The Magnetic Resonance Research Center (MRRC) is a state-of-the-art facility located on the 8th floor of Presbyterian University Hospital (PUH), with a satellite facility in Biological Science Tower 3 (BST3) a five-minute walk away. The center houses and operates three 3T Siemens Prisma systems and a 7T Siemens Terra.X system at PUH, with an additional 7T human whole body Siemens system at BST3. The facility also includes an electronics machine shop, shared consenting and procedure rooms, locker and changing areas, and practice rooms equipped for participant training. The MRRC additionally supports computing and data management infrastructure, including CPU and GPU clusters and 200TB of online data storage, to support researchers throughout the full lifecycle of their imaging studies.
Location & Hours of Operation
UPMC Presbyterian, 200 Lothrop Street, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213
| Self-Use | TBD |
| Assisted-Use | TBD |
Contact Us
We are located inside UPMC Presbyterian hospital on the 8th floor. You can use these directions to get to the MRRC:
Enter the main entrance and proceed up the main escalators. When the main escalators drop you off you will turn left and walk past a seating area (on left) and a large sign for “Registration and Diagnostic Testing” (on the right). After you pass the hospital gift shop (on your left), you will turn right at a sign directing you to the B wind elevators. Follow this hallway until it ends and turn left. You will pass a couple elevators on your left before arriving at a ramp and steps down to the 4 B wing elevators. Take any of the 4 B wing elevators up to the 8th floor. When you exit the elevators on the 8th floor you are inside the MRRC. The MR technologist’s office is to the right where you will likely be able to find a staff member. If there are no staff members present at the moment you arrive, simply have a seat in the waiting area until someone can help you.
(412) 647-9701
Citation Information
Work performed in the Magnetic Resonance Research Center (RRID:SCR_025216) and services and instruments used in this center were graciously supported, in part, by the University of Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, the Department of Radiology, and the National Institutes of Health.