Why Join

Coalition for Imaging & Bioengineering Research (CIBR)

The Academy for Radiology & Biomedical Imaging Research established the Coalition for Imagingand Bioengineering Research (CIBR) in 2008 to ensure that the voice of imaging research would beboth unified and diverse. The Academy felt that it was critical to involve all stakeholders of theimaging research community in advocacy and further support the achievement of our mission toenhance patient care through advances in biomedical imaging research.

Today, CIBR has nearly 200 members, including patient advocacy groups, academic RadiologyDepartments, imaging societies, bioengineering organizations and industry companies. Our patientgroups represent the full spectrum of diseases that use imaging for their detection, diagnosis, and/ortreatment. More than 90% of the diseases studied at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) useimaging, and CIBR is committed to having the same diversity in its membership. Together, thesepartners educate the public about imaging research and advocate for federal support of that research.

CIBR members enjoy several benefits including:• Meet and network with other imaging research advocates, including patients, academic radiologistsand imaging researchers, and industry representatives.

• Stay informed on the latest updates on imaging research from Washington,DC.• Partner with academic radiologists and imaging researchers on grant application to the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI).

• Participate in CIBR’s grassroots advocacy initiatives on behalf of imaging research.• Invite an imaging researcher to speak at one of your events.

CIBR members also have the opportunity to participate in the Medical Technology Showcase, CIBR’ssignature event on Capitol Hill. This annual event features display booths and academic researchposters that detail the impact imaging research has on patient care. Patients, academic researchers,and industry representatives partner together to showcase their research collaborations to Congress,and to ask the federal government to continue to support imaging research.

Academy Organizational Chart

22q Family FoundationAction to Cure Kidney CancerAlliance for Aging ResearchAlliance for Prostate Cancer PreventionAlpha-1 FoundationAlzheimer's Foundation of AmericaAmerican Brain Tumor AssociationAmerican Parkinson Disease

AssociationAnti-Cancer ClubAre you Dense Advocacy, Inc.Are You Dense, Inc.Arthritis FoundationAssociation for Research in Vision

and OphthalmologyAssociation of Community

Cancer CentersBlinded Veterans AssociationBrain Injury Association of AmericaCADASIL Together We Have Hope  

Non-Profit OrganizationCancer Schmancer, Inc.Children with Diabetes FoundationChildren's Craniofacial AssociationChristopher & Dana Reeve FoundationColon Cancer AllianceCommunity Oncology AllianceConnect2NICUCooley’s Anemia FoundationCOPD FoundationCure HHTCurePSPCystic Fibrosis FoundationDaniella Maria Arturi FoundationDystoniaAwareFibroid ReliefFight Colorectal CancerFight for SightFirst CandleFORCE: Facing Our Risk of

Cancer EmpoweredFree to Breathe

Gastroparesis: Fighting For Change!Globe-athonHuntington's Disease Society

of AmericaHydrocephalus AssociationHypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

AssociationInternational Alliance for

Pediatric StrokeInternational Essential Tremor

FoundationInternational Eye FoundationInternational WAGR/11p Deletion

Syndrome AssociationIntracranial Hypertension

Research FoundationJDRFKidney Cancer AssociationLighthouse Guild Love is Out ThereLung Cancer AllianceLung Cancer Circle of HopeLupus & Allied Diseases AssociationMalecareMen's Health NetworkMental Health AmericamyHeart, yourHands, Inc.National Alliance for Eye and Vision Research

National Ataxia FoundationNational Brain Tumor SocietyNational Cervical Cancer CoalitionNational Fibromyalgia & Chronic Pain Association

National LGBT Cancer ProjectNational Patient Advocate FoundationNeuroendocrine Tumor Research Foundation

Oley FoundationOxalosis & Hyperoxaluria FoundationPink ConcussionsPower of Pain Foundation

Prevent Cancer FoundationProstate Cancer InternationalProstate Health Education NetworkPulmonary Fibrosis FoundationReaching for the Stars: A Foundation ofHope for Children with Cerebral Palsy

Sex and Gender Women's Health Collaborative

Society for Women's Health ResearchSpina Bifida AssociationStopAfib.orgSugar MommasSusan G. Komen for the CureTaking Control of Your DiabetesThe Brain Aneurysm FoundationThe Coalition Against Pediatric PainThe I Have IIH FoundationThe Michael J. Fox Foundation for

Parkinson's ResearchThe VHL AllianceThe World Pediatric Stroke Association

(Brendon's Smile) The Worldwide Syringomyelia &

Chiari Task Force Inc. Tuberous Sclerosis AllianceUnited Spinal Cord AssociationUs TOO International Prostate CancerEducation & Support NetworkUsher Syndrome CoalitionVoices Against Brain CancerYES! Beat Liver TumorsZERO - The Project to End ProstateCancer

Bioengineering GroupsAdMeTech FoundationAmerican Institute for Medical and

Biological EngineeringBiotechnology Innovation OrganizationFocused Ultrasound FoundationInternational & American Associations

for Dental Research

CIBR Patient Advocacy Groups

Industry Partners

AGFA HealthCare CorporationFUJIFILM Medical Systems U.S.A., Inc.GE HealthcareHitachiMedicalis CorporationNuance Communications, Inc.Philips Healthcare

Toshiba Medical Research Institute, USATIME Medical Systems, Inc.Imbio LLCNICO (BrainPath)CanonCureMetrix

Imaging Society Members

Academic Research Department Members

American Association for Women Radiologists (AAWR)American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM)American College of Nuclear Medicine (ACNM)American College of Radiology (ACR)American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM)American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT)American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS)American Society of Emergency Radiology (ASER)American Society of Neuroradiology (ASNR)American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT)Association of Educators in Imaging and

Radiological Sciences (AEIRS)Association of Program Directors in Radiology (APDR)Association of University Radiologists (AUR)International Society for Magnetic Resonance

in Medicine (ISMRM)

Radiological Society of North America (RSNA)RSNA Research and Education Foundation (RSNA  R&E)Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM)Society for Pediatric Radiology (SPR)Society of Abdominal Radiology (SAR)Society of Breast Imaging (SBI)Society of Chairs of Academic Radiology

Departments (SCARD)Society of Computed Body Tomography and

Magnetic Resonance (SCBT/MR)Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR)Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI)Society of Radiologists in Ultrasound (SRU)Society of Skeletal Radiology (SSR)Society of Thoracic Radiology (STR)World Molecular Imaging Society (WMIS)

Albert Einstein College of MedicineBeth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterBrigham and Women's HospitalCase Western Reserve University, University Hospitals  

Health SystemDartmouth-Hitchcock Medical CenterDuke University School of MedicineEmory University School of MedicineIndiana University School of MedicineJohns Hopkins MedicineKeck School of Medicine of USCMassachusetts General HospitalMayo ClinicMedical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WIMedical University of South CarolinaMemorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer CenterNew York University Langone Medical CenterNorthwestern University, Feinberg School of MedicineOregon Health & Science UniversityStanford UniversityThe Ohio State University Wexner Medical CenterThe University of Alabama at BirminghamThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer CenterThe University of Texas Medical School at HoustonThe University of Texas Southwestern Medical CenterThomas Jefferson University Hospital

University of Arizona College of MedicineUniversity of California, DavisUniversity of California, Irvine Medical CenterUniversity of California, Los AngelesUniversity of California, San Diego School of MedicineUniversity of California, San FranciscoUniversity of ChicagoUniversity of Colorado at Denver School of MedicineUniversity of LouisvilleUniversity of MichiganUniversity of MinnesotaUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School

of MedicineUniversity of PennsylvaniaUniversity of Pittsburgh School of MedicineUniversity of UtahUniversity of VermontUniversity of Virginia School of MedicineUniversity of WashingtonUniversity of Wisconsin-MadisonVanderbilt University School of MedicineWashington University in St. Louis School of MedicineWake Forest Baptist Medical CenterWeill Cornell Medical College/New York-Presbyterian Hosp.Yale University School of Medicine