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