

Eastern North Carolina and southern Virginia regIonal Stroke trIal cONsortium (ENVISION)

ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2023 - 2028

NCANDA Research Project Site: Duke

ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by National Institute on Alcohol Abuse & Alcoholism · 2012 - 2027

Quantifying Individual Differences in Midlife Structural Brain Integrity Associated with Later AD/ADRD Risk

ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by National Institute on Aging · 2015 - 2027

High resolution diffusion imaging of brain connectivity in healthy aging and Alzheimer's disease

FellowshipCo-Sponsor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2027

Integrated Training in Anesthesiology Research

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1996 - 2026

Integrative modeling and dynamic prediction of Alzheimer's disease

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institute on Aging · 2020 - 2025

Integrated Hyperband-MUSE Acquisition and Orchestra Reconstruction Pipeline

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by GE Healthcare · 2023 - 2025

The Use of Deferiprone to Improve Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Cognitive Outcome: U-DISCO

ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by National Institute on Aging · 2022 - 2025

Neuroimaging of Visual Attention in Aging

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2011 - 2025

Neurocognitive Impairment Assessment in Symptomatic Carotid Occlusion Recanalized Endovascularly: NIA SCORE

ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2022 - 2024

Next-generation high-resolution diffusion MRI resolving cortical columns and layers in vivo

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2019 - 2023

Role of cannabis on HIV-related cognitive impairment: a brain connectomics study

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2018 - 2023

MRI data fusion to investigate effects of drug abuse on HIV neurological complications

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2018 - 2023

High Fidelity Diffusion MRI for Children with Cerebral Palsy in Stem Cell Therapy

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2017 - 2023

CRCNS: Geometry-based Brain Connectome Analysis

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2018 - 2022

A High-Performance 3T MRI for Brain Imaging

EquipmentPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2021 - 2022

Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping of Iron Accumulation in Neurocognitive Aging

ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2017 - 2021

High Resolution Intracortical DTI for Early Detection of Alzheimer¿s Disease

ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by Neuroradiology Education and Reserach Foundation (formerly Foundation of the ASNR) · 2016 - 2020

Integrative modeling and dynamic prediction of Alzheimer's disease

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2019 - 2020

MRI & Data Analysis Services for Durham VAMC - 60 MIN

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center · 2019 - 2020

MRI & Data Analysis Services for Durham VAMC - 90 MIN

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center · 2019 - 2020

Training in Medical Imaging

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2003 - 2020

Integrated RF/shim body coil array for MRI with localized shimming

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2017 - 2020

The Modulatory Role of Reward on Attentional Brain Processes

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2006 - 2019

High-Resolution Diffusion Weighted MRI

Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by General Electric Company · 2014 - 2019

Integrated Parallel Reception, Excitation, and Bo Shimming

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by GE Healthcare · 2016 - 2018

Basic predoctoral training in neuroscience

Inst. Training Prgm or CMETraining Faculty · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1992 - 2018

Path Toward MRI with Direct Sensitivity to Neuro-Electro-Magnetic Oscillations

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2014 - 2018

Motion-immune neuro and body MRI for challenging patient populations

ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2014 - 2018

Imaging of Intrinsic Connectivity Networks

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2011 - 2018

Magnetic resonance imaging with inherent local shimming

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2015 - 2018

MRI & Data Analysis Services for MIRECC

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center · 2015 - 2017

Neural circuits that regulate social motivation

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill · 2013 - 2017

Consequences of prolonged febrile seizures in childhood

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by Albert Einstein College of Medicine · 2013 - 2017

A Compute Cluster for Brain Imaging and Analysis

EquipmentPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2016 - 2017

Susceptibility MRI as a marker for diagnosis and clinical disability in MS

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2014 - 2017

Research Training In Neuro-Oncology

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1998 - 2016

High-resolution in vivo and non-invasive imaging of myocardial fibers

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2014 - 2016

Pathways From Maltreatment to Substance Abuse

ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2010 - 2016

Restricted Repetitive Behavior in Autism

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill · 2011 - 2016

Training in Fundamental &Translational Neuroscience

Inst. Training Prgm or CMETraining Faculty · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2005 - 2016

Direct MRI of Neuroelectric Activity for Animal Neuroimaging

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2011 - 2016

Multidisciplinary Neonatal Training Grant

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2010 - 2015

Imaging Genetic Predictors of Psychotherapy Outcomes in Unipolar Depression

ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2012 - 2015

Neuroimaging of Age-Related Changes in Language

ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2010 - 2015

Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Cortical Neuronal Activity

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2010 - 2015

Studies of Attention Using Combined ERPs and fMRI

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2001 - 2015

Environments as Smoking Cues: Imaging Brain Substrates, Developing New Treatments

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2012 - 2014

Cross-disciplinary Training in Medical Physics

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2007 - 2013

Longitudinal Functional Imaging of Early Childhood Anxiety Disorders

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2008 - 2013

High Resolution Diffusion-Weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging at 300-Micron Level

ResearchAdvisor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2006 - 2012

Human Functional Brain Anatomy

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2001 - 2012

Myelin-Specific Diffusion Tensor Imaging for Developmental Neuroimaging

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2009 - 2012

Neural correlates of working memory in children with 22q11.2 deletion syndrome

ResearchMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2010 - 2011

Precision Targeting of fMRI-Guided TMS Using a Robotic Arm System

EquipmentInvestigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2010 - 2011

Research Training In Neuro-Oncology

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2005 - 2010

Multisensory Processing and Attention

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2005 - 2010

K-Space Energy Spectrum Analysis for Echo-Planar Imaging

ResearchAdvisor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2007 - 2010

Direct MRI of Neuroelectric Activity

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2006 - 2010

A Linux Cluster Computational Facility for Neuroimaging Research

EquipmentPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2009 - 2010

High Fidelity fMRI

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2004 - 2010

IPA - Francis Favorini

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Veterans Administration Medical Center · 2007 - 2009

Neuroimaging of Executive Processing

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2005 - 2009

Neuroimaging Attentional Impairment During Abstinence

ResearchConsultant · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2004 - 2009

IPA - Jacquelynn Price

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Veterans Administration Medical Center · 2006 - 2008

Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Emotional Memory Networks

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2001 - 2007

Improved Image Acquisition for Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2001 - 2006

Combined PET and ERP Studies of Selective Attention

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) · 1997 - 2000

External Relationships


  • Aurora Neurodevices
  • Desicon Innovations, Inc.
  • Jiangyin Magtron Inc.
  • iKang MRI Center, Inc.

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