Georges El Fakhri, Ph.D., M.Eng., MSEE, MSBME, of Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass., received the prestigious Mark Tetalman Award, which honors the work of a young investigator who is pursuing a career in molecular imaging/nuclear medicine. This $2,500 award is based in part on submitting a paper supporting current research efforts as well as research accomplishments, teaching, clinical service and administration. The award is named in memory of a highly respected and productive clinician and researcher.
El Fakhri is a staff physicist in the joint program in nuclear medicine and an assistant professor of radiology at Harvard Medical School. He received his doctorate from the University of Paris in 1998 and holds a master's degree in biomedical engineering from the University of Paris and a master's degree in electrical engineering and computer science from the University of Texas, Austin.
For the first time, the society offered the Mitzi and William Blahd, M.D., Pilot Research Grant, which honors the couple's dedication to philanthropic support for education and research in nuclear medicine. Receiving $10,000 was Gary Ulaner, M.D., Ph.D., University of Southern California, Los Angeles, Calif. His research project was "PET and Bioluminescent Imaging of Telomerase Promoter Activity to Evaluate in Vivo Chemotherapy Response."
Pilot research grants, each totaling $8,000, support clinical and basic research by young investigators who are interested in testing innovative ideas while other major grant support is being sought. Recipients include
Bradley-Alavi Fellows are named in honor of the late Stanley E. Bradley, a professor of medicine at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and a prominent researcher in the fields of renal physiology and liver disease, and Abass Alavi, M.D., professor of radiology and chief of the division of nuclear medicine at the University of Pennsylvania Medical Center. Fellows, who will each receive $3,000, include
Student fellowships, which provide $3,000 to support students' full-time participation in clinical and basic research activities in molecular imaging/nuclear medicine, were awarded to
These SNM grants and awards were announced at the society's Mid-Winter Educational Symposium in Tampa, Fla. Please check http://www.snm.org/grants for applications for the society's 2006 grant and award program.
About the Society of Nuclear Medicine
The Society of Nuclear Medicine is an international scientific and professional organization of more than 15,000 members dedicated to promoting the science, technology and practical applications of molecular imaging/nuclear medicine. SNM is based in Reston, Va.; additional information can be found online at http://www.snm.org.