SNMMI symposium and competition, in association with the SNMMI Radiopharmaceutical Science Council, for the best scientific abstracts on Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry nuclear medicine, designated as the ERF RPSC Young Investigator Award. The objectives of the award are to identify promising young investigators working in radiopharmaceuticals and radiopharmaceutical sciences nuclear medicine.
1st Place Winner: Kendall Barrett
Abstract Title: "Cyclotron produced radio-manganese as a potential radiotracer for identifying neuroinflammation in inflammatory pain"
2nd Place Winner: Ariel Buchler
Abstract Title: "Quinazoline-2-carboxamides as Selective Matrix Metalloproteinase-13 Radiotracers for Imaging Atherosclerosis"
3rd Place Winner: Chao Zheng
Abstract Title: "Assessment of the two enantiomers of a metabolically stable radiotracer for imaging synaptic vesicle protein 2A in rat and monkey brains"