Kiran K. Solingapuram Sai, PhD
- 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
- Professor, Radiology (Winston-Salem)
- Professor, Cancer Biology (Winston-Salem)
- Professor, Biomedical Engineering (Winston-Salem)
- Professor, Translational Neuroscience (Winston-Salem)
- Departments and Affiliations
- Radiology (Winston-Salem)
- Cancer Biology (Winston-Salem)
- Biomedical Engineering (Winston-Salem)
- Translational Neuroscience (Winston-Salem)
- Sticht Center for Healthy Aging and Alzheimer’s Prevention (CHAAP)
- Center for Addiction Research
- Center for Precision Medicine (CPM)
- Comprehensive Cancer Center (CCC)
- Center for Redox Biology and Medicine (CRBM)
Research
- 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;
- Exploratory Dual PET imaging of [18F] fluorodeoxyglucose and [11C]acetoacetate in type 2 diabetic nonhuman primates. Krizan I, Solingapuram Sai KK, Damuka N, Macauley SL, Maria Thurman B, Long M, Kavanagh K. Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2024 Jul; 111:129906.
- Exploring microtubule dynamics in Alzheimer's disease: Longitudinal assessment using [11C]MPC-6827 PET imaging in rodent models of Alzheimer's-related pathology. Damuka N, Irmen RE, Krizan I, Miller M, Gollapelli KK, Bhoopal B, Deep O, Bansode A, Lockhart SN, Orr ME, Jadiya P, Bashetti N, Kumar JVS, Mintz A, Whitlow CT, Craft S, Macauley SL, Solingapuram Sai KK. Alzheimers Dement. 2024 Jul;
- Associations among plasma, MRI, and amyloid PET biomarkers of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias and the impact of health-related comorbidities in a community-dwelling cohort. Rudolph MD, Sutphen CL, Register TC, Whitlow CT, Solingapuram Sai KK, Hughes TM, Bateman JR, Dage JL, Russ KA, Mielke MM, Craft S, Lockhart SN. Alzheimers Dement. 2024 May;