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Grace Parraga

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Professor and Graduate ChairDepartment of Medical BiophysicsWestern University

Grace Parraga

Professor and Graduate Chair

Department of Medical Biophysics

Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry

Western University

London, Ontario, Canada

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61 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 30 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 16 research grants (11 CIHR, 5 NSERC), most recently in 2025.
Supervisor on 6 trainee awards (6 CIHR), most recently in 2023.

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210

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3,760

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Research

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Mri Asthma 129xe Mri Airway Occlusions Mucus Pathologic Normalization Remission Remodeling

Latest papers

Comparison of Computed Tomography Ventilation Imaging and Hyperpolarized 3He Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Patients With Lung Cancer.
International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics · 2026
Airway Mucus Occlusions in Ex-Smokers with and Without COPD.
COPD · 2026 · senior author
Clinical, physiological, imaging and molecular responses to cannabis smoking: the Canadian Users of Cannabis Smoke (CANUCK) study.
The European respiratory journal · 2026

All 210 publications

Latest funding

How do the lung airways and vessels respond to biologic therapy in patients with severe asthma?
CIHR · 2025 · Nominated PI
$1,526,176
Canada Research Chair - Tier 1
CIHR · 2024 · Nominated PI
$1,400,000
MRI and CT Measurements Uniquely Explain All-cause Mortality in Ex-smokers with and without COPD
CIHR · 2023 · Supervisor
$1,500

All 34 grants and awards

From the 150 most recent of 210 publications.

Comparison of Computed Tomography Ventilation Imaging and Hyperpolarized 3He Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Patients With Lung Cancer.

Ito S, Nakajima Y, Fujita Y, Capaldi DPI, Sheikh K, Parraga G, Kabus S, Palma DA, Yaremko B, Hoover D, Yamamoto T

International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2026.02.243 PMID: 41802548

Airway Mucus Occlusions in Ex-Smokers with and Without COPD.

Tcherner S, Durom E, Peters J, Gater O, Parraga G

COPD2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1080/15412555.2026.2681969 PMID: 42301257

Clinical, physiological, imaging and molecular responses to cannabis smoking: the Canadian Users of Cannabis Smoke (CANUCK) study.

Leung C, Gilchrist CL, Wang CJ, Liggins JA, Li X, Yang J, Cheung CY, Gerayeli FV, Singhera GK, Hsu WJ, Lidher LS, Moo K, Leyson E, Dhillon SS, Shaipanich T, Leipsic JA, Guenette JA, Rayment JH, Kirby M, Gershon AS, Sadatsafavi M, Tan WC, Parraga G, Carlsten C, Eddy RL, Sin DD, Leung JM

The European respiratory journal2026

DOI: 10.1183/13993003.01659-2025 PMID: 41198398

Airway mucus plugs in asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: pathobiology, imaging, and implications for clinical trials.

Bosma CB, Aaron SD, Celli BR, Parraga G, Seymour S, Washko GR, Allinson JP, Baraldi F, Boucher RC, Castro M, Chotirmall SH, Diaz AA, Fahy JV, Goldin JG, Halayko AJ, Halpin DMG, Hoffman E, Labaki WW, Lugogo N, Kazerooni E, Kesimer M, Papi A, Ram S, Ramsey KA, San José Estépar R, Tanabe N, Whelan K, Wedzicha JA, Martinez FJ, Han MK

American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine2026

DOI: 10.1093/ajrccm/aamag309 PMID: 42330343

Benchmarking Hybrid CNN-Transformer Versus Pure Transformer Architectures for Accelerated Hyperpolarized 129Xe MRI Reconstruction.

Babaeipour R, Fox MS, Parraga G, Ouriadov A

Journal of magnetic resonance imaging : JMRI2026

DOI: 10.1002/jmri.70314 PMID: 41891379

Pulmonary 129Xe MRI: CNN Registration and Segmentation to Generate Ventilation Defect Percent with Multi-center Validation

Mozaffaripour A, Matheson AM, Rahman O, Sharma M, Kooner HK, McIntosh MJ, Rayment J, Eddy RL, Svenningsen S, Parraga G

Academic Radiology20257 citationsSenior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2024.10.029

Quantification of 129Xe MRI Ventilation-defect-percent Using Binary-threshold, Gaussian Linear-Binning and K-means Methods: Differences in Asthma and COPD

Durom E, Yang C, Mozaffaripour A, Matheson AM, Eddy RL, Svenningsen S, Parraga G

Academic Radiology20256 citationsSenior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2025.04.030 PMID: W4410085400

Mucus Plugging as a Prognostic Indicator for Biologic Treatment Response in Severe Asthma

Chan R, Lipworth B, Cottini M, Greig R, Poto R, Parraga G, Nair P

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice20255 citations

DOI: 10.1016/j.jaip.2025.01.022

Seeing the Unseen: Pulmonary MRI in Children with Post-COVID-19 Condition.

Parraga G, Svenningsen S

Radiology20251 citationsFirst author

DOI: 10.1148/radiol.250127

Comparative Analysis of Foundational, Advanced, and Traditional Deep Learning Models for Hyperpolarized Gas MRI Lung Segmentation: Robust Performance in Data-Constrained Scenarios.

Babaeipour R, Fox MS, Parraga G, Ouriadov A

Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland)2025

DOI: 10.3390/bioengineering12101062 PMID: 41155061

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Grace Parraga

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Comparison of Computed Tomography Ventilation Imaging and Hyperpolarized 3He Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Patients With Lung Cancer.

Airway Mucus Occlusions in Ex-Smokers with and Without COPD.

Clinical, physiological, imaging and molecular responses to cannabis smoking: the Canadian Users of Cannabis Smoke (CANUCK) study.

Airway mucus plugs in asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: pathobiology, imaging, and implications for clinical trials.

Benchmarking Hybrid CNN-Transformer Versus Pure Transformer Architectures for Accelerated Hyperpolarized 129Xe MRI Reconstruction.

Pulmonary 129Xe MRI: CNN Registration and Segmentation to Generate Ventilation Defect Percent with Multi-center Validation

Quantification of 129Xe MRI Ventilation-defect-percent Using Binary-threshold, Gaussian Linear-Binning and K-means Methods: Differences in Asthma and COPD

Mucus Plugging as a Prognostic Indicator for Biologic Treatment Response in Severe Asthma

Seeing the Unseen: Pulmonary MRI in Children with Post-COVID-19 Condition.

Comparative Analysis of Foundational, Advanced, and Traditional Deep Learning Models for Hyperpolarized Gas MRI Lung Segmentation: Robust Performance in Data-Constrained Scenarios.

Novel, Non-invasive Multi-spectral, Multi-compartment 129Xe MR Gas-exchange Measurements: MUCXE

Frequent collaborators

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Miranda Kirby

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Michael Noseworthy

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Melanie Kjarsgaard

Salim Yusuf

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Trevor Dummer

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Stewart Gaede

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Ehsan Haider

Vadim Beletsky

Eric Larose

Edward Yu

Colm Boylan

Louise Parker

George Rodrigues

Nanxi Zha

Gerard Cox

Franco Momoli

Jonathan Rayment

Vikki Ho

Philip Awadalla

Lillian Barra

Glenn Bauman

Paul Poirier

Stephen Lam

Jean-Claude Tardif

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