Andrea Varrone#
| Membership Number: | 7614 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHYSIOLOGY & NEUROSCIENCE |
| Elected: | 2026 |
| Main Country of Residence: | SWEDEN |
| Homepage(s): | https://ki.se/en/people/andrea-varrone |
| ORCID: | 0000-0001-8281-4435 |
| Publication Link: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/andrea.varrone.1/bibliography/public/ |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2023-09-01 - present Professor of Molecular PET, Karolinska Institutet, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Centre for Psychiatry Research, 85% Head of Division of Imaging Core Facilities, Karolinska Institutet, Department of Clinical Neuroscience
- Scientific Director of Core Facilities Brain Molecular Imaging Centre (BMIC), Radiopharmacy Core Facility (RCF) and Autoradiography (ARG) RALF (Radiologisk Ledningsfunktion), Stockholm Health Care Services, 15%
- 2020 - 2023 Lead Specialist and Director, Clinical Biomarkers Department, H. Lundbeck A/S, Copenhagen, Denmark
- 2012 - 2023 Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Nuclear Medicine, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Center for Psychiatry Research, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. 100% on leave of absence between 2020-11-09 and 2023-08-31.
- 2013 - 2023 RALF (Radiologisk Ledningsfunktion), Stockholm Health Care Services, 15% as and 10% as FoUU Coordinator for PET until 2020-11-07. From 2021-10-01 to 2023-02-28, 4% employment
- 2011-06-01 - 2013-05-31 Senior Researcher, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Center for Psychiatry Research, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
- 2007-06-01 - 2011-05-31 Forskarassistent, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Center for Psychiatry Research, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm Brain Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
- Dec 2001 - June 2007 Research Scientist, Biostructure and Bioimaging Institute, National Research Council, Naples, Italy
- Dec 2000 - Dec 2001 Research collaborator with National Research Council, “Centro C.N.R. per la Medicina Nucleare” of Naples, Italy
- Aug 1997- Aug 2000 Post-doctoral Associate Departments of Psychiatry and Diagnostic Radiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, and VA Connecticut, West Haven, CT, USA
Fields of Scholarship
- Molecular imaging
- Positron emission tomography
- Neuroimaging
- Radioligand development
- Neurodegenerative disorders
- Parkinson
- Neuroscience
Honours and Awards
- 2019 - 2020 and from Sept 2023: Scientific Director of the Core Facility Brain Molecular Imaging Centre (BMIC), Karolinska Institutet
- 2024 Scientific Director, Autoradiography Core Facility (ARG) and Radiopharmacy Core Facility (RCF), Karolinska Institutet
- 2019 Plenary Lecture, European Association of Nuclear Medicine Congress
- 2018 Research group leader, Molecular brain imaging of neurodegenerative disorders
- 2014 Blue Ribbon selected abstract Movement Disorder Society Congress
- 2011 Grant Award for Senior researcher, Karolinska Institutet (Dnr 1060/10-607)
- 2008 EANM Eckert & Ziegler Abstract Award
- 2005 Short-term mobility Program, National Research Council. Two-month Research period at the Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet.
- 1997 Associazione Leonardo di Capua, Yale University School of Medicine
