Funded by the Education and Research Foundation for Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (ERF)
2015 ERF-SNMMI-TS Advanced Practitioner Program Scholarship
- Douglas A. Garner, CNMT
University of Arkansas for Medical Science
2015 Alavi-Mandell Publication Awards
A Comparison of the Behavior of 64Cu-Acetate and 64Cu-ATSM In Vitro and In Vivo
J Nucl Med. 2014;55:128–134.
Rebekka Hueting, Veerle Kersemans, Bart Cornelissen, Matthew Tredwell, Kamila Hussien, Martin Christlieb, Antony D. Gee, Jan Passchier, Sean C. Smart, Jonathan R. Dilworth, Véronique Gouverneur, and Ruth J. Muschel
Department of Chemistry, Chemistry Research Laboratory, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
Evaluation of σ-1 Receptor Radioligand 18F-FTC-146 in Rats and Squirrel Monkeys Using PET
J Nucl Med. 2014;55:147–153.
Michelle L. James, Bin Shen, Carsten H. Nielsen, Deepak Behera, Christine L. Buckmaster, Christophe Mesangeau, Cristina Zavaleta, Pradeep K. Vuppala, Seshulatha Jamalapuram, Bonnie A. Avery, David M. Lyons, Christopher R. McCurdy, Sandip Biswal, Sanjiv S. Gambhir, and Frederick T. Chin
Molecular Imaging Program at Stanford (MIPS) Department of Radiology, Stanford University, Stanford, California
Improvement of Attenuation Correction in Time-of-Flight PET/MR Imaging with a Positron-Emitting Source
J Nucl Med. 2014;55:329–336.
Pieter Mollet, Vincent Keereman, Jason Bini, David Izquierdo-Garcia, Zahi A. Fayad, and Stefaan Vandenberghe
MEDISIP, Department of Electronics and Information Systems, Ghent University-iMinds-IBiTech, Ghent, Belgium
Activity of P-Glycoprotein, a b-Amyloid Transporter at the Blood–Brain Barrier, Is Compromised in Patients with Mild Alzheimer Disease
J Nucl Med. 2014;55:1106–1111.
Anand K. Deo, Soo Borson, Jeanne M. Link, Karen Domino, Janet F. Eary, Ban Ke, Todd L. Richards, David A. Mankoff, Satoshi Minoshima, Finbarr O’Sullivan, Sara Eyal, Peng Hsiao, Ken Maravilla, and Jashvant D. Unadkat
Department of Pharmaceutics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
In Vivo Imaging of Brain Estrogen Receptors in Rats: A 16a-18F-Fluoro-17b-Estradiol PET Study
J Nucl Med. 2014;55:481–487.
Mohammed A. Khayum, Erik F.J. de Vries, Andor W.J.M. Glaudemans, Rudi A.J.O. Dierckx, and Janine Doorduin
Department of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
Initial Evaluation of 18F-GE-179, a Putative PET Tracer for Activated N-Methyl d-Aspartate Receptors
J Nucl Med. 2014;55:423–430.
Colm J. McGinnity, Alexander Hammers, Daniela A. Riaño Barros, Sajinder K. Luthra, Paul A. Jones, William Trigg, Caroline Micallef, Mark R. Symms, David J. Brooks, Matthias J. Koepp, and John S. Duncan
Division of Brain Sciences, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
Quantitative Volumetric CT-Histogram Analysis in N-Staging of 18F-FDG–Equivocal Patients with Lung Cancer
J Nucl Med. 2014;55:559–564.
Paul Flechsig, Clemens Kratochwil, Lawrence H. Schwartz, Daniel Rath, Jan Moltz, Gerald Antoch, Claus-Peter Heussel, Michael Rieser, Arne Warth, Heike Zabeck, Hans-Ulrich Kauczor, Uwe Haberkorn, and Frederik L. Giesel
Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
Radiosynthesis and In Vivo Evaluation of Novel Radioligands for PET Imaging of Cerebral 5-HT7 Receptors
J Nucl Med. 2014;55:640–646.
Hanne D. Hansen, Matthias M. Herth, Anders Ettrup, Valdemar L. Andersen, Szabolcs Lehel, Agnete Dyssegaard, Jesper L. Kristensen, and Gitte M. Knudsen
Center for Integrated Molecular Brain Imaging, Copenhagen University Hospital Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
Improved Tumor Targeting of Anti-HER2 Nanobody Through N-Succinimidyl 4-Guanidinomethyl-3-Iodobenzoate Radiolabeling
J Nucl Med. 2014;55:650–656.
Marek Pruszynski, Eftychia Koumarianou, Ganesan Vaidyanathan, Hilde Revets, Nick Devoogdt, Tony Lahoutte, H. Kim Lyerly, and Michael R. Zalutsky
Department of Radiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
Glypican-3–Targeted 89Zr PET Imaging of Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Where Antibody Imaging Dares to Tread
J Nucl Med. 2014;55:708–709.
Bernadette V. Marquez, Alexander Zheleznyak, and Suzanne E. Lapi
Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri
The Glucose-Dependent Insulinotropic Polypeptide Receptor: A Novel Target for Neuroendocrine Tumor Imaging—First Preclinical Studies
J Nucl Med. 2014;55:976–982.
Eleni Gourni, Beatrice Waser, Pascal Clerc, Daniel Fourmy, Jean Claude Reubi, and Helmut R. Maecke
German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), Heidelberg, Germany
Systematic Comparison of the Performance of Integrated Whole-Body PET/MR Imaging to Conventional PET/CT for 18F-FDG Brain Imaging in Patients Examined for Suspected Dementia
J Nucl Med. 2014;55:923–931.
Stefan Hitz, Cornelia Habekost, Sebastian Fürst, Gaspar Delso, Stefan Förster, Sibylle Ziegler, Stephan G. Nekolla, Michael Souvatzoglou, Ambros J. Beer, Timo Grimmer, Matthias Eiber, Markus Schwaiger, and Alexander Drzezga
Department of Nuclear Medicine, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
Development of a Radiolabeled Irreversible Peptide Ligand for PET Imaging of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor
J Nucl Med. 2014;55:1029–1034.
Bernadette V. Marquez, Oluwatayo F. Ikotun, Jesse J. Parry, Buck E. Rogers, Claude F. Meares, and Suzanne E. Lapi
Department of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri
Prognostic Value of Metabolic Tumor Volume and Total Lesion Glycolysis in Head and Neck Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
J Nucl Med. 2014;55:884–890.
Kyoungjune Pak, Gi Jeong Cheon, Hyun-Yeol Nam, Seong-Jang Kim, Keon Wook Kang, June-Key Chung, E. Edmund Kim, and Dong Soo Lee
Department of Nuclear Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea
Effect of Platinum-Based Chemoradiotherapy on Cellular Proliferation in Bone Marrow and Spleen, Estimated by 18F-FLT PET/CT in Patients with Locally Advanced Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer
J Nucl Med. 2014;55:1075–1080.
Antoine Leimgruber, Andreas Möller, Sarah J. Everitt, Marine Chabrot, David L. Ball, Ben Solomon, Michael MacManus, and Rodney J. Hicks
Centre for Molecular Imaging, Division of Radiation Oncology and Cancer Imaging, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
An Exocrine Pancreatic Stress Test with 11C-Acetate PET and Secretin Stimulation
J Nucl Med. 2014;55:1128–1131.
Joo Hyun O, Martin A. Lodge, Sanjay Jagannath, Jonathan M. Buscaglia, Yetunde Olagbemiro, and Richard L. Wahl
Division of Nuclear Medicine, Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
A Compartmental Model of Mouse Thrombopoiesis and Erythropoiesis to Predict Bone Marrow Toxicity After Internal Irradiation
J Nucl Med. 2014;55:1355–1360.
Nicolas Sas, Julie Rousseau, Frédérique Nguyen, Elise Bellec, Erik Larrsson, Sonia Becavin, Cecilia Hindorf, Jérôme Abadie, Nicolas Chouin, and Jacques Barbet
L’UNAM Université, Oniris, AMaROC, Nantes, France
Preclinical Evaluation of a High-Affinity 18F-Trifluoroborate Octreotate Derivative for Somatostatin Receptor Imaging
J Nucl Med. 2014;55:1499–1505.
Zhibo Liu*, Maral Pourghiasian*, François Bénard, Jinhe Pan, Kuo-Shyan Lin, and David M. Perrin
Chemistry Department, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
*Contributed equally to this work.
Head and Neck PET/CT: Therapy Response Interpretation Criteria (Hopkins Criteria)—Interreader Reliability, Accuracy, and Survival Outcomes
J Nucl Med. 2014;55:1411–1416.
Charles Marcus, Anthony Ciarallo, Abdel K. Tahari, Esther Mena, Wayne Koch, Richard L. Wahl, Ana P. Kiess, Hyunseok Kang, and Rathan M. Subramaniam
Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
Preclinical Evaluation of 3-18F-Fluoro-2,2-Dimethylpropionic Acid as an Imaging Agent for Tumor Detection
J Nucl Med. 2014;55:1506–1512.
Timothy H. Witney, Federica Pisaneschi, Israt S. Alam, Sebastian Trousil, Maciej Kaliszczak, Frazer Twyman, Diana Brickute, Quang-Dé Nguyen, Zachary Schug, Eyal Gottlieb, and Eric O. Aboagye
Comprehensive Cancer Imaging Centre, Division of Cancer, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London Faculty of Medicine, London, United Kingdom
N-Terminal Modifications Improve the Receptor Affinity and Pharmacokinetics of Radiolabeled Peptidic Gastrin-Releasing Peptide Receptor Antagonists: Examples of 68Ga- and 64Cu-Labeled Peptides for PET Imaging
J Nucl Med. 2014;55:1719–1725.
Eleni Gourni, Rosalba Mansi, Mazen Jamous, Beatrice Waser, Christiane Smerling, Antje Burian, Franz Buchegger, Jean Claude Reubi, and Helmut R. Maecke
German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), Heidelberg, Germany
Comparison of the Amino Acid Tracers 18F-FET and 18F-DOPA in High-Grade Glioma Patients
J Nucl Med. 2014;55:1611–1616.
Constantin Lapa, Thomas Linsenmann, Camelia Maria Monoranu, Samuel Samnick, Andreas K. Buck, Christina Bluemel, Johannes Czernin, Almuth F. Kessler, Gyoergy A. Homola, Ralf-Ingo Ernestus, Mario Löhr, and Ken Herrmann
Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
Feasibility of 18F-FDG PET as a Noninvasive Diagnostic Tool of Muscle Denervation: A Preliminary Study
J Nucl Med. 2014;55:1737–1740.
Seung Hak Lee, Byung-Mo Oh, Gangpyo Lee, Hongyoon Choi, Gi Jeong Cheon, and Shi-Uk Lee
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, South Korea
A Modular Labeling Strategy for In Vivo PET and Near-Infrared Fluorescence Imaging of Nanoparticle Tumor Targeting
J Nucl Med. 2014;55:1706–1711.
Carlos Pérez-Medina, Dalya Abdel-Atti, Yachao Zhang, Valerie A. Longo, Chrisopher P. Irwin, Tina Binderup, Jesús Ruiz-Cabello, Zahi A. Fayad, Jason S. Lewis, Willem J.M. Mulder, and Thomas Reiner
Centro de Investigación en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias, Madrid, Spain
Early Response Monitoring with 18F-FDG PET and Cetuximab-F(ab′)2-SPECT After Radiotherapy of Human Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinomas in a Mouse Model
J Nucl Med. 2014;55:1665–1670.
Laura K. van Dijk, Otto C. Boerman, Gerben M. Franssen, Jasper Lok, Johannes H.A.M. Kaanders, and Johan Bussink
Department of Radiation Oncology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
A Standardized Light-Emitting Diode Device for Photoimmunotherapy
J Nucl Med. 2014;55:1893–1898.
Esther de Boer, Jason M. Warram, Elmire Hartmans, Peter J. Bremer, Ben Bijl, Lucia M.A. Crane, Wouter B. Nagengast, Eben L. Rosenthal, and Gooitzen M. van Dam
Department of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
The Detection of Sentinel Nodes in Ovarian Cancer: A Feasibility Study
J Nucl Med. 2014;55:1799–1804.
Marjolein Kleppe, Boudewijn Brans, Toon Van Gorp, Brigitte F.M. Slangen, Arnold J. Kruse, Ivo N.A Pooters, Maartje G. Lotz, Koen K. Van de Vijver, and Roy F.P.M. Kruitwagen
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, The Netherlands
Parametric Methods for Quantification of 18F-FAZA Kinetics in Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer Patients
J Nucl Med. 2014;55:1772–1777.
Eline E. Verwer, Idris Bahce, Floris H.P. van Velden, Maqsood Yaqub, Robert C. Schuit, Albert D. Windhorst, Pieter Raijmakers, Otto S. Hoekstra, Adriaan A. Lammertsma, Egbert F. Smit, and Ronald Boellaard
Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Preclinical Comparison of Al18F- and 68Ga-Labeled Gastrin-Releasing Peptide Receptor Antagonists for PET Imaging of Prostate Cancer
J Nucl Med. 2014;55:2050–2056.
Kristell L.S. Chatalic, Gerben M. Franssen, Wytske M. vanWeerden, William J. McBride, Peter Laverman, Erik de Blois, Bouchra Hajjaj, Luc Brunel, David M. Goldenberg, Jean-Alain Fehrentz, Jean Martinez, Otto C. Boerman, and Marion de Jong
Department of Nuclear Medicine, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Theranostic Nanoparticles
J Nucl Med. 2014;55:1919–1922.
Feng Chen, Emily B. Ehlerding, and Weibo Cai
Department of Radiology, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, Wisconsin
Annotating STEAP1 Regulation in Prostate Cancer with 89Zr Immuno-PET
J Nucl Med. 2014;55:2045–2049.
Michael G. Doran, Philip A. Watson, Sarah M. Cheal, Daniel E. Spratt, John Wongvipat, Jeffrey M. Steckler, Jorge A. Carrasquillo, Michael J. Evans, and Jason S. Lewis
Department of Radiology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
First-in-Human Evaluation of 18F-Mefway, a PET Radioligand Specific to Serotonin-1A Receptors
J Nucl Med. 2014;55:1973–1979.
Ansel T. Hillmer, Dustin W. Wooten, Alisha K. Bajwa, Andrew T. Higgins, Patrick J. Lao, Tobey J. Betthauser, Todd E. Barnhart, Howard A. Rowley, Charles K. Stone, Sterling C. Johnson, Jogeshwar Mukherjee, and Bradley T. Christian
Department of Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
PET Attenuation Correction Using Synthetic CT from Ultrashort Echo-Time MR Imaging
J Nucl Med. 2014;55:2071–2077.
Snehashis Roy, Wen-Tung Wang, Aaron Carass, Jerry L. Prince, John A. Butman, and Dzung L. Pham
Center for Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine, Henry Jackson Foundation, Bethesda, Maryland
Glypican-3–Targeting F(ab′)2 for 89Zr PET of Hepatocellular Carcinoma
J Nucl Med. 2014;55:2032–2037.
Jonathan G. Sham, Forrest M. Kievit, John R. Grierson, Peter A. Chiarelli, Robert S. Miyaoka, Miqin Zhang, Raymond S. Yeung, Satoshi Minoshima, and James O. Park
Department of Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
2015 Arthur Weis Award in Radiation Dosimetry and Safety
-Mikell, Justin; Mahvash, Armeen; Siman, Wendy; Mourtada, Firas;Kappadath, Srinivas C.
Biases and variability in partition model absorbed doses following Y90 microsphere therapy;
2015-2016 ERF-SNMMI-TS Bachelor's Degree Completion Scholarship
-Kristin Foley, CNMT, RT(N)
University of Massachusetts – Amherst
2015-2016 Mitzi & William Blahd, MD, Pilot Research Grant ($25,000 over one year)
-Robert Flavell, MD, PhD
Resident, University of California, San Francisco, Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging
Study of Acidic Interstitial pH in Aggressive Prostate Cancer Using Novel PET and Hyperpolarized 13C
Imaging Probes
2015 Bradley-Alavi Student Fellowships ($3,000 over 3 months)
- Steven Jones, PhD Candidate, Department of Oncology, Wayne State University
- Saeid Gholami, MD, Department of Radiology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
- Phillip Saccone, PhD Candidate, Pharmacology, University of Michigan – Ann Arbor
2015 ERF-SNMMI CMIIT Scientific Laboratory Professional Award ($1,000)
-Grant Dagliyan, MS, MPH
Associate Director, Radiology, University of Southern California
- Richard Coelho, MS
Manager of Chemistry Laboratory, InviCRO LLC
-Shelley Acuff, RT(R), CNMT
Clinical Research Leader of MITRP, Molecular Imaging and Transnational Research Program, The University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine
-Tyson Rietz, PhD
Research Assistant (Technician), A.A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital
2014-2015 ERF-SNMMI-TS Graduate School Program Grant
-Georgia Regents University, Gregory G. Passmore, PhD, CNMT
Augusta, Georgia
-Regis College, David Gillmore, MS, CNMT, RT(R)(N), FSNMMI-TS
Weston, Massachusetts
2015 Robert E. Henkin, MD, Government Relations Fellowship ($1,000 plus expenses)
- David Douglas, MD
- Benjamin L. Franc, MD
ERF-SNMMI Journal of Nuclear Medicine Editor’s Choice Awards - Best Articles ($1,200)
• Robert Carr, Stefano Fanti, Diana Paez, Juliano Cerci, Tamás Györke, Francisca Redondo, Tim P. Morris, Claudio Meneghetti, Chirayu Auewarakul, Reena Nair, Charity Gorospe, June-Key Chung, Isinsu Kuzu, Monica Celli, Sumeet Gujral, Rose Ann Padua, Maurizio Dondi, and the IAEA Lymphoma Study Group
Department of Haematology, Guy’s and St. Thomas’ Hospital, King’s College, London, United Kingdom
for
Prospective International Cohort Study Demonstrates Inability of Interim PET to Predict Treatment Failure in Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma.
J Nucl Med. 2014;55:1936–1944
• Constantin Lapa, Thomas Linsenmann, Camelia Maria Monoranu, Samuel Samnick, Andreas K. Buck, Christina Bluemel, Johannes Czernin, Almuth F. Kessler, Gyoergy A. Homola, Ralf-Ingo Ernestus, Mario Löhr, and Ken Herrmann
Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
for
Comparison of the Amino Acid Tracers 18F-FET and 18F-DOPA in High-Grade Glioma Patients
J Nucl Med. 2014;55:1611–1616
• Anand K. Deo, Soo Borson, Jeanne M. Link, Karen Domino, Janet F. Eary, Ban Ke, Todd L. Richards, David A. Mankoff, Satoshi Minoshima, Finbarr O’Sullivan, Sara Eyal, Peng Hsiao, Ken Maravilla, and Jashvant D. Unadkat
Department of Pharmaceutics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
for
Activity of P-Glycoprotein, a β-Amyloid Transporter at the Blood–Brain Barrier, Is Compromised in Patients with Mild Alzheimer Disease
J Nucl Med. 2014;55:1106–1111
• Jack M. Webster, Christine A. Morton, Bruce F. Johnson, Hua Yang, Michael J. Rishel, Brian D. Lee, Qing Miao, Chittari Pabba, Donald T. Yapp, and Paul Schaffer
Diagnostics and Biomedical Technologies, GE Global Research, Niskayuna, New York
for
Functional Imaging of Oxidative Stress with a Novel PET Imaging Agent, 18F-5-Fluoro-L-Aminosuberic Acid
J Nucl Med. 2014;55:657–664
• Zhibo Liu*, Maral Pourghiasian*, François Bénard, Jinhe Pan, Kuo-Shyan Lin, and David M. Perrin
Chemistry Department, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
for
Preclinical Evaluation of a High-Affinity 18F-Trifluoroborate Octreotate Derivative for Somatostatin Receptor Imaging
J Nucl Med. 2014;55:1499–1505
*Contributed equally to this work.
• Berthold A. Nock, Theodosia Maina, Eric P. Krenning, and Marion de Jong
Molecular Radiopharmacy, INRASTES, National Center for Scientific Research “Demokritos,” Athens, Greece
for
“To Serve and Protect”: Enzyme Inhibitors as Radiopeptide Escorts Promote Tumor Targeting
J Nucl Med. 2014;55:121–127
2015 ERF-SNMMI Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology Editor’s Choice Awards – Best Article Travel Awards
• Jennifer Lynne Prekeges
Bellevue College, Bellevue, Washington
for
Sweating the Small Stuff: Pitfalls in the Use of Radiation Detection Instruments
J Nucl Med Technol. 2014;42:81–91
• Asal Shafi, Ola Thorsson, and Lars Edenbrandt
Clinical Physiology and Nuclear Medicine, Skåne University Hospital, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden
for
New Routine for Nuclear Medicine Technologists to Determine When to Add SPECT/CT to a Whole-Body Bone Scan
J Nucl Med Technol. 2014;42:28–32
• Aaron Ferguson, Jonathan McConathy, Yi Su, Debra Hewing, and Richard Laforest
Department of Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapeutics, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri
for
Attenuation Effects of MR Headphones During Brain PET/MR Studies
J Nucl Med Technol. 2014;42:93–100
• Maggie M. Michenfelder, Lucas J. Bartlett, Douglas W. Mahoney, Thomas J. Herold, and Joseph C. Hung
Division of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
for
Particle-Size and Radiochemical Purity Evaluations of Filtered 99mTc-Sulfur Colloid Prepared with Different Heating Times
J Nucl Med Technol. 2014;42:283–288
2015 Loevinger-Berman Award
-Roger Dale, Ph.D
Imperial College London, Medical Internal Dosimetry
2015-2017 ERF-SNMMI Molecular Imaging Research Grant for Junior Academic Faculty
-Diane Abou, PhD
The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Division of Nuclear Medicine
2014-2016 ERF-SNMMI SNMMI Predoctoral Molecular Imaging Scholar Program Grant
-Justin Klein, BS
University of California, Davis, Department of Biomedical Engineering
ERF-SNMMI Postdoctoral Molecular Imaging Scholar Program
- Tessa Buckle, PhD
Leiden University Medical Center, Department of Radiology
2014-2015 ERF-SNMMI Nuclear Medicine Physics Residency Training Grant ($75,000 over two years)
-University Hospitals Case Medical Center
David Jordan, PhD, DABR, DABMP
2015-2016 ERF-SNMMI Nuclear Medicine Physics Residency Training Grant ($75,000 over two years)
-Emory University
Jonathon A. Nye, PhD, Assistant Professor, Radiology and Imaging Services
2015 ERF-SNMMI Outstanding Technologist Award
-Paul E. Christian, CNMT, BS, PET, FSNMMI-TS
2015 ERF-SNMMI Outstanding Educator Awards
-Germaine C. Frosolone, CNMT, RT(N), AS, BS
2015 Paul Cole Technologist Scholarship ($1,000)
-Nicole Hap
-Brittany McLintock
-Corey Clamp
-Madeline Kilps
-Peter Baginski
-Cara Rotman
-Larisa Toderas
-Amanda Sachs, RT(MR)
-Andrew Johns
-Karisa Tuazon
2015 Ursula Mary Kocemba-Slosky, PhD, Professional Relations Fellowship ($1,000 plus expenses)
-Phillip Koo, MD
University of Colorado, School of Medicine
ERF-SNMMI Annual Meeting Travel Awards ($1,000)
-Sina Housmand, MD
-Ali Salvati, MD, MPH
-Saeid Gholami, MD
-Frederico Caobelli
-Rui Huang, MD
-Haiming Luo, PhD
-Sixiang Shi
-Feng Chen, PhD
-Fanny Orlhac, MSc, PhD
-Justin Mikell, BS
-Reinier Hernandez, MS
-Seo young Kang, MD
-Patrick Lao
-Beverley Holman
-James Thackeray, PhD
-Rudolf A. Werner, MD
-Dustin Wooten, PhD
-Myung Geun Song
-Shreya Goel
-Sang Hyeb Lee
-Ning Guo, PhD
-Christoph Rischpler, MD
-Jingjing Zhang, MD
-Hyun Soo Park, PhD
2015 ERF-SNMMI Technologist Section Travel & Student Travel Awards
Technologists
Miwa Kenta, RT, PhD
Go Akamatsu, MS
Alan Stuckey, BA, CNMT
Laura Fohne
Sara Severson, RT(R)
Shelley Acuff, RT(R), CNMT
Hannah Sweet, CNMT
Madeline M. Kilps
Harminder Kaur
Nicholas Schmit
Austin Turner, MS, CNMT, PET, RT(MR)
Tiffinee Swanson, BS, RT(R), CNMT
Student Technologists
Emily Groth
Kenneth Danberry
Brianne Burton
Daniel Billiar
Kristen Massey
Michael Perkins, BS
Alyssa Bauner
Taylor Antisdel
Ara Gharabagi
Junaid Yasin
Athanasia Groff
Jason Davis
Areti Davis
Jenna Smith
Lindsey Brandt
Kelsey Lewien
Alana Jordan
KJ Thekan
Nicholas Kubicek, NMT/PET
Haley Flesch
2015 Michael J. Welch PhD., Award
-Martin W. Brechbiel, PhD
2015 Michael J. Welch PhD, RPSC, Postdoctoral Travel Grant
-Zhibo Liu, PhD
National Institutes of Health
Correlative Imaging Council Award
2015 Walter Wolf Young Investigator Award
-Chrystalla Loutsios
Division of Respiratory Medicine
University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Funded by Nihon Medi-Physics Co., LTD.
SNMMI Wagner-Torizuka Fellowship ($48,000 over two years)
The Fellows completing their research in the 2013/2015 program are:
-Kenji Hirata, MD, PhD; UCLA – David Geffen School of Medicine / Dr. Henry Huang
-Masamichi Ikawa, MD, PhD; Molecular Imaging Branch, NIH / Dr. Robert Innis
-Ryogo Minamimoto, MD; Stanford School of Medicine / Dr. Sam Gambhir
The Fellows who are mid-way through their research for the 2014/2016 program are:
-Ishiyama Mitsutomi, MD University of Washington, Radiology / Dr. Satoshi Minoshima
-Masayoshi Nakano, MD Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Neurology, Radiology /Dr. Dean F. Wong
-Kensuke Tateishi, MD Massachusetts General Hospital, Oncology, Neurology, Radiology /Dr. Daniel Cahill
The newly awarded 2015/2017 Wagner-Torizuka recipients were notified in March and are beginning now through summer. The recipients are:
-Yoshiro Itatani, MD University of California, San Diego, Oncology / Drs. Napoleone Ferrara and David R. Vera
-Kanae Miyake, PhD Stanford University, Oncology / Dr. Debra M. Ikeda
-Takehiro Nakahara, MD Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Cardiology / Dr. Jagat Narula
Henry N. Wagner, Jr, MD, Awards Funded by the Wagner Family
Anne B. Wagner
Anne Elizabeth Wagner Speed
Mark Wagner
Mary Randall Wagner and George A. Rixey
Nicholas Wagner and Elizabeth M. Pine
2015 Henry N. Wagner, Jr, MD, Best Paper Award
“Systemic endotoxin induces a robust increase in microglial activation measured with [11C]PBR28 and PET in humans”.
Sandiego, Christine M.; Gailezot, Jean-Dominique; Lim, Keunpoong, Lin, Shin-Fei; Devine, Lesley; O’Connor, Kevin; Huang, Yiyun; Hannestad, Jonas; Carson, Richard E.; Cosgrove, Kelly.
2015 Henry N. Wagner, Jr, MD, Image of the Year Award
-Matthias Eder, PhD
German Cancer Research Center
Funded by the Professional Development and Education Fund
2015 PDEF Mickey Williams Minority Scholarship ($2,500)
-Sharita Bone
University of Cincinnati – College of Allied Health Science, Advanced Medical Imaging
-Audes’sey Williams-Talbert
Regis College – Nuclear Medicine
2015 PDEF Professional Development Scholarship
- Erin Beloin, CNMT
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) School for Nuclear Medicine Technology (Now Regis College)
Grants and Awards from the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
2015 ACNM-Lifetime Achievement Award
-Henry D. Royal, MD
Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology
Jack J. Slosky, PhD, MBA, FACNM, FASNC (to be presented during the 2016 ACNM Annual Meeting)
JJS Consulting
2015 SNMMI Paul C. Aebersold Award
-David Townsend, PhD
National University of Singapore, Professor of Radiology
2015 Berson-Yalow Award
-Matthias Eder, PhD
German Cancer Research Center
2015 Hermann L. Blumgart, MD, Award
-Robert Gropler, MD
Cardiovascular Nuclear Medicine at Vanguard of Precision Medicine in Cardiovascular Disease
2015 SNMMI Georg Charles de Hevesy Nuclear Pioneer Award
-Michael E. Phelps, MD
2015 Edward J. Hoffman Memorial Award
-Benjamin M. W. Tsui, PhD
Quantitative Image Reconstruction for Emission Computed Tomography
2015 Kuhl-Lassen Award
-John Seibyl, MD
Molecular Phenotyping Individual At-Risk for Neurodegenerative Disorders – Imaging Preclinical Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, and Huntington’s Disease
2015 Future Leaders Academy
-Lidia Cunha, CNMT
-Wengen, Chen, MD, PhD
-Guido Davidzon, MD, SM
-Prashant Jolepalem, MD
-Holly Thompson
-Katherine Zukotynski, BASc, MD FRCPC
-Adam Kesner, PhD
-Brian Bagrosky, MD
-Ezster Boros, PhD
-Delphine Chen, MD
-Saurabh Malhotra, MD, MPH
-Devaki Shilpa Surasi, MD
2015 SNMMI-TS Leadership Academy
-Kasha Balestrieri, student attendee
-Kristina Biederstedt, BS, CNMT
-Maryanne Clark, BS, CNMT, NCT
-Debra Hewing, CNMT, RT(N)
-Dawn Holley, CNMT
-Wayne Ice
-Edwin Keeler
-Taytum McCullough
-Kasey Nelson, MIS, NMAA, CNMT
-Paige Niles
-Shane Presley, student attendee
-Angela Roberts, student attendee
-Daniel Tempesta, BS, CNMT, RT(N)(CT)
-Austin (James) Turner, MS, CNMT, PET, RT(MR)
2015 SNMMI Presidential Distinguished Educator Award
-Janis P. O’Malley, MD
2015 SNMMI Presidential Distinguished Service Award
-Josh Mailman
2015 SNMMI-TS Presidential Distinguished Service Award
-MaryBeth Farrell, MS, CNMT, NCT, FSNMMI-TS
-Lynne T. Roy, MBA, CNMT, FSNMMI-TS
PET Center of Excellence Award
2015 Peter E. Valk, MD, Memorial Lectureship Award
-Sanjiv S. Gambhir, MD, PhD
Integrating In Vitro Diagnostics and Molecular Imaging for Optimal Cancer Management
2015 Henry N. Wagner, Jr., MD, Lectureship
-Francois Benard, MD
Accelerating Nuclear Medicine With Cyclotron-Produced 99mTc
EFR-SNMMI Technologist Best Oral Abstract - 1st Place |
Hui |
Cui |
EFR-SNMMI Technologist Best Oral Abstract - 2nd Place |
Elizabeth |
Bailey |
EFR-SNMMI Technologist Best Oral Abstract - 3rd Place |
Ted |
Pozniakoff |
EFR-SNMMI Technologist Best Poster Award - 1st Place |
Tiffinee |
Swanson |
EFR-SNMMI Technologist Best Poster Award - 2nd Place |
Julio |
Lemos |
EFR-SNMMI Technologist Best Poster Award - 3rd Place |
Stephanie |
Krause |
EFR-SNMMI Technologist Best Student Oral Abstract - 1st Place |
Taylor |
Antisdel |
EFR-SNMMI Technologist Best Student Oral Abstract - 2nd Place |
Jenna |
Smith |
EFR-SNMMI Technologist Best Student Oral Abstract - 3rd Place |
Morgan |
Yeske |
ERF-SNMMI Annual Meeting Travel Award |
Christoph |
Rischpler |
ERF-SNMMI Young Investigator Award - Brain Imaging Council - 1st |
Matthias |
Brendel |
ERF-SNMMI Young Investigator Award - Brain Imaging Council - 2nd |
Flavia |
Niccolini |
ERF-SNMMI Young Investigator Award - Brain Imaging Council - 3rd |
Mandy |
Drabe |
ERF-SNMMI Young Investigator Award - Cardiovascular Council - Basic 1st |
Junaid |
Afzal |
ERF-SNMMI Young Investigator Award - Cardiovascular Council - Basic 2nd |
Rudolf |
Werner |
ERF-SNMMI Young Investigator Award - Cardiovascular Council - Basic 3rd |
Yunan |
Yang |
ERF-SNMMI Young Investigator Award - Cardiovascular Council - Basic 1st |
Christoph |
Rischpler |
ERF-SNMMI Young Investigator Award - Cardiovascular Council - Basic 2nd |
Seung-Pyo |
Lee |
ERF-SNMMI Young Investigator Award - Cardiovascular Council - Basic 3rd |
Axel |
Van Der Gucht |
ERF-SNMMI Young Investigator Award - CMIIT - Clinical 1st |
Susanne |
Kossatz |
ERF-SNMMI Young Investigator Award - CMIIT - Clinical 2nd |
Hang |
Xu |
ERF-SNMMI Young Investigator Award - CMIIT - Clinical 3rd |
Feng |
Chen |
ERF-SNMMI Young Investigator Award - Computer & Instrumentation - 1st |
Chen-Ming |
Chang |
ERF-SNMMI Young Investigator Award - Computer & Instrumentation - 2nd |
Nicholas |
Guehl |
ERF-SNMMI Young Investigator Award - Computer & Instrumentation - 3rd |
Richard |
Manber |
ERF-SNMMI Young Investigator Award - Computer & Instrumentation - Honorable Mention |
Vikram |
Adhikarla |
ERF-SNMMI Young Investigator Award - Computer & Instrumentation - Honorable Mention |
Hyon Joon |
An |
ERF-SNMMI Young Investigator Award - Computer & Instrumentation - Honorable Mention |
Johnathan |
George |
ERF-SNMMI Young Investigator Award - Computer & Instrumentation - Honorable Mention |
Andrew |
Groll |
ERF-SNMMI Young Investigator Award - Mjd-Gilday |
Kitiwat |
Khamwan |
ERF-SNMMI Young Investigator Award - NOC - 1st Place |
Mehran |
Makvandi |
ERF-SNMMI Young Investigator Award - NOC - 2nd Place |
Constantin |
Lapa |
ERF-SNMMI Young Investigator Award - NOC - 3rd Place |
MR |
Grootendorst |
ERF-SNMMI Young Investigator Award - Radiopharmaceutical Sciences Council - 1st Place |
Adam |
Shuhendler |
ERF-SNMMI Young Investigator Award - Radiopharmaceutical Sciences Council - 2nd Place |
Benjamin |
Rotstein |
ERF-SNMMI Young Investigator Award - Radiopharmaceutical Sciences Council - 3rd Place |
Songye |
Li |