Department of Medical Physics
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health

People

People

People

Principal Investigator

  • Professor Brad Christian

    Our lab researches the development, characterization and translation of novel PET radiotracers for studying brain chemistry, from neurodevelopment to neurodegeneration. Our ongoing research projects involve the characterization of PET radioligands to study the presence of beta amyloid and tau pathology related to Alzheimer’s disease. We are also actively involved in research projects examining the neurochemical systems of the brain related to dopamine, serotonin, acetylcholine function and neuroinflammation. Collaborations are widespread across UW neuroscience departments in areas of imaging genetics to study the influence of gene x environment interactions and monitoring induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) activity.

    Office: T231 | Phone: 608-890-0750 | Email: bchristian@wisc.edu

Graduate Students

  • Tobey Betthauser is a medical physics graduate student whose research focuses on the characterization of novel PET radiotracers for imaging tau pathology related to Alzheimer’s Disease.

    Office: T229 | Phone: 608-890-2959 | Email: tbetthauser@wisc.edu

  • Matt Zammit is a medical physics graduate student whose research focuses on imaging biomarkers of neurodegeneration in the aging Down syndrome population.

    Office: T229 | Phone: 608-890-2959 | Email: mzammit@wisc.edu

  • Alexandra Difilippo is a medical physics graduate student whose research focuses on the development of automated methods for the production of PET radiopharmaceuticals and processing strategies for PET neuroligand studies.

    Office: T229 | Phone: 608-890-2959 | Email: adifilippo@wisc.edu

Lab Personnel

  • Andrew Higgins is the lab manager responsible for PET radiopharmaceutical quality control and data analysis, image processing, and publications.

    Office: T221 | Phone: 608-890-2959 | Email: athiggins@wisc.edu

  • Karly Cody is an associate research specialist responsible for the processing and analysis of the PET and MRI data and provides oversight for IRB-related protocol compliance.

    Office: T229 | Phone: 608-890-2959 | Email: cody3@wisc.edu

  • Barb Mueller is a PET/CT technologist responsible for subject safety and the collection of the PET imaging data.

    Office: T166 | Phone: 608-890-2959 | Email: bcmueller2@wisc.edu

Alumni

  • Nick Vandehey

    Following his doctoral defense (2009), he accepted a position as a postdoctoral fellow at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

  • Dustin Wooten

    Following his doctoral defense (2013), he accepted a position as a postdoctoral fellow at Massachusetts General Hospital’s Center for Advanced Medical Imaging Sciences in Boston.

  • Ansel Hillmer

    Following his doctoral defense (2014), he accepted a position as a postdoctoral fellow at Yale University.

  • Patick Lao

    Following his doctoral defense (2017), he accepted a position as a postdoctoral fellow at Columbia University.

Friends & Collaborators