AAWR Announces Awards

Katherine Shaffer, M.D.	Ellen Wolf, M.D.
Dame Janet Husband, D.B.E.,F. Med.Sci., F.R.C.P., F.R.C.R.	Ann Klopp, M.D.
Zhongxing Liao, M.D.	Christine Glastonbury, M.B.B.S.

The American Association for Women Radiologists (AAWR) recently gave its Marie Sklodowska-Curie Award to Katherine “Kay” Shaffer, M.D., a professor
of radiology at the Medical College of Wisconsin.

Also honored at the AAWR luncheon during RSNA 2007 were:

Ellen Wolf, M.D., professor of clinical radiology, vice-chief of the Department of Radiology and chief of gastrointestinal radiology at Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine—Alice Ettinger Distinguished Achievement Award

Dame Janet Husband, D.B.E., F.Med.Sci., F.R.C.P., F.R.C.R., of the Royal Marsden National Health Service Foundation Trust and Institute of Cancer Research—President’s Award

Ann Klopp, M.D., radiation oncology resident at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center—Eleanor Montague Distinguished Resident Award in Radiation Oncology

The AAWR Research & Education Foundation announced professional development awards for Zhongxing Liao, M.D., and Christine Glastonbury, M.B.B.S. The foundation presented Member-in-Training Awards for Outstanding RSNA Presentations in Diagnostic Radiology to Asako Miyakoshi, M.D., and Z. Jane Wang, M.D., and a research seed grant to Yvonne Lui, M.D.

RSNA Represented on Biomarkers Consortium Committees

Daniel C. Sullivan, M.D.	Vivian S. Lee, M.D.
A. Gregory Sorensen, M.D.

RSNA Science Advisor Daniel C. Sullivan, M.D., is among those named to represent RSNA on steering committees of The Biomarkers Consortium. Dr. Sullivan will serve the Cancer Steering Committee.

Vivian S. Lee, M.D., of NYU Medical Center in New York, was named to the Metabolic Disorders Steering Committee. A. Gregory Sorensen, M.D., of Massachusetts General Hospital, is a member of the Neuroscience Steering Committee.

Founded in 2006, the consortium seeks to harmonize approaches to identifying and verifying viable biomarkers, to accelerate delivery of technologies, medicines and therapies for successful prevention, early detection, diagnosis and treatment of disease.

Kalender Receives European Latsis Prize

Willi A. Kalender, Ph.D., has received the European Latsis Prize of the European Science Foundation. A professor and director of the Institute of Medical Physics at the Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen in Nürnberg, Germany, Dr. Kalender was recognized for his achievements in developing, testing and establishing spiral CT.

Willi A. Kalender, Ph.D.

The European Latsis Prize, valued at 100,000 Swiss francs (€65,000) is financed by the Geneva-based Latsis Foundation and awarded by the ESF to an individual or group who, in the opinion of their peers, has made the greatest contribution to a particular field of European research.

Dr. Kalender was scheduled to receive the European Latsis Prize in a ceremony at the ESF Science Policy Conference in Strasbourg, France, on Nov. 29. He accepted the prize via satellite from RSNA 2007, where he was a presenter at numerous sessions.

ABII Officers Named

Richard L. Morin, Ph.D.

The American Board of Imaging Informatics (ABII) has elected Richard L. Morin, Ph.D., of the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Fla., as its first chair. Charged with setting policy for the Certified Imaging Informatics Professional (CIIP) program and overseeing organization operations, the ABII Board of Trustees is made up of three appointees from the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM), three appointed by the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT) and a public member not employed in the field of imaging informatics.

Edward I. Bluth, M.D., is vice-chair of the ABII board and Paul Nagy, Ph.D., is secretary. The ABII treasurer is Chuck Socia, R.T.(R)(CT)(QM)(ARRT), CIIP.

ABII also recently announced that 96 candidates took the first computer-based CIIP examination last September. For more information about the CIIP program and examination, go to www.abii.org.