Nicolas Tournier PharmD, PhD

Nicolas Tournier (PhD, PharmD) is hospital pharmacist and pharmacologist at the Centre Hospitalier Frédéric Joliot (CEA/SHFJ) in Orsay (France). He leads the Clinical Applications group of the IMIV research unit (Imagerie Moléculaire in Vivo - UMR 1023 Inserm/CEA/Université Paris Sud/Université Paris Saclay - ERL 9218 CNRS). The main aim of this group is to promote the clinical translation of original imaging probes and systems and develop their clinical applications. Their work builds upon the concept of pharmacological and pharmacokinetic imaging. They notably use radiolabeled analogs of drugs to study the impact of membrane transporters on tissue distribution and elimination and estimate the corresponding risk of drug-drug interactions. To that end, the team benefits from a translational and multidisciplinary environment, making the best of recent developments in radiochemistry, medical physics, molecular imaging, nuclear medicine, and pharmacokinetics.