Da Assessoria de Comunicação do Instituto de Física da USP:
Professor Kwan Ng (University of Malaysia), docente visitante do IFUSP em 2016, foi escolhido para receber o Marie Sklodowska-Curie Award 2018, maior prêmio da Área de Física Médica do mundo.
É com alegria que anunciamos que o prof. Kwan Ng, da University of Malaysia, acaba de receber o mais importante prêmio da área de Física Média do mundo.
O prof. Kwan foi visitante no IFUSP em 2016, tendo interagido muito com nossos alunos de graduação e pós-graduação, ministrou um colóquio e deixou importantes marcas em nosso Grupo. É um grande incentivador de jovens cientistas.
SOBRE O PROFESSOR KWAN NG:
Professor Ng Kwan Hoong, Department of Biomedical Imaging, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya is honored to be the recipient of the highest rank and the most prestigious award in medical physics – the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Award bestowed by the International Organization for Medical Physics (IOMP). He is the first scientist from a developing country to receive such an honour. He will be traveling to World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Prague, June 3-8 2018 to receive the award. This honour will certainly elevate the reputation of the University of Malaya and Malaysia.
SOBRE O PRÊMIO:
About the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Award
The Marie Sklodowska-Curie Award is established to honor scientists who have distinguished themselves by their contributions in:
1. education and training of medical physicists, medical students, medical residents, and allied health personnel;
2. advancement of medical physics knowledge based upon independent original research and/or development;
3. advancement of the medical physics profession in the IOMP adhering national and international organizations.
The past recipients are: Prof. John R Cameron, USA (2000), Prof. Andree Dutreix, France (2003), Prof. John R Cunningham, Canada (2006), Prof. Azam Niroomand-Rad, USA (2009), Prof. Charles A Mistretta, USA (2012), Prof. Colin Orton, USA (2015). All of them are very established and well-known scientists: For example, John Cameron is the inventor of the bone mineral densitometer (for detection of osteoporosis); Charles Mistretta is the inventor of digital subtraction angiography (the basis for cardiac angiography, interventional procedures); Colin Orton contributed significantly to applying radiobiology concept in radiotherapy.
Fonte das informações:
Prof. Dr. Paulo Roberto Costa
Grupo de Dosimetria das Radiações e Física Médica
Telefone: 3091-7005
E-mail: pcosta@if.usp.br
