{"id":34988,"date":"2026-04-22T10:38:25","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T15:38:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cancer.wisc.edu\/research\/?p=34988"},"modified":"2026-04-22T10:42:37","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T15:42:37","slug":"bringing-theranostics-to-life-at-science-expeditions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cancer.wisc.edu\/research\/bringing-theranostics-to-life-at-science-expeditions\/","title":{"rendered":"Bringing Theranostics to Life at Science Expeditions"},"content":{"rendered":"
On Sunday, April 12, Lauren Wehner and MJ Lindsey ran a booth for the Annual Science Expeditions open house held each year at UW-Madison to teach kids about radiation detection, nuclear medicine, and debunk some common misconceptions. This event features tons of booths, talks, and lab tours.<\/div>\n
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The booth was titled, “Envisioning a Rad Future: Discovering and Debunking Radiation.” They had a stuffed bear and a very makeshift “PET\/CT” with anatomical scans for the bear to take kids through the process of theranostics in which patients receive an imaging agent for diagnostics followed by a therapeutic agent. Kids loved giving the bear his medicine and interpreting the scans.<\/div>\n
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They also had Geigers loaned by rad safety to teach about detection and what radiation is along with some posters teaching about environment and medicinal sources of radioactivity and a poster about ITPT, careers, and the inspiring interview graphics designed by Lyna Dinh. The kids went crazy for the nuclear medicine themed stickers too! Info on science expeditions: https:\/\/science.wisc.edu\/science-expeditions\/<\/a><\/div>\n
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