Simon R. Cherry, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Departments of Radiology and Biomedical Engineering
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Research/Academic Interests
Dr. Cherry's research program focuses on developing innovative technologies for medical imaging, including the EXPLORER total-body PET/CT scanner.
Division
Nuclear Medicine
Center/Program Affiliation
Undergraduate School
B.Sc., Physics with Astronomy, University College London, London, UK 1986
Other School
Ph.D., Medical Physics, Institute of Cancer Research, University of London, London, UK 1989
Marie Curie Lectureship, European Association of Nuclear Medicine, 2020
Aebersold Award, Society for Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, 2018
National Academy of Inventors, Member, 2017
Marie Sklodowska-Curie Award, Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2016
National Academy of Engineering, Member, 2016
Kwon SI, Ota R, Berg E, Hashimoto F, Nakajima K, Ogawa I, Tamagawa Y, Omura T, Hasegawa T, Cherry SR. Ultrafast timing enables reconstruction-free positron emission imaging. Nat Photonics. 2021 Dec;15(12):914-918. doi:10.1038/s41566-021-00871-2. Epub 2021 Oct 14. PMID:35663419.
Badawi RD, Shi H, Hu P, Chen S, Xu T, Price PM, Ding Y, Spencer BA, Nardo L, Liu W, Bao J, Jones T, Li H, Cherry SR. First Human Imaging Studies with the EXPLORER Total-Body PET Scanner. J Nucl Med. 2019 Mar;60(3):299-303. doi:10.2967/jnumed.119.226498. Epub 2019 Feb 7. PMID:30733314.
Cherry SR, Jones T, Karp JS, Qi J, Moses WW, Badawi RD. Total-Body PET: Maximizing Sensitivity to Create New Opportunities for Clinical Research and Patient Care. J Nucl Med. 2018 Jan;59(1):3-12. doi:10.2967/jnumed.116.184028. Epub 2017 Sep 21. PMID:28935835.
Cherry SR, Badawi RD, Karp JS, Moses WW, Price P, Jones T. Total-body imaging: Transforming the role of positron emission tomography. Sci Transl Med. 2017 Mar 15;9(381):eaaf6169. doi:10.1126/scitranslmed.aaf6169. PMID:28298419.