Wellington Pham, Ph.D.

Wellington Pham, Ph.D. is a medicinal chemist with over 20 years of experience developing molecular probes for biomarker imaging. His laboratory is well recognized for synthesizing multimodal probes, including optical, MRI, and PET agents. He served on several steering committees and conference organizers on molecular imaging and molecular probes, a recipient of the Japanese Academy of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology Award (2010), and a distinguished investigator of the Academy for Radiology & Biomedical Imaging Research (2019). His current research interests include the discovery of biomarkers and imaging probes, combined with delivery technologies dedicated to cancer and Alzheimer’s disease, and he has published several publications, including peer-reviewed articles, book chapters, conference abstracts/proceedings, editorials, and patents on these subjects. His research is supported by NIH, DOD, the Veterans Affairs and industry.

Section: Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science