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Hima Tallam (She/her)

Hometown

Wayne, NJ

Undergraduate College

Rutgers New Brunswick

Research Interests

Radiopharmaceuticals, molecular and medical imaging, cancer, medical AI

Publications

• Tallam H, Elton DC, Lee S, Wakim P, Pickhardt PJ, Summers RM. Fully Automated Abdominal CT Biomarkers for Type 2 Diabetes Using Deep Learning. Radiology. 2022 Jul;304(1):85-95. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9270681.

Awards/Grants

• 2024 Top Rated Oral Presentation, European Association of Nuclear Medicine Conference
• 2024 Pilot Research Award, NJ Pediatric Hematology and Oncology Research Center of Excellence
• 2024 Annual Retreat on Cancer Research in New Jersey Gallo Award
• 2018 - 2020 Biomedical Engineering Research Honors Scholar, Rutgers University
• 2018 - 2020 Roderick Springer Endowed Scholarship in Biomedical Engineering, Rutgers University
• 2016 - 2020 Engineering Honors Academy, Rutgers University
• 2016 - 2020 James Dickson Carr Scholarship, Rutgers University
• 2020 Graduated Summa Cum Laude (Highest Honors), Rutgers University
• 2020 Class of 2020 Outstanding Service in Biomedical Engineering Award- for research leadership and service, Rutgers
• University
• 2020 Fulbright Research Scholar Award for Switzerland (Was unable to accept due to pandemic), U.S. Department of State
• 2020 Postbaccalaureate Intramural Research Training Award, NIH
• 2020 First place in Bioinstrumentation and Medical Devices, BME Senior Design Conference, Rutgers University
• 2019 NJ Space Grant Consortium Summer Fellowship Award, NASA
• 2017 Douglas STEM Summer Stipend Award, Rutgers University

Hobbies

Tennis, biking, roller skating, traveling, sewing/thrifting projects

Email: hbt16@njms.rutgers.edu