Director of the Office of Research Core Administration Jay Fox, PhD (left) presents the Core of the Year award to team members of the Radiochemistry Core.
The University of Virginia’s Office of Research Core Administration has selected the Radiochemistry Imaging Core as their Core of the Year for 2024. The award was presented by Jay Fox, PhD, who serves as director of the Office of Research Core Administration.
As one of the UVA School of Medicine’s 19 research cores, the core supports research specifically in molecular imaging. Since 2017, the core has provided investigators with access to high-quality radiopharmaceuticals that can be imaged by Positron Emission Tomography (PET) method for pre-clinical and clinical needs. The core has undergone significant evolution in recent years, including the commissioning of a cyclotron and several functionality changes.
Shivashankar Khanapur, PhD, associate professor of radiology and medical imaging, serves as the core’s director. The core also includes Senior Lab Specialist Damodara Naidu Kommi, PhD, and Faculty Advisor Stuart Berr, PhD, professor of radiology and medical imaging.
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