To be the first Academic Center to focus on mitochondrial imaging and diagnostics and become an internationally acclaimed research institute and educational resource for mitochondrial studies.

To integrate cutting-edge imaging with state-of-the-art metabolic, genetic, and proteomic research.

To decipher mitochondrial contributions to normal and impaired tissue function.

To elucidate how mitochondrial dysfunction impacts human diseases.

To perform translational research in neurological, cardiac, muscular, and liver disorders for diagnostic and therapy discovery.