Dr John Doan

Dr John Doan

Conjoint Lecturer

B.Sc. (Hons) Sydney 2006, Ph.D Sydney 2011, Certified Radiopharmaceutical Science Specialist.

Science
School of Chemistry

John is a Radiopharmaceutical Science Specialist and has expertise in the design, synthesis and characterisation of radiotracers for applications in human health. John completed his Ph.D. in 2011 at the University of Sydney in the field of Radiopharmaceutical Sciences as continued as a Post Doctoral Research at the University of Sydney from 2011-2013. Between 2013-2019 he then worked in industry at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Alliance Medical Radiopharmacy in the U.K., and King's College ...

Phone
+61 460 027 550
E-mail
john.doan1@unsw.edu.au
Location
The University of New South Wales Lowy Cancer Research Centre Kensington 2052 Australia Nuclear Medicine & PET/CT Department Prince of Wales Hospital Level 2 Campus Centre, Prince of Wales Hospital, High Street, Randwick NSW 2031

Radiopharmaceutical science is a multidisciplinary field encompassing chemistry, physics and biology. It is the science of incorporating a suitable radionuclide into a pharmaceutical or other biologically active molecule in vivo physiological or biochemical processes. The resulting radiopharmaceuticals are used in the diagnostic imaging or therapy of patients with various diseases.

I have an interest in the development of radiopharmaceuticals with potential clinical applications in various fields including oncology and neurology.  My role at the Department of Nuclear Medicine and PET, Prince of Wales Hospital is to provide the radiopharmaceutical clinical service for diagnosis of various diseases.

As a Conjoint Lecturer in the School of Chemistry and a National Imaging Facility Radiochemistry Fellow my role is to develop new radiochemistry techniques, tools and radiotracers for various industry including health and industrial applications that could enhance the growing field of Radiopharmaceutical Sciences.