Rate My Professor Angela Walls

Angela Walls is the Chief Technologist at the Clinical and Research Imaging Centre (CRIC) at the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI), Jones Radiology, and holds the position of National Imaging Facility (NIF) Fellow. She earned her Master's degree in Medical Science from the University of Newcastle in 2006. Before joining SAHMRI, she served as Head of MRI at Flinders Medical Centre in Adelaide. In her current roles, Walls supports researchers across South Australia by planning and developing imaging projects ranging from preclinical studies to translational research. She specializes in 3T MRI examinations, with a particular emphasis on neurologic and cardiac imaging. As an MRI expert, she develops and optimizes novel MRI methods, collaborating with local and international teams to advance applications from preclinical to clinical settings.

Walls has made substantial contributions to medical imaging research through co-authorship on numerous peer-reviewed publications. Notable works include 'Cerebrospinal fluid dynamics and subarachnoid space occlusion following traumatic spinal cord injury in the pig: an investigation using magnetic resonance imaging' (2025, Fluids and Barriers of the CNS), 'Mannose-labelled magnetic nanoparticles for sentinel lymph node biopsy in oral squamous cell carcinoma: Initial results from a phase 1 clinical trial' (2025, European Journal of Surgical Oncology), 'Formation of Zwitterionic and Self-Healable Hydrogels via Amino-yne Click Chemistry for Development of Cellular Scaffold and Tumor Spheroid Phantom for MRI' (2024, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces), 'SMS Accelerated FBee-breathing LGE Tissue Characterization with PSIR, Motion Correction and Averaging – Initial Results' (2024, Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance), 'Characterising spinal cerebrospinal fluid flow in the pig with phase-contrast magnetic resonance imaging' (2023, Fluids and Barriers of the CNS), 'Feasibility of oxygen sensitive cardiac magnetic resonance of the right ventricle in pulmonary hypertension' (2019), and 'Right ventricular myocardial deoxygenation in patients with pulmonary hypertension' (2021). She chairs the NIF research radiographer community of practice and represents the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRT) on the International MRI Diffusion study group, enhancing community practices and diffusion imaging advancements.