Overview
The Lalita & Mathew Thakur Award is for outstanding investigation in Translational Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging will serve as a token of Lalita’s appreciation of all those at SNMMI who contribute extensively to improve the quality of life of patients worldwide. The Lalita and Mathew (Madhukar) Thakur Award is given to the best abstract for outstanding investigation in translation nuclear medicine and molecular imaging.
Past Recipients
2025 - Jiahui Chen - "Visualization of phosphodiesterase 4B in neuroinflammation mouse models with positron emission tomography."
2024 - Olujide Oyeniran - “Improved, ethanol-free [11C]butanol radiosynthesis for assessing blood-brain barrier integrity using hybrid PET/MR.”
2023 – Hanwen Zhang, PhD - “A novel theranostic pair for potent prostate cancer alpha particle therapy: [89Zr]/[227Th]-L804-PSMAUrea.”