Molecular Imaging: Utilizing It as an Effective Drug Development Tool
Track
:
Track 04: Nonclinical and Translational Development/Early Phase Clinical Development
Program Code:
306
Date:
Wednesday, June 26, 2013
Time:
8:00 AM to 9:30 AM
EST
Location:
105
CHAIR
:
Todd E. Peterson, PhD (SCHSUP), Director, Nuclear Imaging; Associate Prof., Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, United States
Todd Peterson, PhD is an Assoc. Prof. of Radiology, Physics, and Chemical & Physical Biology at Vanderbilt University and Director of Nuclear Imaging for the Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science. He is President of SNMMI’s Center for Molecular Imaging Innovation & Translation.
SPEAKER
(S):
Jonathan McConathy, MD,PhD (SPKSUP), Assistant Professor of Radiology, Department of Radiology, Washington University, United States
Dr. Jon McConathy is an Assistant Professor of Radiology at Washington University in St. Louis. His clinical interests include nuclear medicine and multimodality imaging with PET/CT and PET/MRI, and his research focuses on PET tracer development and applications for oncologic and brain imaging.
Todd E. Peterson, PhD (SPKSUP), Director, Nuclear Imaging; Associate Prof., Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, United States
Todd Peterson, PhD is an Assoc. Prof. of Radiology, Physics, and Chemical & Physical Biology at Vanderbilt University and Director of Nuclear Imaging for the Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science. He is President of SNMMI’s Center for Molecular Imaging Innovation & Translation.
Jeffrey T. Yap, PhD (SPKSUP), Senior Diagnostic Physicist, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, United States
Dr. Jeffrey Yap received his PhD in Medical Physics at the University of Chicago. He is the Senior Diagnostic Physicist at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and an Assistant Professor of Radiology at Harvard Medical School. He chairs the trial design committee in the SNMMI Clinical Trial Network.
Description
Molecular imaging (MI) can assist in the development of new drugs. It can provide MI biomarkers that can be utilized in trials as endpoints for clinical outcomes. In this session, we will discuss the development of MI biomarkers and their use in drug development.