Cornelia Laule

Dr. Cornelia Laule is a physicist who has been conducting magnetic resonance research for over two decades. She is jointly appointed as an associate professor in the Department of Radiology and the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, and is an associate director of the International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries (ICORD). 

Dr. Laule is interested in understanding the microstructural and pathological determinants which govern magnetic resonance signal changes in central nervous system (CNS) tissue. Her primary areas of research are multiple sclerosis and spinal cord injuries, and she has extensive experience imaging both in vivo and post mortem brain and spinal cord, ranging from basic physics technical development to clinical applications. She also has conducted research in many other CNS applications including schizophrenia, cervical spondylotic myelopathy, PKU, Krabbe Disease, Huntington’s Disease, depression, brain tumours, vascular cognitive impairment, development, aging, dyslexia, and dyscalculia, as well the characterization of normal controls. She is particularly interested in myelin and how variations in myelin composition and structure influence MRI measures.