Howard Gifford

After receiving his bachelor’s degree in Applied Physics from Harvey Mudd College, Dr. Gifford went on to earn his doctoral degree in Applied Mathematics from the University of Arizona. He came to UH from the University of Massachusetts Medical School, where he worked initially as a postdoctoral fellow and ultimately as an associate professor of radiology. He joined the UH Biomedical Engineering Department as an associate professor in January 2012. His research interests relate to biomedical image formation and system design, exploring how humans extract information from images. With humans as the final interpreters for many imaging applications, there are strong motivations to understand how extracted information is used to form decisions. Specific areas of interest include planar and tomographic radiological imaging with gamma rays and X-rays as well as multi-modality applications that combine functional and anatomical imaging. Dr. Gifford's professional memberships include SPIE and the Medical Imaging Perception Society.