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Keep track of your colleagues as they receive awards, accept appointments and gain recognition around the globe. To submit your newsworthy item, please email supervisor@ismrm.org.
2022
ISMRM discusses helium shortage
28 October 2022
Denis Le Bihan, M.D., Ph.D.
07 October 2022
Awarded the Béclère Medal at the meeting of the French Society of Radiology for pioneering work on Diffusion MRI.
Hiroyuki Fujita, Ph.D.
19 May 2022
Elected Chairman of the Board of Trustees at The Ohio State University
2021
Mark Lythgoe, Ph.D.
19 October 2021
Awarded the Royal Society of Medicine Ellison–Cliffe Award 2021
Denis Le Bihan, M.D., Ph.D. and Peter J. Basser, Ph.D.
16 February 2021
Technology Award 2021 of the Eduard Rhein Foundation
2020
Penny A. Gowland, Ph.D.
02 November 2020
2020 Peter Mansfield Medal and Prize recipient
Richard W. Bowtell, Ph.D., M.A.
02 November 2020
2020 James Joule Medal and Prize recipient
Kevin M. Brindle, D.Phil.
29 April 2020
Outstanding scientists elected as Fellows and Foreign Members of the Royal Society
Hiroyuki Fujita, Ph.D.
16 January 2020
Cleveland Clinic Names New Chair of Hillcrest Hospital’s Board of Trustees
2019
Roderic Pettigrew, M.D., Ph.D.
17 October 2019Dr. Roderic Pettigrew receives esteemed National Academy of Engineering award
Mark Griswold, Ph.D.
15 July 2019
Microsoft Quantum Algorithm Boosts Medical Imaging
Vikas Gulani, M.D., Ph.D.
21 June 2019
World-renowned radiology expert named chair of U-M Department of Radiology
Nola Hylton, Ph.D.
04 April 2019
Nola Hylton, PhD, Recognized as 2019 SBI Honorary Fellow
Derek K. Jones, Ph.D.
04 February 2019
CUBRIC Director awarded MBE
2018
Hiroyuki Fujita, Ph.D.
28 November 2018
Hiroyuki Fujita appointed by the Japanese government as the new Honorary Consul of Japan in Cleveland
Pia Maly Sundgren, M.D., Ph.D.
14 October 2018
Pia Maly Sundgren, professor of radiology, was awarded “The Nelson Mandela Gold Medal 2018” and named honorary member of the South Africa Radiology Society. Pia has for several years supported South African radiology in several respects. She received the medal for “her unique and extraordinary contribution and support to Radiology Education in South Africa.”
2017
Derek K. Jones, Ph.D.
04 July 2017
BBC News: Cardiff Brain Scanner (video)
Jeffrey L. Duerk, Ph.D.
01 June 2017
New Provost of University of Miami
Raquel del Carpio-O’Donovan, M.D., FRCPC
10 March 2017
Recipient of the 2017 Gold Medal of the Canadian Association of Radiologists
2016
David A. Bluemke, M.D., Ph.D.
11 November 2016
New Editor of RSNA Radiology
Mark Griswold, Ph.D.
22 September 2016
HoloAnatomy app for Microsoft’s HoloLens augmented reality (AR) headset landed first place for the immersive virtual reality and augmented reality category during the 2016 Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival Science Media Awards competition.
Derek K. Jones, Ph.D.
07 June 2016
Europe’s biggest brain imaging centre opened by Queen
Hundreds greet the Queen as she unveils Cardiff University’s £44m brain imaging centre
2015
31 December 2015
Peter Morris, Ph.D., M.A.
Dr. Vivian Lee, M.D., Ph.D., M.B.A.
19 October 2015
High Honor for the U of U Medical School’s Vivian S. Lee: Election to the National Academy of Medicine
07 September 2015
What Are a Hospital’s Costs? Utah System Is Trying to Learn
2014
Felix W. Wehrli, Ph.D.
24 April 2014
Awarded Honorary Doctorate
Denis Le Bihan, M.D., Ph.D.
21 January 2014
Awarded the 2014 Louis-Jeantet Prize for Medicine
Jürgen K. Hennig, Ph.D.
13 January 2014
Awarded Honorary Doctorate
Orlando P. Simonetti, Ph.D.
01 January 2014
President of the Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (2014)
2013
Jonathan Lewin, M.D.
01 October 2013
Appointed Senior Vice President of Integrated Healthcare Delivery
Rama Jayasundar, Ph.D.
June 2013
Women and Technological Innovation National Award (2013) for achievements and original, innovative applications of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Spectroscopy
Bhartiya Stree Shakti National Conference, Indore, India
Hiroyuki Fujita, Ph.D.
20 May 2013
Quality Electrodynamics Receives Presidential Award for Exports
Dan Ma, Vikas Gulani, Nicole Seiberlich, Kecheng Liu, Jeffrey Sunshine, Jeffrey Duerk and Mark Griswold
20 March 2013
New MRI method fingerprints tissues and diseases, potentially leading to earlier, quicker diagnoses
Also see article on nature.com
Hiroyuki Fujita, Ph.D.
14 March 2013
Appointed to the U.S. Manufacturing Council
2012
Norbert, J. Pelc, Sc.D.
09 February 2012
Elected to National Academy of Engineering
Hiroyuki Fujita, Ph.D.
24 January 2012
Invited to attend 2012 State of the Union Address
2011
Ulrike Dydak, Ph.D.
29 November 2011
Outstanding New Environmental Scientist Award (ONES)
Jeffrey L. Duerk, Ph.D.
15 November 2011
Appointed new Dean of the Case School of Engineering
Herbert Y. Kressel, M.D.
27 October 2011
RSNA Gold Medal Award Recipient
Hiroyuki Fujita, Ph.D.
03 October 2011
American Physical Society (APS) names top five high tech job creation companies in America
Vivian S. Lee, M.D., Ph.D., M.B.A.
01 July 2011
Appointed University of Utah Senior Vice President for Health Sciences
Christine L. MacDonald, Ph.D.
01 June 2011
Brain Injuries Are Seen in New Scans of Veterans
Gregory Sorenson, M.D.
12 May 2011
Appointed to Head Siemens Healthcare U.S. and Canada Organizations
Rola Shaheen, M.D., F.R.C.P.C.
April 2011
Appointed the Susan G. Komen Regional Director for the Middle East
(announcement excerpted from the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Radical Views newsletter)
David Feinberg, M.D., Ph.D.
10 March 2011
Superfast MRI Technology Helps Map Human Brain
John C. Gore, Ph.D.
09 February 2011
John Gore elected to National Academy of Engineering
2010
Matt A. Bernstein, Ph.D.
20 December 2010
Matthew A. Bernstein Appointed MRM Editor-in-Chief