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Dr. Aberle is a professor of Radiological Sciences in the DGSOM and professor of Bioengineering in the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering. She is Vice Chair for Research in UCLA Radiological Sciences, with oversight over all imaging-related preclinical and clinical/translational research services at UCLA. Dr. Aberle has a 35-year successful track record in imaging research, originally addressing informatics-related research on contemporary picture archiving and communications systems. For over two decades, her research has centered on oncologic imaging, particularly the early detection of lung cancer. She served as National PI for the National Lung Screening Trial (NLST) of the American College of Radiology Imaging Network (ACRIN), with oversight over 23 participating institutions. The NLST found a 20% lung cancer mortality reduction with CT screening relative to chest radiography and provided the evidence-base for CT lung cancer screening as a covered benefit in eligible current and former smokers by both third-party payers and Medicare.

Beyond the epidemiologic endpoints of the NLST, she and her colleagues addressed several additional objectives—they established a biospecimen repository for the validation of biomarkers of lung cancer, collected quality of life and cost data for a formal cost effectiveness analysis of CT screening, and combined ACRIN NLST image data with other lung cancer-related data sets for validating image analysis algorithms through the NIH-sponsored Lung Imaging Database Consortium. Her role in shaping screening policy has continued beyond the NLST, as she has co-Chaired the American College of Radiology (ACR) National Lung Cancer Screening Registry, into which screening data on all individuals is mandated by CMS. Similarly, she a founding member of the ACR LungRADS Screening Management Guideline that serves as the primary guide for defining positive LDCT screens and their management in the United States. Her current NIH-supported research investigates the use of semantic, quantitative radiomic features, and machine learning algorithms using CT images for lung cancer diagnosis and characterization, as well as the associations between clinical, imaging, and molecular phenotypes in lung cancer characterization. She was elected to the National Academy of Medicine in 2019 and became an inaugural member of the California Institute of Bioengineering in 2021.

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Medical Board Certifications
Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine, 1982
Certification 2
Diagnostic Radiology, American Board of Radiology, 1985
Fellowship
Thoracic Imaging, UCSF Department of Radiology, 1986-1986
Residency
Radiological Sciences, UCLA School of Medicine, 1982-1985
Residency 2
Internal Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, 1980-1982
Internship
Internal Medicine, Kansas Univ Medical Center School of Medicine, 1979-1980
Degree
Kansas University Medical Ctr School of Medicine, MD, 1979
Publications

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Awards
  • 2021 Elected to 2021 Inaugural Class of California Institute of Bioengineering
  • 2019 Elected to the National Academy of Medicine
  • 2018 Inducted into the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE)
  • 2015 Society of Thoracic Radiology | Life Time Achievement Award
  • 2014 American Lung Association | LUNG FORCE Impact Award
  • 2014 Clinical Research Forum | Top 10 Clinical Research Achievement Award: Results of the two incidence screenings in the National Lung Screening Trial. N Engl J Med 2013; 369(10):920-31.
  • 2012 Academy of Radiology Research | Council of Distinguished Investigators
  • 2011 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO): 2011 Clinical Cancer Advances: ASCO’s Annual Report on Progress Against Cancer. Top Clinical Cancer Research Advances: Reduced lung-cancer mortality with low-dose helical computed tomographic screening. N Engl J Medicine, 2011; 365:395-409.
  • 2011 Scientific Paper of the Year Award: “Reduced lung-cancer mortality with low-dose computed tomographic screening” in N Engl J Medicine 2011| AuntMinnie.com.
  • 2011 UCLA Clinical and Translational Science Institute | Inaugural CTSI Recognition Award for Outstanding Achievement in Clinical and Translational Research
  • 2011 IASLC (International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer): Special Recognition Award for Outstanding Contribution to Lung Cancer
  • 2011 Outstanding Scientific Leadership in Thoracic Imaging, Society of Thoracic Radiology
  • 2001, 2006, 2007 American College of Radiology Imaging Network, Certificate of Outstanding Contribution
  • 1998 UCLA Radiological Sciences, Leo G. Rigler Outstanding Teaching Award
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