The Brain Imaging Center at the Lindner Center of HOPE, which opened November 16, 2009, is an integrated link to and close partner of the University of Cincinnati (UC) College of Medicine Center for Imaging Research (CIR). Stephen M. Strakowski, MD, Chairman of the Psychiatry Department at UC, is the director of the UC College of Medicine’s Center for Imaging Research and the Brain Imaging Center at the Lindner Center of HOPE. John Hawkins, MD, is the Medical Director.

Increasing our understanding of the mind enables us to get closer to eliminating the mystery surrounding mental illness, while pinpointing the most effective treatments to manage and prevent brain disorders.  Mental illnesses and brain disorders are the #1 public health problem in America. In order to change this statistic, we have to understand how the brain is built, how it works, and what brain regions are active during the mind’s many activities.

The addition of the Lindner Center of HOPE’s Brain Imaging Center to the established CIR creates a strong research network in the Greater Cincinnati area focused on studying the mind. This regional network enables two state-of-the-science research institutions to: