Hyungsoon Im, PhD

Massachusetts General Hospital

Academic Titles

Associate Professor, Radiology, Harvard Medical School

Research Program Affiliation

Member, Gynecologic Cancers

Member, Cancer Risk, Prevention, and Early Detection

Research Abstract

I am one of the 13 Core Faculty members at the Center for Systems Biology (CSB) at MGH and Assistant Professor of Radiology at HMS. My research aims to bridge engineering and medicine fields by developing next-generation diagnostic sensing technologies to better understand the makeup of human diseases and changes associated with disease progression and therapy. I have expertise in plasmonics, photonics, nanofabrication, spectroscopy, imaging, and microfluidics, with a good understanding of how these skills can be integrated and utilized for clinical applications. I also apply artificial intelligence (AI) to multiplexed measurements to automate data analyses. My desire to work in interdisciplinary settings and apply my strong engineering and physics background to address critical clinical problems led to the development of new sensing technologies and clinical assays. I have been actively working with clinical investigators both in and outside of MGH to validate my technologies for clinical samples and apply them in clinical settings. My expertise has been critical for translating and commercializing new diagnostic technologies for patient care in clinical settings.