TIRS Trainees

Trainee: Austin A. McCullough, PhD
Department: Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Postdoctoral Research Associate
Project: Evaluating the Kinetic and Binding Properties of 18F-Fluselenamyl, a Novel Amyloid PET Tracer, for In Vivo Amyloid Beta Monitoring in the Human Brain
Primary Mentor: Tammie L.S. Benzinger, MD, PhD, Professor of Radiology
Secondary Mentor: Vijay Sharma, PhD, Professor of Radiology

Trainee: Karl Friedrichsen, PhD
Department: Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Postdoctoral Research Scholar
Project: Neuroinflammation in Multiple Sclerosis with a Novel PET Tracer 11C-CS1P1
Primary Mentor: Tammie L.S. Benzinger, MD, PhD, Professor of Radiology, and Matthew R. Brier, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Neurology
Secondary Mentor: Zhude Tu, PhD, Professor of Radiology, and Anne Cross, MD, Professor of Neurology

Trainee: Elizabeth A. Kras, PhD
Department: Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Postdoctoral Research Scholar
Project: Development and Evaluation of Novel PET Tracers for Imaging Microglial Responses in Neurodegeneration
Primary Mentor: Aisling M. Chaney, PhD, Assistant Professor of Radiology

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