Herman Morris Ph.D.

Education

Ph.D. ( Physical Chemistry) - University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, 1989
B.S. ( Chemistry and Biology) - Emory University, Atlanta, GA, 1983

Biography

Dr. Morris is an Associate Professor in the Department of Radiology and Bioengineering at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. He is also an external investigator at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke Laboratory of Functional and Molecular Imaging. After completing his graduate studies at the University of South Carolina, he was a National Cancer Institute research fellow at the University of Illinois for 2 year. This was followed by 3 years as research staff and 5 years as assistant research professor at the University of Illinois. From 1999 to 2018, Dr. Morris was a staff scientist at National Heart Lung and Blood Institute and National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke both of NIH, Bethesda. Dr. Morris was the Associate Director at the Jackson Laboratory Center for Biometric Analysis in Bar Harbor ME. He joined Walter Reed National Military Medical Center as a MRI physicist in 2021.

Dr. Morris' research develops new magnetic resonance techniques, agents, and devices to investigate disease states and biology. His work combines the disciplines of biology, medicine, physics, chemistry, and engineering to develop cutting-edge solutions to topical problems in medical imaging. He is particularly interested in the application of imaging to traumatic brain injury, and classes of white matter diseases using microstructural MRI techniques.

Career Highlights: Positions, Projects, Deployements, Awards and Additional Publications

Editorial Board, Regnerative Medicine Reports (2024-Present)

Associate Editor, Frontiers in Neuroscience: Brain Imaging Methods (2023-Present)

Director, American Board of Medical Physics, 2009-2018 and 2023-2026

External Investigator, NINDS Laboratory Functional and Molecular Imaging , 2018 - present

Diplomate, American Board of Magnetic Resonance Safety (MRSE) 2017-2026

Diplomate, American Board of Medical Physics (MRI Physics) 2007-present

Fellow, International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (2002 - present)

Representative Bibliography

ORCID 0000-0002-7942-3748

Zhu A, Shih R, Huang RY, DeMarco JK, Bhushan C, Morris HD, Kohls G, Yeo DTB, Marinelli L, Mitra J, Hood M, Ho VB, Foo TKF. Revealing tumor microstructure with oscillating diffusion encoding MRI in pre-surgical and post-treatment glioma patients. Magn Reson Med. 2023 Nov;90(5):1789-1801. doi: 10.1002/mrm.29758.

Abad N, Lee SK, Ajala A, In MH, Frigo LM, Bhushan C, Morris HD, Hua Y, Ho VB, Bernstein MA, Foo TKF. Calibration of concomitant field offsets using phase contrast MRI for asymmetric gradient coils. Magn Reson Med. 2023 Jan;89(1):262-275. doi: 10.1002/mrm.29452.

Kim SY, Yeh PH, Ollinger JM, Morris HD, Hood MN, Ho VB, Choi KH. Military-related mild traumatic brain injury: clinical characteristics, advanced neuroimaging, and molecular mechanisms. Transl Psychiatry. 2023 Aug 31;13(1):289. doi: 10.1038/s41398-023-02569-1

Barbic M, Dodd SJ, ElBidweihy H, Dilley NR, Marcheschi B, Huston AL, Morris HD, Koretsky AP. Multifield and inverse-contrast switching of magnetocaloric high contrast ratio MRI labels. Magn Reson Med. 2021 Jan;85(1):506-517. doi: 10.1002/mrm.28400.

Day SE, Kettunen MI, Cherukuri MK, Mitchell JB, Lizak MJ, Morris HD, Matsumoto S, Koretsky AP, Brindle KM. Detecting response of rat C6 glioma tumors to radiotherapy using hyperpolarized [1- 13C]pyruvate and 13C magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging. Magn Reson Med. 2011 Feb;65(2):557-63. doi: 10.1002/mrm.22698.

Yardeni T, Eckhaus M, Morris HD, Huizing M, Hoogstraten-Miller S. Retro-orbital injections in mice. Lab Anim (NY). 2011 May;40(5):155-60. doi: 10.1038/laban0511-155.

Paschal CB, Morris HD. K-space in the clinic. J Magn Reson Imaging. 2004 Feb;19(2):145-59. doi: 10.1002/jmri.10451.

Swain RA, Harris AB, Wiener EC, Dutka MV, Morris HD, Theien BE, Konda S, Engberg K, Lauterbur PC, Greenough WT. Prolonged exercise induces angiogenesis and increases cerebral blood volume in primary motor cortex of the rat. Neuroscience. 2003;117(4):1037-46. doi: 10.1016/s0306-4522(02)00664-4.

Chandra S, Liang ZP, Webb A, Lee H, Morris HD, Lauterbur PC. Application of reduced-encoding imaging with generalized-series reconstruction (RIGR) in dynamic MR imaging. J Magn Reson Imaging. 1996 Sep-Oct;6(5):783-97. doi: 10.1002/jmri.1880060512.