The lab is under the direction of H. Cecil Charles, Ph.D. Dr. Charles is an Associate Professor of Radiology, a chemist and an expert in MR imaging and spectroscopy with over 20 years of experience in nuclear magnetic resonance. He serves as the Co-Director of the Duke Center for Advanced Magnetic Resonance Development. He also has extensive experience in conducting brain imaging and spectroscopy studies serving as the Director of the Neuroimaging Core for the University of North Carolina Mental Health Clinical Research Center for the study of Neuroscience of Mental and Behavioral Disorders. He has had extensive experience in conducting longitudinal clinical trials with MRI and MRS used as biomarkers. He is part of the first NIH sponsored clinical trial of MR in-vivo spectroscopy.

Maureen D. Ainslie manages the Duke Image Analysis Lab. She has over 20 years of experience in imaging. Along with Dr. Charles, she is responsible for the data coordination and analysis center in two multicenter trials for major pharmaceutical manufacturers with over 50 sites, both domestic and international, providing MR imaging and spectroscopy data.

Ms. Bailey provides technical and administrative support to the department and sponsored projects. Responsibilities include financial oversight for cost objects, budgetary reporting, procurement, billing and sponsor invoicing, vendor communications, project sponsor contact, service contracts management, and coordinating IRB submissions. Ms. Bailey has 14 years experience in an administrative capacity, in the pharmaceutical and CRO industry.

Libby originally joined the DIAL team in the summer of 2007 after graduating from Duke University. After a brief sojourn in India, she returned to DIAL in April 2008. Libby is a licensed pharmaceutical technician in the state of Missouri. She hopes to obtain a Master of Public Health degree with a focus on nutrition and food policy.

Dan joined DIAL in November 2006 and is responsible for Systems Analysis and Software Development involving SQUID and other DIAL computer services. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Engineering from The University of Michigan College of Engineering. Prior to joining DIAL, Dan worked as an IT Analyst with Cisco Systems RTP and as a Web Developer for a startup in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Scott White graduated from Appalachian State University in 2002 with a degree in Medical Physics. As an undergraduate, he spent time at NIST measuring the anisotropy of brachytherapy seeds (prostate cancer therapy). He originally joined DIAL in 2002 as a Digital Image Analyst, working primarily on hippocampal segmentation and MR spectroscopy for an Alzheimer's study. In 2004, he joined the UNC Department of Psychiatry to manage the data and image analysis for a longitudinal MR study, which aimed to study structural changes in the brains of schizophrenia patients. After a brief time working in industry, Scott returned to DIAL 2006 as a Computer Programmer II, and was promoted to Data Manager II in November, 2006, managing the data and analysis pipelines for multiple MR based trials.

Samantha joined DIAL in January 2007. She has a B.S in Clinical Research from University of North Carolina Wilmington. Her class was the first to graduate from this program. Samantha hopes in the near future to obtain her Masters degree in Clinical Research.

Bryan came to work for DIAL in March of 2008. He obtained a B.S. in Computer Science from SUNY University at Buffalo. Prior to coming to Duke, Bryan worked at Cisco as an IT Analyst/ Metrics Manager. Through his role, Bryan trains new users on how to use DIALÕs SQUID system.