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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

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

Ben Jeurissen, Ph.D.

07 September 2020
Together with an international team of scientists, Ben Jeurissen used MRI scans to reveal how the brain adapts to life in space:
Article 1 | Article 2 | Article 3

2019

Mark Griswold, Ph.D.

15 July 2019
Microsoft Quantum Algorithm Boosts Medical Imaging

Derek K. Jones, Ph.D.

04 February 2019
CUBRIC Director awarded MBE

2018

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.

2015

31 December 2015
Peter Morris, Ph.D., M.A.

Honour for University of Nottingham academic

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

2013

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

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

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

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