Bradley R. Smith

Statement:

Bradley Smith is Director of the Graduate Program in Biomedical Visualization at the School of Art & Design at the University of Michigan. He trained at Johns Hopkins University as a medical illustrator and then conducted biomedical-imaging research in radiology at Duke University after receiving his doctorate degree from Duke in Anatomy. Smith’s research focuses on the visualization of multi-dimensional information and the design of methods to interpret growth and development. This work includes the use of magnetic resonance microscopy to study ontogeny, three-dimensional image reconstruction, and the creation of animated sequences to illuminate developmental processes.

In addition to the academic visualizations Smith creates for technical audiences, he also produces interactive atlases of biological development for CD, web sites for the distribution of imaging data, and animations explaining embryology for mass media broadcast.

Smith resides in Ann Arbor with his wife, Meredith, and their three children.