Affiliation: Washington University School of Medicine, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology

Dr. Monica Shokeen is an associate professor of radiology at the Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology (MIR), Washington University School of Medicine. Dr. Shokeen received her BSc in Chemistry Honors from the University of Delhi, India; her MBA from Kurukshetra University, India; and her Ph.D. in Chemistry from Washington University in Saint Louis. She completed her postdoctoral training in nanomedicine and radiochemistry at the Washington University School of Medicine. She joined the Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine as an assistant professor on tenure track in 2014.

Dr. Shokeen’s laboratory investigates the biology of bone-damaging cancers such as multiple myeloma. Her lab designs molecules and employs molecularly targeted imaging approaches across modalities to evaluate disease pathogenesis. Dr. Shokeen directs the Molecular Imaging Center and is the vice chair of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice at MIR. She is a prolific educator, course director, and inductee of the Academy of Educators. She serves on several institutional leadership committees and national and international review panels.