From the December 2011 issue of HealthCare Business News magazine
This year’s recipient, Sanjiv Sam Gambhir, is the Virginia & D.K. Ludwig Professor of Radiology, Bioengineering, and Materials Science & Engineering at Stanford University, where he also serves as director of the Molecular Imaging Program and head of the Nuclear Medicine Division and chair of the Stanford University School of Medicine Department of Radiology. Additionally, Gambhir heads up the Canary Center at Stanford for Cancer Early Detection.
An internationally recognized researcher in molecular imaging, Gambhir’s work has focused on interrogating fundamental molecular events in living subjects. He has developed and clinically translated several multimodality molecular imaging strategies, including imaging of gene and cell therapies. He has also developed strategies for Raman and photoacoustic molecular imaging. Gambhir has published more than 400 papers in the field of nuclear medicine and has over 30 patents pending or approved.
In 2009, Gambhir received the SNM’s Paul C. Aebersold Award for outstanding achievement in basic nuclear medicine science. Among his other awards are the 2009 Outstanding Researcher Award from the Radiological Society of North America, the Distinguished Clinical Scientist Award from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, the Holst Medal, the Tesla Medal, and the Hounsfield Medal from Imperial College, London. He also became one of the youngest elected members to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies in 2008.
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SNM’s 2011 Aebersold Award for Outstanding Achievement in Basic Nuclear Medicine Science: Markus Schwaiger
Markus Schwaiger, MD, director of nuclear medicine at Klinikum rechts der Isar of Technical University of Munich in Germany, has been named as this year’s recipient of the prestigious Paul C. Aebersold Award. The award recognizes outstanding achievement in basic science applied to nuclear medicine and was first awarded in 1973.
Schwaiger, a faculty member at the Technical University of Munich since 1993, has focused research efforts on nuclear cardiology and has played a pivotal role in the validation of numerous target-specific molecular probes. In addition to his work in cardiology, Schwaiger has contributed greatly to the field of oncology, developing cancer research programs on the use of FDG PET to monitor treatment response.
