Paul Maguire
Keynote speaker “PET is Wonderful” 2018

Paul is Senior Director and Molecular Imaging Lead in UCB Pharma Translational Medicine Neuroscience, Braine l’Alleud, Belgium. He received his BSc. from Paisley College of Technology and PhD from University of Surrey, UK and is MIPEM, MInstP and UK clinical scientist. He was previously Director and Head of Clinical Imaging at Novartis Basel, Switzerland and Director of Neuroimaging at Pfizer Global R&D, Groton, US. He has been leading the application of imaging and biomarkers in translational neurosciences for the past 14 years. His research interests include PET-PK modeling, molecular imaging probe development, neuronal activation as a target and mechanism biomarker, and atrophy measurements using structural MRI. In his earlier career 1990-2004 Paul was physicist in the PET program, Paul Scherrer Institute PET research program in Villigen, Switzerland, assistant professor and medical physicist at University Medical Center Groningen / University of Groningen.A short bio with personal history, key achievements, or an interesting fact.