News & Events

Dean's Workshop to be Held November 30th. The impressive molecular imaging capabilities of the new state-of-the-art PET Center will be featured at the next Dean's Workshop on Friday, November 30th. The event, entitled, "A Window into the Body: Molecular Imaging with Positron Emission Tomography," will be held in the Anlyan Center Auditorium at 300 Cedar Street from 1:30-3:30 pm. more...

“State-of-the-Art” Yale PET Center Opens January 18, 2007. New Haven, Conn. — A ribbon-cutting ceremony for the state-of-the-art Yale Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Research Center for molecular imaging takes place today at the Anlyan Center Auditorium, 300 Cedar St. more…

“New PET Center Will Aid Drug Development.” Pet scans unveil biological processes in living human body. Although molecular medicine has made striking advances in recent years, for many diseases physicians are still stumbling in the dark, able to glean clues to a therapy’s effectiveness only by studying changes in symptoms. more…

“PET Center Offers” new tools for diagnosis and treatment. At Yale’s new Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Center, researchers hope to bring light into this darkness by discovering novel diagnostic tools for otherwise hidden molecular abnormalities and speeding development of new medications. more…

Awards & Honors

Richard E. Carson, PhD receives 2007 Kuhl-Lassen Award. The Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM) presented Richard E. Carson, PhD with the Kuhl-Lassen Award for Brain Imaging on June 3, 2007. Dr. Carson, Professor of Diagnostic Radiology and Biomedical Engineering, and Acting Director of the Yale University PET Center, presented his award lecture, “Quantitative Neuroreceptor Imaging with PET: Madness in the Methods or Method to the Madness,” at the 54th Annual SNM meeting held in Washington, DC. more…