Dr. Guoqiang Yu (PhD), Assistant Professor in the Center for Biomedical Engineering, was recently awarded a 2-year pilot grant from the University of Kentucky Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCTS) for a project entitled, “Noncontact Diffuse Optical Quantification of Hemodynamic Contrast in Breast Tumor”. This study is a multidisciplinary effort involving collaboration with Dr. Margaret Szabunio (MD, Professor of Radiation Medicine) and Dr. Brent Shelton (PhD, Professor of Biostatistics).