Kiran K. Solingapuram Sai, PhD

Research Interests

Education: BSc, Osmania University, 2001; MSc, Osmania University, 2003; PhD, Northern Illinois University, 2009
Positions: Associate Professor, Radiology (Winston-Salem); Associate Professor, Cancer Biology (Winston-Salem); Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering (Winston-Salem); Associate 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)

PET imaging utility of a novel Aß-tracking PET radiotracer, [18F]FC119S in aged vervet monkeys. Bhoopal B, Frye BM, Miller M, Bansode A, Gollapelli KK, Barcus RA, Lockhart SN, Damuka N, Sutphen CL, Fitzgerald RW, Kim J, Baxter MG, Jorgensen MJ, Craft S, Register TC, Whitlow CT, Shively CA, Solingapuram Sai KK. J Transl Med. 2026 Jan;
A phase 2A/B randomized trial of metabolic modulators intranasal insulin and empagliflozin for MCI and early AD. Erichsen JM, Register TC, Sutphen C, Ma D, Gaussoin SA, Rudolph M, Rundle M, Bateman JT, Lockhart SN, Sai KKS, Whitlow C, Craft S. Alzheimers Dement. 2025 Oct; 21(10):e70704.
Imaging microtubule dynamics: A new frontier in biomarker development for neurodegenerative diseases. Damuka N, Lockhart SN, Solingapuram Sai KK. Alzheimers Dement. 2025 Sep; 21(9):e70670.
First-in-human positron emission tomography study of intranasal insulin in aging and MCI. Sai KKS, Erichsen JM, Gollapelli KK, Krizan I, Miller M, Damuka N, Register TC, Sutphen C, Craft S. Alzheimers Dement (N Y). 2025; 11(3):e70123.
Imaging of Microtubules in a Nonhuman Primate Model of Alcohol Use Disorder. Damuka N, Miller MD, Krizan I, Bansode AH, Bradley C, Bashetti N, Jv SK, Galbo-Thomma LK, Czoty PW, Solingapuram Sai KK. ACS Pharmacol Transl Sci. 2025 May; 8(5):1313-1319.

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