Pilot funding was awarded based on proposals from two principal investigators from different departments with at least one junior faculty member. Proposals were judged on their research plan, outcomes, and need for funding.
“Nanophotonic Scintillators for Next Generation PET Detector”
Yue Zhuo, PhD, Radiology and Biomedical Imaging
Diana Qiu, PhD, Materials Science
“Radiolabeled Androgen Receptor PROTACs for Imaging and Cancer Therapy”
Sheryl Roberts, PhD, Radiology and Biomedical Imaging
Ping Mu, PhD Urology and Pathology
“Multimodal PET–fMRI Characterization of GLP-1 Receptor Agonist Effects on Human Reward Circuitry”
Marc Normandin, PhD, Radiology and Biomedical Imaging
Elizabeth Sanchez Rangel, MD, Endocrinology
“Technological Development for Imaging Diffuse Interstitial Myocardial Fibrosis in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy”
Paul Han, PhD, Radiology and Biomedical Imaging
John Stendahl, MD, PhD, Cardiovascular Medicine
“Physics-Informed Image Analysis for Quantifying Cardiac Remodeling and Therapy Response in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy from 4D Echocardiography”
Xuanang Xu, PhD, Radiology and Biomedical Imaging
Martin Pfaller, PhD, Biomedical Engineering
“Developing Variance-Aware Models for Neuroimaging-Based Prediction of Adolescent Substance Use Risk”
Christopher Fields, PhD, Psychiatry
Dylan Gee, PhD, Psychology
“Examining synaptic density in atypical anorexia nervosa: An [18F]SynVestT-1 PET Pilot Study”
Emily Weiss, PhD, Psychiatry
Mika Naganawa, PhD, Radiology and Biomedical Imaging
“Gamma Entrainment Therapy: Rewiring Brain Circuits in Alzheimer’s Disease”
Basavaraju G. Sanganahalli, PhD Radiology and Biomedical Imaging
Srikant Rangaraju, MD, Neurology
“Translation of the novel PET radiotracer [18F]SNFT-1 for improved tau imaging in Alzheimer’s disease”
Nicolas Guehl, PhD, Radiology and Biomedical Imaging
Arman Fesharaki-Zadeh, MD, PhD, Psychiatry & Neurology
“Mapping Effects of PDE4B–cAMP Alterations in people with PTSD”
Nakul Raval, PhD, Radiology and Biomedical Imaging
Phillip Chan, PhD
Congratulations to the recipients and we look forward to seeing your results!