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Andrea Varrone is a Professor of Molecular Positron Emission Tomography (PET) at Karolinska Institutet’s Department of Clinical Neuroscience. He leads the Molecular Brain Imaging of Neurodegenerative Disorders research group, focusing on developing imaging biomarkers for neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson’s, Huntington’s, and Alzheimer’s. His work emphasizes α-synuclein pathology, neuroinflammation, and synaptic dysfunction. Varrone holds a Medical Degree from the University of Naples Federico II (1994) and a PhD in Functional Radioisotopic Imaging from Sapienza University of Rome (2003), with postdoctoral training at Yale University. He has held academic roles since 2001, including Docent (2012) and Lektor (2012) at Karolinska before becoming Professor in 2023. His research has received grants from the Swedish Research Council, Michael J. Fox Foundation, and others.
- Education: MD (1994), PhD (2003), Postdoc at Yale (1997–2000)
- Academic Positions: Researcher (2001–2007), Forskare (2011–2012), Docent (2012), Lektor (2012–2023)
Research interests include novel PET radioligand development (e.g., [18F]FE-PE2I for Parkinson’s diagnosis), translational imaging, and neurodegenerative mechanisms. He has pioneered methods for PET quantification and validated imaging tools for disease progression assessment. Teaching responsibilities include postgraduate courses on PET imaging of the CNS and molecular neuroimaging in psychiatry research.
Key awards include the EANM Eckert & Ziegler Award (2008), Blue Ribbon Abstract (2014), and a Plenary Lecture at the European Association of Nuclear Medicine (2019). Ongoing grants focus on synaptic vesicle glycoprotein imaging and α-synuclein biomarkers.
