| Ronald Jaszczak,
Professor of Radiology and Biomedical Engineering at Duke University
received the 2006 Edward J. Hoffman Medical Imaging Scientist Award
for his important and sustained lifetime contributions to nuclear
and medical imaging sciences, particularly single-photon emission
computed tomography. Dr. Jaszczak also received the 2000 Paul C.
Aebersold Award from the Society of Nuclear Medicine for his outstanding
contributions in basic science applied to Nuclear Medicine, and,
in 2004, he received the Outstanding Alumni Award from the Physics
Department of the School of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University
of Florida.
Ronald Jaszczak received the Bachelor of Science degree in Physics
from the University of Florida. In 1968, he received the Doctor
of Philosophy degree in Physics from the University of Florida.
During his career he has worked in academia, private industry, and
with the federal government. He was awarded a U.S. Atomic Energy
Commission (AEC) Postdoctoral Fellowship at Oak Ridge National Laboratory
in 1968. He was recruited to Duke University Medical Center in 1979
as an Associate Professor in the Department of Radiology. In 1989,
he was promoted to Professor of Radiology. He was promoted to Professor
of Biomedical Engineering in 1992.
Professor Jaszczak is a Fellow in the Institute of Electrical and
Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and has served the IEEE Nuclear and
Plasma Sciences Society (NPSS) in many administrative capacities,
including President (1997-98). He has authored or co-authored over
300 peer-reviewed journal articles, conference proceedings, book
chapters and patents. His research interests are in the field of
medical imaging science. Dr. Jaszczak has made major contributions
to nuclear medicine, in particular to the development, characterization
and understanding of single photon emission computed tomography
(SPECT); he is credited with coining the term SPECT, which is widely
used in referring to this imaging modality. He designed and built
early prototype SPECT imaging systems. His current research interests
at Duke are directed toward investigating new approaches for improving
quantitative SPECT imaging and toward the application of these improvements
to specific clinical imaging tasks. In 1981, he and his wife, Nancy,
co-founded Data Spectrum Corporation (DSC) in Hillsborough, NC,
a leading manufacturer of quality assurance and research phantoms
for the nuclear medical imaging community.
Ron Jaszczak can be reached at Duke University Medical Center, Department
of Radiology/Nuclear Medicine, Durham, NC 27710-0001 USA; Phone
+1 919 684 7685; Fax: +1 919 684 7122; E-mail: rjj@dec3.duhs.duke.edu
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