Dr. Anna Moore joined Michigan State University (MSU) in 2018 as a Professor of Radiology and Physiology at the Department of Radiology, College of Human Medicine. She is the Director of The Precision Health Program (PHP) and the Associate Dean for Research Development at the College of Human Medicine. Prior to joining MSU she had a successful career at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH)/Harvard Medical School where she built a program in imaging and image-guided therapies in cancer using molecularly targeted theranostic agents. Her studies on image-guided therapy of metastatic breast cancer showed a unique way to eradicate this devastating disease and are currently in clinical trials. She is a co-founder of TransCode Therapeutics Inc., a public company that is aimed at bringing these therapies into clinic.
During her tenure at MSU, she has established and built a university-wide Precision Heath Program that aims at shifting the paradigm of healthcare from reactive to proactive, focusing on prevention, prediction and early detection of various pathologies. Under her leadership the program has been highly successful with hundreds of published papers and multiple secured grants by each investigator. The efforts of PHP have dramatically increased the national ranking of MSU’s Radiology Department to 1st place in the Big Ten and 14th place nationally in NIH funding in 2023.
Over the course of her career Dr. Moore has been a recipient of multiple grant awards from the NIH and other funding agencies totaling over $40M ($34M from NIH). She published her work in the most prestigious journals including Science, Nature, Nature Medicine, Nature Biotechnology, PNAS (H-index 60).
Dr. Moore has been a mentor for over 80 trainees, including postdoctoral fellows, graduate students, technicians, undergraduate students, as well as high school students. Her training record shows successful careers of past students in obtaining the most prestigious fellowships including K99/R01, K01, K25 and F31 training grants from the NIH, as well as various prizes and awards.
Dr. Moore has held multiple administrative leadership roles at local, national, and international levels including editorial roles in scientific journals and book series. She has also organized national and international conferences, established scientific and community committees and assumed leadership roles on executive committees and board of trustees of scientific societies and organizations. She has received multiple national and international awards including a Distinguished Investigator Award from the Academy of Radiology Research and an Outstanding Teacher Award from the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM). She was elected a President-elect of the World Molecular Imaging Society in 2024.
