Dr. Yingfang He has been honoured with the Alavi-Mandell Award from the Journal of Nuclear Medicine (JNM) and the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) for her publication “Identification of (R)-[18F]YH134 for Monoacylglycerol Lipase Neuroimaging and Exploration of Its Use for Central Nervous System and Peripheral Drug Development”. (Journal of Nuclear Medicine 2024 Feb 1;65(2):300-305. DOI: external pagehttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38164615). The award is given to individuals who were the first author of a paper published in the JNM and made a major contribution to the completion of the work.
Established by Dr. Abass Alavi, MD, and Dr. Gerald Mandell, MD, in memory of their fathers, the Alavi-Mandell Award aims to encourage young physicians and scientists to pursue careers in academic and research in nuclear medicine.
We congratulate Dr. Yingfang He for the excellent research work she did during her time at the Center for Radiopharmaceutical Sciences.