NEWS & UPDATES 2026

The CASNMMI Annual Meeting took place at Omni Los Angeles Hotel @ California Plaza, May 31, 2026, during the SNMMI 2026 Annual Meeting.

2026 CASNMMI Annual Event Flyer

2026 CASNMMI Annual Event Keynote Lecture

Welcome Dr. Yiyun Henry Huang from Yale University gave a keynote Lecture titled “The Magic of Chemistry & Serendipity of Discovery”. We sincerely appreciate Dr. Huang giving us a wonderful speech.

Congratulations to All Young Investigator Award (YIA) Winners!

• 1^st Prize: Suyun Pu, Abstract Title “Rational Design of Novel Macrocyclic Peptide PET Tracers Targeting Urokinase‑type Plasminogen Activator Receptor”. School of Biomedical Engineering, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai, China.
• 2^nd Prize: Menghua Xia, Abstract Title “Vision‑Language Foundation Model for Unified PET Analysis”. Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
• 2^nd Prize: Tong Liu, Abstract Title “Head‑to‑Head Comparison of Melanin‑Targeted [¹⁸F]PFPN and [¹⁸F]FDG PET in Predicting Immunotherapy Outcomes for Acral Melanoma: From Diagnostic Accuracy to Prognostic Stratification”. Department of Nuclear Medicine, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
• 3^rd Prize: Yifan Cui, Abstract Title “Prolonging the Therapeutic Window with Fe²⁺‑Reactive Small‑Molecule Radioligands”. Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94158, USA.
• 3^rd Prize: Hua Cheng, Abstract Title “An Advanced Novel CSF1R PET Tracer to Visualize Microglia‑Driven Neuroinflammation in the Brain of Alzheimer’s Disease”. Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA, 02129, USA.
• 3^rd Prize: Pou Hong Justin Chia, Abstract Title “Tracking Synaptic Density Loss in the Spinal Cord of Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis Mice and Pilot Evaluation of SV2A PET in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis”. Azrieli Centre for Neuro‑Radiochemistry, Brain Health Imaging Centre, Campbell Family Mental Health Research Institute, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

A Heart Full of Gratitude to CASNMMI 2026 Sponsorship!

Thank you for your generous sponsorship of CASNMMI 2026 Annual Event. Your support and contribution were instrumental in making the event a success and helped us create a more impactful experience for the CASNMMI community!