Kiran K. Solingapuram Sai, PhD
- Associate Professor, Radiology (Winston-Salem)

Kiran K. Solingapuram Sai, PhD
Research Interests
- Radiopharmaceuticals
- Positron-Emission Tomography
- Alzheimer's Disease
- Nuclear Medicine
- Molecular Imaging
- Cancer Imaging
- Education
- BSc, Osmania University, 2001
- MSc, Osmania University, 2003
- PhD, Northern Illinois University, 2009
- Positions
- Associate Professor, Radiology (Winston-Salem)
- Associate Professor,
- Associate Professor, Translational Neuroscience (Winston-Salem)
- Departments and Affiliations
- Radiology (Winston-Salem)
- Translational Neuroscience (Winston-Salem)
- Sticht Center for Healthy Aging and Alzheimer’s Prevention
- Center for Precision Medicine
- Center for Redox Biology and Medicine
- Center for Addiction Research
- Comprehensive Cancer Center
Research
- Effects of Long-Term Cocaine Self-Administration on Kappa Opioid Receptors in Socially Housed Cynomolgus Monkeys as Assessed with PET Imaging and Neuronally Derived Exosomes. Johnson BN, Allen MI, Nader SH, Sai KKS, Kumar A, Su Y, Singh S, Li S, Huang Y, Deep G, Nader MA. Biol Psychiatry. 2025 Mar;
- Radiation-induced brain injury in non-human primates: A dual tracer PET study with [11C]MPC-6827 and [11C]PiB. N Damuka, GW Schaaf, M Miller, C Bradley, B Bhoopal, I Krizan, KK Gollapelli, CT Whitlow, JM Cline, KK Solingapuram Sai*. NeuroImage. 2025 Mar; 4; 1(5):100245.
- [11C]MK-6884 PET imaging reveals lower M4 muscarinic acetylcholine receptor availability following cocaine self-administration in male rats. Gollapelli KK, Krizan I, Bhoopal B, Damuka N, Moriarty C, Miller M, Sai KKS, Gould RW. Pharmacol Rep. 2025 Jan;
- Utilizing Quantitative Analysis of CSF Volume from Clinical T1-Weighted MRI to Predict Thrombectomy Outcomes. Kawas MI, Shamulzai A, Atcheson KM, Horn AC, Ma R, Kittel C, Curry B, Lipford M, Kim J, Solingapuram Sai KK, Wolfe SQ, Whitlow CT. J Neuroimaging. 2025; 35(1):e70013.
- Cognitive and Salience Network Connectivity Changes following a Single Season of Repetitive Head Impact Exposure in High School Football. Kawas MI, Atcheson KM, Flood WC, Sheridan CA, Barcus RA, Flashman LA, McAllister TW, Lipford ME, Kim J, Urban JE, Davenport EM, Vaughan CG, Solingapuram Sai KK, Stitzel JD, Maldjian JA, Whitlow CT. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2024 Jul;