Assistant Prof. Dr. Jingjing Zhang
Dr. Jingjing Zhang, MD, PhD, is an Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) in the Department of Diagnostic Radiology at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS). She also holds a joint appointment as an Assistant Professor at the Clinical Imaging Research Centre, Centre for Translational Medicine, and serves as the Principal Investigator for the Nanomedicine Translational Research Programme at NUS. Additionally, she is the Dean of Research at the International Centers for Precision Oncology (ICPO) Academy in Wiesbaden, Germany.
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Dr. Zhang received her MBBS degree and a Bachelor of Arts in German from Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Tongji Medical College, China in 2010. She then pursued a PhD and post-graduate MD in Nuclear Medicine at the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, completing her studies in 2015. Between 2015 and 2017, she worked as a Nuclear Medicine Physician at the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College Hospital in Beijing, China. Her postdoctoral training included a Visiting Fellowship at the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, MD, USA, from 2014 to 2015, and a Research Fellowship at the THERANOSTICS Center for Molecular Radiotherapy and Precision Oncology at Zentralklinik Bad Berka in Germany from 2017 to 2020.
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With an extensive background in nuclear medicine and molecular imaging, Dr. Zhang has focused her research on radiotheranostics. Her pioneering work has led to numerous first-in-human molecular probe studies and clinical trials, significantly advancing the field. Her prolific research output has been widely published in top-tier scientific journals. Her outstanding contributions to the field have earned her numerous accolades, including the Young Researcher of the Year Award for 2024 from the National University of Singapore, the SNMMI International Best Abstract Award, and the Thomas O’Dorisio Young Investigator Award in NETs, among others.
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Actively involved in the professional community, Dr. Zhang is a member of various prestigious societies, including the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI), the European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM), the Chinese American Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (CASNMMI), and the World Association of Radionuclide and Molecular Therapy (WARMTH). She also contributes to the scientific community as a referee for several respected journals, such as Clinical Nuclear Medicine, the Journal of Nuclear Medicine, and Theranostics.