December 23, 2025 (press release) – Tulane University biomedical engineering professor J. Quincy Brown has been named a 2025 fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) for his work developing cutting-edge imaging technologies that will save lives by making cancer easier to detect, understand and treat.
In 2024, Brown’s Tulane-based project, MAGIC-SCAN, received national attention with a presidential visit and up to $23 million in funding from the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H), a bipartisan effort to advance high-impact biomedical research. The goal of MAGIC-SCAN is to give doctors the ability to confirm – within minutes after surgery – that they have removed all remnants of cancer from the surgery site. Being named a National Academy of Inventors Fellow is further recognition of the value of Brown’s work, as it is the highest professional distinction awarded solely to inventors.