TIRS Trainees
Trainee: Jose Blanco, PhD
Department: Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Postdoctoral Research Scholar
Project: Development of novel tracers for evaluating ROS-mediated functional impairment of blood-brain barrier in rodent models of Alzheimer’s disease
Primary Mentor: Vijay Sharma, PhD
Secondary Mentor: Tammie L.S. Benzinger, MD, PhD
Trainee: Samantha C. Brosend, PhD
Department: Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Postdoctoral Research Scholar
Project: Development of an Isoform-Selective tau 18F Radiotracer for the Detection of Tauopathies in Alzheimer’s Disease
Primary Mentor: Vijay Sharma, PhD
Secondary Mentor: Erik Musiek, MD, PhD
Trainee: Hannah DeVore, PhD
Department: Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Postdoctoral Research Scholar
Project: Heart-Brain Interactions in Disease Delineated by PET and MRI
Primary Mentor: Robert J. Gropler, MD
Secondary Mentor: Zhude Tu, PhD
Trainee: Shannon E. Lynch, PhD
Department: Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Postdoctoral Research Scholar
Project: Antibody click to facilitate blood-brain barrier transcytosis for neuroscience applications
Primary Mentor: Patrícia M. Ribeiro Pereira, PhD
Secondary Mentor: Tammie L.S. Benzinger, MD, PhD
Trainee: Bryan Madero, PhD
Department: Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Postdoctoral Research Scholar
Project: Characterizing [¹¹C]PiB as a Triple Biomarker of White Matter Integrity, Cerebrovascular Perfusion, and Amyloid Burden in the Aging Brain
Primary Mentor: Manu S. Goyal, MD
Secondary Mentor: Brian A. Gordon, PhD
