The Dr. Michael J. Welch Foundation

Michael J. Welch Award
The Michael J. Welch, PhD Award was created as a means of recognizing individuals who have made an outstanding contribution to the field of radiopharmaceutical sciences, have been involved in mentoring students, postdoctoral fellows and junior faculty, and have been involved in community service to the field of radiopharmaceutical chemistry and molecular imaging. The Michael J. Welch, PhD Award carries with it an award of $1,000. This award is funded through an endowed gift given to the Education and Research Foundation for Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (ERF) by the Dr. Michael J. Welch Foundation in memoriam of Professor Michael J. Welch, PhD, who passed away in 2012.
2024 - Suzanne Lapi, PhD, FSNMMI
2023 - Sally Schwarz, MS, RPh, BCNP, FAPhA
2022 - Weibo Cai, PhD, FSNMMI
2021 - Victor Pike, PhD
2020 - Henry VanBrocklin, PhD
2019 - Xiaoyuan (Shawn) Chen, PhD
2018 - Robert H. Mach, PhD
2017 - Jason Lewis, PhD
2016 - Robert F. Dannals, MA, PhD
2015 - Martin W. Brechbiel, PhD,
2014 - Michael R. Kilbourn, PhD
2013 - Robert Jerome Nickles, PhD
2012 - Carolyn J. Anderson, PhD
2011 - Thomas Ruth, PhD
2010 - Mark M. Goodman, PhD
2009 - Wynn Volkert, PhD
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Michael J. Welch Post-Doctoral Travel Award
The purpose of the Michael J. Welch post-doctoral travel award is to recognize an outstanding abstract by a young investigator in the area of radiochemistry. The award will be given to the highest ranked abstract submitted by a young investigator in the MTP novel radiochemistry and chelation track.
The award carries with it an award of $1,200. This award is funded through an endowed gift given to the Education and Research Foundation for Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (ERF) by the Dr. Michael J. Welch Foundation in memoriam of Professor Michael J. Welch, PhD, who passed away in 2012.
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