The Methodist Hospital, the University of Houston, and Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University are combining their expertise in biomedical imaging to advance discoveries in this growing field of biomedical science and its clinical applications. The three institutions have jointly founded the Institute for Biomedical Imaging Science (IBIS). The UH representatives to the Steering Committee are: Prof. Jack Fletcher, Prof. H. Julia Hannay, Prof. Ioannis Kakadiaris and Prof. Ogmen. Prof. Kakadiaris, Eckhard Pfeiffer Professor of Computer Science and Director of the Computational Biomedicine Lab, will serve as the Chair of Steering Committee this year and as the Director next year.
