Suzanne Lapi
Vice Chair of Research & Director of Radiochemistry Laboratory The University of Alabama at Birmingham
Suzanne E. Lapi, Ph.D. is currently a Professor of Radiology and Chemistry and Cyclotron Facility Director at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. She is also the Vice Chair of Research in the Department of Radiology. Her research interests are in the development and translation of new PET radionuclides and molecular imaging agents. She has over 150 publications and is PI on active research grants from NIH and DOE as well as industry partners. She oversees production of PET radionuclides and imaging radiopharmaceuticals for preclinical research and clinical trials. Her group holds 16 approved INDs and supplies 64Cu, 89Zr, 203Pb, 52Mn and other isotopes to groups across the USA and internationally. She is a Fellow of the SNMMI and a strong advocate of radiopharmaceutical sciences and the training of future nuclear and radiochemists at the graduate, postdoctoral and faculty levels.
As therapeutic isotope demand accelerates alongside clinical progression to later stage trials, many companies are confronting supply fragility. This workshop gathers an intimate group of senior supply chain, manufacturing, and CMC professionals to map real supply dependencies, stress-test their current supplier strategies, and leave with ideas to build an actionable resilience framework. Moving from peer input to structured exercises, this session addresses the realities of isotope scarcity today, and how teams can build smarter workflows before the next bottleneck hits.
Join this workshop to:
- Evaluate the supply maturity landscape for Lu-177, Ac-225, At-211, Pb-212, and emerging isotopes including Tb-161, and benchmark where your program sits against current production realities
- Discuss strategies for diversifying supply across reactor-based, cyclotron-based, and linear accelerator pathways, and assess the practical trade-offs of each for your pipeline stage
- Put on a ‘future-thinking’ lens to protect supply chains over the next 5-10 years
