Congratulations to the recipients below who received the Alavi-Mandell Award from the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) for outstanding papers published in 2022 in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine. These awards are given to first authors who were trainees at the time the published work was carried out and made a major contribution to the completion of the work

Heying Duan, PhD, Clinical Life Research Scientist

Title: Correlation of 68Ga-RM2 PET with Postsurgery Histopathology Findings in Patients with Newly Diagnosed Intermediate- or High-Risk Prostate Cancer

Hong Song, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor 

Title: 18F-DCFPyL PET Acquisition, Interpretation, and Reporting: Suggestions After Food and Drug Administration Approval

The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging recognized ten new SNMMI Fellows today during a plenary session at the society’s 2023 Annual Meeting, held June 24-27. The SNMMI Fellowship was established in 2016 to recognize distinguished service to the society as well as exceptional achievement in the field of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging. It is among the most prestigious formal recognitions available to long-time SNMMI members.

Dr. Iagaru and Dr. Grady were recognized as two of the ten new SNMMI fellows. 

Haiwei Henry Guo, MD, PhD is a recipient of the outstanding teaching award from our residents this year.

We would like to especially recognize the efforts of these faculty for their extra time and care required to create engaging lectures, share interesting cases, or elaborate on teaching points at the workstation which do not go unnoticed.

We would like to acknowledge all our faculty’s dedication to teaching, and who model and mold our trainees’ thinking, behavior and attitudes to be outstanding contributors to the field and to the organization

Craig Levin, PhD, Professor of Radiology, has been selected as the recipient of the 2023 Mars Shot Fund grant from the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI).

The grant recognize individuals who have made transformative impact in the field and elevated the value of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging. 

 The grant is one of five awarded in the inaugural year of the new SNMMI Mars Shot Research Fund, which was established to provide resources that translate visionary nuclear medicine imaging, radiopharmaceutical therapy and data science research or projects into tools or treatments that will help improve the lives of patients.

Dr. Levin’s Mars Shot grant was awarded based on his proposal, “High-sensitivity imaging of multiple breast cancer biomarkers in a single PET/MRI imaging session.” 

The project will investigate and design highly innovative tools, technologies and methods that, if effective, will enhance the lives of breast cancer patients. Co-investigators include Dr. Eric Rosen, Clinical Professor of Radiology, and Dr. Corinne Beinat, Assistant Professor of Radiology. For more information about this award and the SNMMI Mars Shot Research Fund, please visit the link here.

It is with great pleasure that we inform Heying Duan of being selected as a recipient of the Alavi–Mandell Award for your publication entitled, “Correlation of ⁶⁸Ga-RM2 PET with Postsurgery Histopathology Findings in Patients with Newly Diagnosed Intermediate- or High-Risk Prostate Cancer”.

The Alavi-Mandell award was established by our families to honor our fathers, who valued education immensely. Unfortunately, they did not have an opportunity to reach their potential to become physician scientists. The award is given to individuals who were the first author of a paper published in the JNM, were trainees at the time the published work was carried out, and made a major contribution to the completion of the work.