Mathew L. Thakur, PhD
Office address
1020 Locust Street
Suite 359JAH
Philadelphia, PA 19107-5244
Tel # 215-503-7874
Fax # 215-923-9245
email: Mathew.Thakur@mail.tju.edu
Position/title
- Director, Radiopharmaceutical Research & Nuclear Medicine Research
- Professor of Radiology
- Professor of Radiation Oncology & Nuclear Medicine
- Member, Kimmel Cancer Center
Divisional affiliations
- Radiology
- Radiation Oncology
Training & Degrees
- BS – Bombay University – Chemistry
- MSc – London University –Analytical Chemistry
- PhD – London University – Radiochemistry
Radiological Areas of Expertise
- Nuclear Medicine
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Research Interests
- Breast cancer diagnosis
- Breast cancer treatment
- Prostate cancer diagnosis
- Prostate cancer treatment
- Pancreatic cancer diagnosis
- Pancreatic cancer treatment
- Imaging infection
- Imaging venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism
- Imaging gene expression
Current Grants
- National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- Department of Energy (DOE)
- Various biotechnology companies
Publications
- Papers: 154
- Abstracts: 142
- Book chapters: 36
- Books: 4
Awards
- American Chemical Society Maurice Chamberland Award for "Contributions to the improvement of the quality of life through chemistry"
- The Society of Nuclear Medicine Paul Aebersold Award for "Outstanding Achievement in Basic Science Applied to Nuclear Medicine"
- The Society of Nuclear Medicine India V. Sarabhai Oration Award for "Brilliant Accomplishments in the field of Radiopharmaceuticals”
- The Indo-American Society of Nuclear Medicine Lifetime Achievement Award for “Outstanding Contributions to Nuclear Medicine”
- The Society of Nuclear Medicine Georg de Hevesy Award for “Outstanding Contributions to the Field of Nuclear Medicine”
- The Society of Nuclear Medicine Greater New York and New England Chapter Berson-Yalow Award for “Outstanding Contributions
to the Field of Nuclear Medicine”
National and International Organizations
- President, International Society of Radiolabeled Blood Elements (ISORBE)
- President, Indo-American Society of Nuclear Medicine (IASNM)
Editorial Board
- Advisory Editor to Nuclear Medicine Communications 1979 - present
- Member of the Editorial Board of The International Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Biology 1987 - present
- Member of the Editorial Board of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine 1993 - present
- Member of the Editorial Board of The Journal of the Indian Association of Clinical Medicine 1995 – present
- Member of the Editorial Board of The Journal Labelled Compounds and Radiopharmaceuticals 1999 – present
- Member of the Editorial Board of The European Journal of Nuclear Medicine 1992 – present
- Member of the Editorial Board of Cancer Research 1998-2000
