The Mission Statement of the Society of Radiopharmaceutical Sciences (SRS) emphasizes that our Society is an “organization dedicated to the advancement of excellence in education and research in radiopharmaceutical sciences in the study and use of radiopharmaceuticals”. An important goal of the SRS is to provide an inclusive and supportive environment for early career trainees and scientists and increase the number of qualified professionals in our field. In this regard, the SRS provides support in the form of bursaries for students and post-doctoral fellows to participate in high quality national and international meetings and educational programs that are sponsored, co-sponsored or directly related to radiopharmaceutical sciences. These meetings and courses provide an outstanding learning environment to stimulate creative research discussions and provide a powerful educational tool for those new to the field. It is important to acknowledge the students and trainees who were selected to receive partial or full support from the SRS for participation in radiopharmaceutical science meetings and the educational programs. The intent of the SRS is to publish a list of students and post-doctoral fellows receiving SRS bursaries in the Nuclear Medicine and Biology Journal each year and post the list on the SRS web site to keep our membership informed about the extent SRS is contributing to our educational mission in this manner. The students and trainees receiving SRS support in 2009 are listed below and on the next page. The SRS gratefully acknowledges support provided by the Office of Science (BER), U.S. Department of Energy, Grant No. DE-FG02-09ER64740 for fifteen U.S. students and trainees to participate in the ISRS-2009 meeting.

The following students and trainees received support from the Office of Science (BER), U.S. Department of Energy, Grant No. DE-FG02-09ER64740:

Aaron L. Smith, Emory University
Ashley L. Fiamengo, Washington University School of Medicine
Brienne Bottenus, University of Missouri
Charles Glaus, Washington University School in St. Louis
Christopher P. Surdock, University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Hancheng Cai, University of Southern California
Heather Bigott-Hennkens, University of Missouri
Jai Woong Seo, UC Davis
Jonathan Engle, University of Wisconsin
Michael Pun, University of California, San Francisco
Shawn Pan, University of California – Berkeley
Stephanie Lane, University of Missouri-Columbia
Tapan Nayak, National Cancer Institute/National Institute of Health
Wone Woo Seo, Emory University
Yunjun Guo, Washington University in St.Louis

SRS Bursaries

Abd El-Galiel, The Methodist Hospital Research Institute
Andrea North, NIBIB\NIH
Ann-Marie Chacko, Institute for Environmental Medicine
Aurélie Maisonial, Université d'Auvergne
Babak Behnam Azad, University of Western Ontario
Bernd Dörner, University of Vienna
Bo Yeun Yang, Seoul National University
Brandon Buckway, University of Utah
Byung Seok Moon, Inha University
Carl Jenks, Washington University School of Medicine
Carsten Burchardt, Johannes-Gutenberg University Mainz
Cheong A. Park, Sogang University
Choong Mo Kang, Sungkyunkwan University
Cui. Mengchao, Beijing Normal University
Dag Erlend Olberg, University of Troms
Derya ilem, Ege University
Eftychia Koumarianou, Institute R-RP, NCSR “Demokritos”, Athens
Ethan R. Balkin, University of Missouri
Evelyn Laurens, The University of Melbourne
Evens Nele, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
H.J.C. Buiter, VU University Medical Center Amsterdam
Hanwen Zhang, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Hiroyuki Suzuki, Chiba University, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Hiroyuki Watanabe, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University
Iljung Lee, Sungkyunkwan University
Jan Andersson, Karolinska Institutet
Janice Kapty, Edmonton PET Center
Jason P. Holland, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Jennifer Hickey, University of Western Ontario
Jeong Chan Park, Kyungpook National University School of Medicine
Jiyun Shi, Peking University
Joern Schlesinger, Abo Akademi University
Johanna Rokka, University of Turku
Julie Wang, University of Pennsylvania
Junling Li, University of Florida
Kenneth Virgei N. Esguerra, London Health Sciences Center
Kentaro Hatanaka, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka
Kwang Yup Yoon, Sungkyunkwan University
Lachlan Campbell-Verduyn, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
Lena Koehler, Homi Bhabha National University
Lucy Jennings, Imperial College London
Majkowska Agnieszka, Institute of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology
Marco Fellner, Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Mark Theobald, Istanbul University,Turkey
Masaaki Tashiro, Biomolecular Recognition Chemistry, Kyushu University
Mayumi Okada, Biomolecular Recognition Chemisty, Kyushu University
Melchor Cantorias, University of Missouri-Columbia
Miguel Ernesto Martinez Pozo, University of Fukui, Biomedical Imaging Research Center
Narutaka Tsukui, Gunma University Graduate School of Engineering
Pandya Darpan, Kyungpook National University School of Medicine
Para Kan, University of Missouri
Ripen Misri, The University of British Columbia
Ryo Watanabe, Graduate School of Engineering, University of Fukui
Ryoichi Ikeoka, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University
Samar Haroun, Simon Fraser University
Sang Ju Lee, Sogang University
Sangram Nag, Karolinska Institutet
Semi Helin, University of Turku
Shigeki Watanabe, Quantum Beam Science Directorate, Japan Atomic Energy Agency
Shorouk Dannoon, University of Missouri-Columbia
Shuanglong Liu, Stanford University School of Medicine
Sjoerd Finnema. Karolinska Institutet
Song-Yi Lim, Sogang University
Steven Bird, Northeastern University, School of Pharmacy
Thomas Betzel, Johannes Gutenberg-University
Vasko Kramer, Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz
Wan-Jou Chen, National Tsing Hua University
Wei Hsin Hsu, National Tsing Hua University
Wonjung Kwak, Kyungpook National University
Xuehe Li, University of Washington
Yang Yang, Beijing Normal University
Yongjun Yan, Stanford University School of Medicine
Yu-En Cheng, National Tsing Hua University
Yuriko Saito, National Institute of Radiological Sciences