Scientific Officer

Dr. Pradip Chaudhari

Scientific Officer 'G'

Honors and Recognitions

• Brigadier SK Mazumdar OrationAward of the Society of Nuclear Medicine (India) 2020 in recognition of excellent academic and research contribution in the field of Nuclear Medicine and the related disciplines during 52nd Annual Conference of the Society of Nuclear Medicine-India (SNMICON) held at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Raipur, India (December 11-13, 2020), 2020

• Ad-hoc Specialist of AAALAC International (USA) to promote humane treatment of animals in science through voluntary accreditation and assessment programs. (2nd Term), 2020-2024

• Tata Education and Development TrustTravel fellowship for visiting Flint Animal Cancer Centre, Colorado State University, USA (October 1-12, 2018), 2018

• Ad-hoc Specialist of AAALAC International (USA) to promote humane treatment of animals in science through voluntary accreditation and assessment programs, 2017-2020

• Visiting Faculty - Mumbai University, Mumbai, 2010-2015

• Adjunct Faculty - Dept of Veterinary Nuclear Medicine Centre, Maharashtra Animal and Fishery Sciences University Bombay Veterinary College, Mumbai, 2007

• Spokesperson DAE VISION 2020 (DAE Collective Vision for The Future) Radioisotopes and Nuclear Technology Applications in Animal Health and Production (April 14, 2004), 2004

• BOYSCAST Fellowship – of Department of Science and Technology to conduct research work at Frederic Joliot-Curie National Research Institute of Radiobiology and Radiohygiene, Dept. of Applied Radioisotopes, Budapest, Hungary, 2001-2002

• Young Surgeon Award of the Indian Society of Veterinary Surgery for research paper entitled ‘Radionuclide bone scan: Sensitive tool for diagnosis and management of canine bone disorders’ at 22nd Congress of ISVS, Bhubaneshwar, (November 1998), 1998

• Young Scientist Award - of Indian Society for Nuclear Technology in Animal Sciences for research paper entitled “Beginning of Veterinary Nuclear Medicine in India: First experience”, 1998

• Junior Research Fellowship - National Dairy Development Board (NDDB, Anand), 1992-1994 

Research Interests

• Comparative oncology dealing with spontaneous cancer in pet animals
• Veterinary Oncology and nuclear medicine
• Multimodality preclinical imaging (microPET/SPECT and CT) for rodent models
• Diagnostic and therapeutic and radiopharmaceutical  development
• Animal model development for various disease conditions such as cancer, chronic rheumatoid arthritis, bone metastasis, osteoporosis, hepatic shut, inflammation, diabetes, renal hypertension
• Nuclear medicine image based analysis and quantitation