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Congratulations to Dr. Yansong Zhu for receiving a UC Davis Academic Federation Innovative Development Award from the Committee on Research. Yansong’s awarded project, “Development of ED/EAN Imaging from Standard PET-CT Using PET-Enabled DECT,” will support a pilot feasibility study on estimating electron density (ED) and effective atomic number (EAN) using the PET-enabled dual-energy CT approach.… Read More: 2026/06: Yansong Receives UC Davis Innovative Development Award »

Congratulations to Dr. Yansong Zhu on receiving the First Place PIDSC Young Investigator Award at the 2026 SNMMI Annual Meeting in Los Angeles. Yansong’s work, “Super-resolution PET-enabled dual-energy CT imaging with application to different radiotracers,” was selected as one of six finalists from nearly 300 submitted abstracts in the Physics, Instrumentation, Data Sciences Council (PIDSC)… Read More: Yansong Won SNMMI 2026 PIDSC Young Investigator Award »

We are pleased to share that Dr. Siqi Li, Assistant Project Scientist in our lab, has received his first NIH R01 award to develop practical PET parametric imaging methods for pediatric cancer imaging. The project will translate the Relative Patlak method for pediatric PET to enable kinetic quantification from clinically feasible scans without extending routine… Read More: Dr. Siqi Li Receives His First NIH R01 Grant »

PhD candidate Xiaoyu Duan and postdoc Dr. Kevin Chung (now Instructor at MGH) received the Alavi-Mandell Award from the Journal of Nuclear Medicine (JNM) for their JNM papers published in 2025. The award was established by the families of Dr. Abass Alavi, MD and Dr. Gerald Mandell, MD to encourage young physicians and scientists to pursue… Read More: 2026/04: Xiaoyu and Kevin Received JNM’s Alavi-Mandell Award »

Congratulations to Xiaoyu Duan, a PhD candidate in the Wang lab, who has received the Bradley-Alavi Fellowship from the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging. This fellowship supports outstanding trainees pursuing research in molecular imaging and nuclear medicine. Xiaoyu’s fellowship project focuses on developing quantitative PET methods for assessing liver inflammation in metabolic dysfunction-associated… Read More: 2026/03: Xiaoyu Duan Receives SNMMI Bradley-Alavi Fellowship »

We are pleased to share that Dr. Kevin Chung has moved on to the next stage of his career, starting a faculty position as an Instructor at Massachusetts General Hospital / Harvard Medical School in February 2026. During his time in our lab, Kevin made impactful contributions to quantitative PET imaging and total-body kinetic modeling,… Read More: 2026/02: Kevin Chung Advances to Next Career Stage »

Recent NIH grant submissions in 2025 from Dr. Siqi Li (R01 application) and Dr. Kevin Chung (K99 application) received favorable peer-review feedback for projects in quantitative PET imaging and total-body kinetic modeling. Congratulations to Siqi and Kevin on a well-deserved outcome reflecting substantial effort and thoughtful proposal development!

Dr. Guobao Wang receives the 2025 IEEE Freek J. Beekman Medical Imaging Technical Achievement Award for contributions to advanced image reconstruction and translational kinetic modeling on November 6th, 2025, at the IEEE Medical Imaging Conference in Yokohama, Japan.  This award is given annually by the IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society to a mid-career individual… Read More: 2025/11: Guobao Wang Receives IEEE Medical Imaging Technical Achievement Award »

Congratulations to Dr. Kevin Chung — he received the first-ever Research Rock Star Award — Trainee Award from the School of Medicine, UC Davis Health. Picture: Kevin accepting his award from Dr. Kim E. Barrett, the Vice Dean of Research at UC Davis Health SOM. Kevin is a postdoctoral fellow jointly supervised Dr. Guobao Wang… Read More: 2025/10: Kevin Receives SOM Research Rock Star Award »

We have received acceptance for five abstracts at the 2025 IEEE Medical Imaging Conference in Yokohama, Japan. Congratulations to everyone! Kevin J. Chung, AJ Chaudhari, JE Lopez, TY Lee, N Omidvari, YG Abdelhafez, L Nardo, T Jones, RD Badawi, SR Cherry, G Wang. Total-body Multiparametric PET with High-temporal Resolution Imaging and Blood Flow Modeling of… Read More: 2025/07: IEEE Medical Imaging Conference Abstract Acceptance »