@article{a300b08c15c1400fae2fa72431328245,
title = "Ammar Ahmed Chaudhry: Do the right thing for the right reasons!",
author = "Chaudhry, {Ammar Ahmed}",
note = "Funding Information: Research Development program is designed for young investigators, such as myself, with interest in improving patient care through research and discovery. The program started in 1991 and is funded by the NIH. Dr. Joanne Mortimer is the institutional Principal Investigator who oversees the research scholars. The objective of the award is to “develop the next generation of academic oncologists in a variety of multidisciplinary fields with an ability to translate advances in cancer biology into novel strategies for the diagnosis, therapy and prevention of malignant disease. Funding Information: Prof. Chaudhry: Translating the concept of “virtual biopsy” into reality has not been an easy task. As one would expect, hearing a teenager talk about “virtual biopsy” and noninvasive therapies was taken up with a lot of cynicism and ridicule. Early on, I realized that turning a concept into something tangible is always hard. Precision Imaging Lab started with the idea of “virtual biopsy”. There have been many obstacles which are financial, geospatial as well as other miscellaneous ones. I have been able to overcome financial challenges through grant funding (NIH and foundational grants as well as institutional support). The financial support almost directly correlates with degree of academic success.",
year = "2018",
month = nov,
day = "1",
doi = "10.21037/jtd.2018.10.18",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "10",
pages = "E787--E790",
journal = "Journal of Thoracic Disease",
issn = "2072-1439",
publisher = "Pioneer Bioscience Publishing Company (PBPC)",
number = "11",
}