Past Recipients
2026
First Place: Jia Ying
“Structurally Constrained FDG-PET Metabolic Networks via Diffusion MRI AID Lateralization and Outcome Prediction in MTLE”
Second Place: Lucas Narciso
“Tau PET Imaging in Patients with Progressive Supranuclear Palsy using [18F]OXD-2314”
Third Place: Anna Giarratana
“Longitudinal Outcomes of Neocortical-Positive, Medial Temporal Lobe-Negative 18F-MK-6240 Tau PET”
2025
First Place: Renesmee Kuo
“Revealing the suppressors: A new PET imaging approach for detecting MDSCs before and after immunotherapy in a model of brain metastases”
Second Place: Nakul Raval, PhD
“Quantification of NMDA GluN2B Receptors Occupancy by ifenprodil in Nonhuman Primates Using (S)-[18F]OF-NB1 PET”
Third Place: Zeyu Zhou
“Dynamic 18F-FDG PET Imaging Reveals Age-Related Impairment of Ventricular CSF Clearance: Implications for Glymphatic Dysfunction”
2024
First Place: Nikkita Khattar
"Assessing visual activation in the human brain with ultra-high performance FDG functional PET using the NeuroEXPLORER, a next-generation brain PET imaging system"
Second Place: Renesmee C. Kuo
"Early detection and tracking of activated macrophages and microglia in a mouse model of multiple sclerosis using [18F]OP-801 PET imaging before and after a novel"
Third Place: Fabio Raman
"Dynamic Amyloid PET: Relationships to Tau PET and Cognition in Alzheimer's Disease"
2023
First Place: Vincent Doyon
First PET Investigation of the Human Brain at 2 µL Resolution with the Ultra-High-Resolution (UHR) scanner
Second Place: Mai Hatano
Characterization of four major psychiatric disorders based on AMPA receptor distributions measured with [11C]K-2: a novel PET tracer study
Third Place: Meijuan Jiang
Evaluation of Five Candidate Radioligands for PET Imaging of Phosphodiesterase-4D in Monkey Brain
2021
Second Place: Matthew Zammit
Neurofibrillary tau emerges in adults with Down syndrome during the earliest stages of Aβ accumulation.
Third Place: Ganna Blazhenets, M. Sc.
Altered regional cerebral function and its association with cognitive impairment in COVID 19: A prospective FDG PET study
2020
1st place: Merle C. Hoenig, PhD
"Resistance to Tau and Amyloid Pathology Facilitates Super-Aging"
2nd place: Matthew Zammit, MS
"Regional associations between amyloid and glucose metabolism during the progression of Alzheimer's disease in Down Syndrome"
3rd place: Katherine L. Lucot, PhD
"Visualizing innate immune activation in a mouse model of Parkinson's Disease using a highly specific TREM1-PET tracer"
2019
1st place: Matthias Brendel
"F-PI2620 Tau-PET in Progressive Supranuclear Palsy- A multi-center evaluation"
2nd place: Songye Li
"First in human Evaluation of F-SDM-8, A novel Radiotracer for PET Imaging of Synaptic Vesicle Glocoprotein 2A"
3rd place: Corinne Beinat
"Evaluation of 18F-DASA-23 for non-invasive measurement of aberrantly expressed pyruvate kinase M2 in glioblastoma: preclinical and first human studies"
2018
1st Place: Stefanie M. Willekens, PhD
"Regional FDG decreases in healthy ageing are associated with white matter integrity changes: a simultaneous PET-MR study"
2nd Place: Thomas Haywood, PhD
"A Novel Positron Emission Tomography Reporter Gene/Reporter Probe for the Central Nervous System"
3rd Place: Yihuan Lu, PhD
"Partial volume correction for PET synaptic density imaging with 11C-UCB-J"
2017
1st Place: Jenny Ceccarini
"Recovery of decreased metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 availability in abstinent alcohol-dependent subjects."
2nd Place: Hui Liu
"Optimization of S1P1-specific PET radioligands for imaging neuroinflammation."
3rd Place: Cristina E. Popescu
"A18F-FDG PET brain in presurgical management of patients with periventricular nodular heterotopias related epilepsy: diagnostic features and long term outcome."
2016
1st Place: Leonardo Iaccarino
"Evaluation of the associations between [11C]PIB and [18F]AV1451 PET retention and MRI atrophy in Alzheimer’s Disease."
2nd Place: Patrick Worhunsky
"Concurrently upregulated and downregulated D2/D3 receptor systems in cocaine use disorder using [11C]PHNO."
3rd Place: Marcus Unterrainer
"Value of 18F-FET PET for chemotherapy monitoring in non-contrast enhancing gliomas."
2015
1st Place: Matthias Brendel
"Glucose Metabolism and Glial Activation in a Transgenic AD Mouse Model: A Triple Tracer PET Study"
2nd Place: Flavia Niccolini
"Loss of phosphodiesterase 10A signalling is associated with progression and severity in patients with Parkinson’s disease"
3rd Place: Mandy Drabe
"Serotonin transporter (SERT) gene methylation is associated with in vivo SERT availability and body-mass-index (BMI) in obese subjects"
2013
1st Place: David Owen
"Determination of [11C]PBR28 binding potential in vivo: A first human TSPO occupancy study"
2nd Place: Peter Werner
"Feasibility of combined [15O]H2O-PET/MRI in patients with acute stroke"
3rd Place: Jussi Hirvonen
"Decreased cannabinoid CB1 receptor binding in tobacco smokers examined with positron emission tomography"
2012
1st Place: Rik Ossenkoppele
"Increased parietal amyloid burden and metabolic dysfunction in Alzheimer’s disease with early onset"
2nd Place: Ansel Hillmer
"Quantitative analysis of [18F]nifene kinetics in the nonhuman primate"
3rd Place: Axel Rominger
"Longitudinal assessment of cerebral amyloid-β deposition in APP-Swe mice with [18F]florbetaben PET"
2011
1st Place: Stefan Förster
"Regional expansion of hypometabolism and amyloid deposition in AD and their relation to functional connectivity networks in healthy controls"
2nd Place: Jussi Hirvonen
"Reversible and regionally selective downregulation of brain cannabinoid CB1 receptors in chronic daily cannabis smokers"
3rd Place: Jenna Sullivan
"Bolus vs. bolus/infusion of the mGluR5 tracer [18F]FPEB in humans"
2010
1st Place: Sjoerd Finnema
Confirmation of fenfluramine effect on 5-HT1B binding of [11C]AZ10419369 using an equilibrium approach.
2nd Place: Marc Normandin
Test-retest reproducibility and gender differences in binding of CB1 PET tracer [11C]OMAR in humans.
3rd Place: Vikas Kotagal
REM sleep behavior disorder is associated with cortical cholinergic deficit in Parkinson’s disease without dementia.
2009
1st Place: Karine Madsen
#16 Age and gender affect 5-HT4 receptor binding: A brain PET study in healthy volunteers with [11C]SB207145
2nd Place: Jonas Hannestad
#14 Duration and Degree of Norepinephrine Transporter Occupancy by Oral Methylphenidate with (S,S)-[11C]MRB in Healthy Subjects
3rd Place: Jitka Sojkova
#19 Longitudinal patterns of amyloid deposition in nondemented elderly