BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Invicro, a Konica Minolta company and a leading provider of imaging biomarkers, core lab services and software for research and drug development appoints Evan Morris, Ph.D. as VP of Scientific Imaging Research, New Haven.

With more than 25 years of translational research experience and an ongoing appointment as a tenured, full professor at Yale University, Dr. Morris will further strengthen Invicro’s leading market position in molecular imaging. Dr. Morris will be based out of Invicro’s New Haven site, offering support and technical direction for translational research, core lab analysis, clinical operations and chemistry services.

“We are extremely pleased to have Evan join Invicro’s leadership team,” stated Dr. Roger Gunn, EVP of Quantitative Data Sciences for Invicro and Professor of Molecular Neuro Imaging at Imperial College London. “With his vast international experience in radiology and biomedical imaging, Evan will bring immediate value to our pharma customers by helping to accelerate disease diagnostics and drug discoveries through the delivery of translational and core lab imaging.”
Dr. Morris has been a professor of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, Biomedical Engineering, and Psychiatry at Yale University for over 10 years focusing on functional brain imaging. Prior to Yale, Dr. Morris taught at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis. Dr. Morris is an expert in tracer kinetic modeling which is used to translate standard emission images into parametric images of physiology, biochemistry and pharmacology. He has conducted over 100 invited lectures and educational seminars, has numerous peer reviewed publications, and has served as the lead investigator on many interdisciplinary NIH- and industry-sponsored research projects involving imaging and medications development for neuropsychiatric diseases and cancer.

"Over the years, I have had the pleasure of visiting and interacting with Invicro personnel at the New Haven, Boston, and London sites. I have always been impressed by their sophistication, professionalism, and enthusiasm for the work. I am greatly looking forward to working alongside my new Invicro colleagues and their pharma sponsors,” said Dr. Morris. “Working with industry and advising them on their research that supports the development of novel therapies will be extremely rewarding and a natural progression from my earlier work on more basic questions in imaging and kinetic modeling."

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