This year’s recipient is Heinrich R. Schelbert, MD, PhD, FACC.


Schelbert is the current George V. Taplin Professor at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. He is identified by his peers as a giant in the field of cardiology. With a plethora of seminal achievements as a pioneer in the development and application of PET and other nuclear cardiovascular technologies, he is a rare researcher who can truly claim the honor of witnessing the direct application of his experimental research to clinical care and improved patient outcome during his lifetime. His scientific achievements and contributions have become part of guidelines and standards for the practice of cardiovascular diseases.


Several hundred of Dr. Schelbert’s publications, mostly in very prestigious cardiovascular journals, had major impacts in the advancements of the diagnosis and characterization of coronary artery disease. Under Dr. Schelbert’s direction as editor-in chief, the Journal of Nuclear Medicine has soared to top in the ranking of all medical imaging journals in 2011.




ASRT
2012 Jean I. Widger Distinguished Author Award
The Widger award is named after longtime Radiologic Technology editor Jean I. Widger, and it honors the best peer-reviewed articles published in the Journal.

Laura Aaron, Ph.D., R.T.(R)(M)(QM); Pamela Simmons, Ph.D., R.N.; and Diane Graham-Webb, M.S.N., R.N., won the Widger award for their article “Academic Dishonesty and Unprofessional Behavior.” The article appeared in the November/December 2011 issue of ASRT’s peer-reviewed journal, Radiologic Technology. Their study investigated differences in perceptions of academic dishonesty and unprofessional behavior among radiologic science students and faculty members. The authors presented ethical scenarios and found significant differences between each group’s values regarding the seriousness of cheating and unprofessional behavior.

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