Ting Tsung and Wei Fong Chao Center for BRAIN

The Ting Tsung and Wei Fong Chao Center for Bioinformatics Research and Imaging for Neurosciences (BRAIN) at Houston Methodist is working toward the cures for Alzheimer's disease, stroke, brain cancer, and other related neurological disorders by applying the systems medicine paradigm that integrates and applies novel informatics, imaging, artificial intelligence, systems biology, clinical neuroscience, experimental therapeutics, and bioengineering methods in studying the disease brain. Made possible by a generous gift from the Ting Tsung and Wei Fong Chao Foundation and matching fund from Johnsson Estate, the center aims to translate research findings into precision diagnosis and therapies using the systems medicine paradigm.

Research focus areas:

• Develop novel methods to detect, diagnose, treat, and manage Alzheimer's disease, stroke, brain cancer, and other related neurological disorders.

• Adopt the systems medicine paradigm that develops and integrates novel informatics, imaging, systems biology, AI, and neurobiology methods to analyze multi-scale, multi-modal big data produced throughout the neuroscience community in order to understand the cause of Alzheimer's disease, stroke, brain cancer, and other related neurological disorders.
  
  

To date, the Chao Center for BRAIN at Houston Methodist has developed working relationships with dozens of research centers and research labs throughout the country. Director Stephen Wong, PhD, PE, partners closely with the Nantz National Alzheimer Center, Eddy Scurlock Stroke Center, Houston Methodist Neurological Institute as well as Cure Alzheimer’s Fund, Huffington Foundation, and other Foundations in leading this effort of translational research from bench to bedside and back.

The Chao BRAIN Center operates five research programs, including: (1) Alzheimer's Disease/Parkinson's Disease (AD/PD) Mechanisms and Therapeutics, (2) Stroke Detection and Diagnosis, (3) Brain Tumor Mechanisms and Therapeutics, (4) Neuronal Imaging, (5) Digital NeuroHealth.

 

Contact Information
Ting Tsung and Wei Fong Chao Center for BRAIN
Houston Methodist
6670 Bertner Ave., R6-South
Houston, TX 77030