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Kiran K. Solingapuram Sai, PhD

Kiran K. Solingapuram Sai, PhD

  • Associate Professor, Radiology

Research Interests

  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Positron-Emission Tomography
  • Alzheimer's Disease
  • Nuclear Medicine
  • Molecular Imaging
  • Cancer Imaging
  • ksolinga@wakehealth.edu
Education
BSc, Osmania University, 2001
MSc, Osmania University, 2003
PhD, Northern Illinois University, 2009
Positions
Associate Professor, Radiology
Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Associate Professor, Translational Neuroscience
Departments and Affiliations
Radiology
Biomedical Engineering
Translational Neuroscience
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

  • Publications
  • 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;
  • Epigenetic MLH1 silencing concurs with mismatch repair deficiency in sporadic, naturally occurring colorectal cancer in rhesus macaques. Deycmar S, Johnson BJ, Ray K, Schaaf GW, Ryan DP, Cullin C, Dozier BL, Ferguson B, Bimber BN, Olson JD, Caudell DL, Whitlow CT, Solingapuram Sai KK, Romero EC, Villinger FJ, Burgos AG, Ainsworth HC, Miller LD, Hawkins GA, Chou JW, Gomes B, Hettich M, Ceppi M, Charo J, Cline JM. J Transl Med. 2024 Mar; 22(1):292.
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Research Interests

  • Alzheimer's Disease
  • Cancer Imaging
  • Molecular Imaging
  • Nuclear Medicine
  • Positron-Emission Tomography
  • Radiopharmaceuticals
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