Julia
Stabinska
,
PhD
716 North Broadway
Baltimore, MD 21205
United States
About
Dr. Julia Stabinska is a research scientist in the F.M. Kirby Research Center for Functional Brain Imaging at Kennedy Krieger Institute. She also holds a joint appointment as an instructor in the Division of Nephrology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
Education
Dr. Stabinska earned her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Biomedical Engineering from the Warsaw University of Technology in Poland, followed by a PhD in Biomedical Engineering from Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf in Germany. She then completed a postdoctoral fellowship in the F.M. Kirby Center for Functional Brain Imaging at Kennedy Krieger Institute and in the Department of Radiology at Johns Hopkins. In 2025, she was promoted to Instructor at Kennedy Krieger Institute with a joint faculty appointment in the Division of Nephrology at Johns Hopkins. That same year, Dr. Stabinska was also named a Junior Fellow of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM), an honor recognizing outstanding early-career researchers.
Research Summary
Dr. Stabinska’s research focuses on developing non-invasive magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques to examine kidney structure and function. Her work involves designing new data acquisition and analysis methods to improve the accuracy and specificity of MRI in assessing various aspects of kidney pathophysiology, including alterations in tissue microstructure (fibrosis/inflammation), tubular function, blood flow and pH. Her long-term goal is to establish reliable, clinically applicable MRI biomarkers that enhance the diagnosis, monitoring and management of kidney diseases, ultimately improving patient outcomes.
Dr. Stabinska is actively involved in community-driven efforts to standardize quantitative MRI methods and contributes to international working groups, review papers, and consensus initiatives aimed at improving reproducibility across centers and vendors. Her research is supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), including the NIH Pathway to Independence Award (K99/R00) from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK).