William E. Klunk

William E. Klunk is an American psychiatrist and neurologist currently the Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry and Neurology and Levidow-Pittsburgh Foundation Chair in Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia Disorders at University of Pittsburgh.[2][3]

William E. Klunk
EducationShippensburg University B.S. Washington University in St. Louis M.D. Ph.D.
AwardsMetlife Foundation Award for Medical Research in Alzheimer's Disease[1] (2004)
Potamkin Prize (2008)
Reagan Institute Award (2009)
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of Pittsburgh

He is one of the leading pioneers for in vivo amyloid imaging, which helps detect and quantify pathological protein aggregations in the brain of Alzheimer's patients.[4][5]

References

  1. "MetLife Foundation Awards for Medical Research in Alzheimer's Disease" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 October 2018.
  2. "William E. Klunk". pitt.edu. Retrieved May 2, 2017.
  3. "William E. Klunk". upmc.com. Retrieved May 2, 2017.
  4. "William E. Klunk, MD, PhD". UPMC | Life Changing Medicine. Retrieved 2019-05-28.
  5. Rabinovici, G. D.; Jagust, W. J. (2009). "Amyloid imaging in aging and dementia: testing the amyloid hypothesis in vivo". Behavioural Neurology. 21 (1): 117–128. doi:10.1155/2009/609839. ISSN 1875-8584. PMC 2804478. PMID 19847050.


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