Awards

The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging recognized 17 new SNMMI Fellows on Monday, June 14, during a plenary session at the society's 2021 Annual Meeting, held virtually June 11-15. The SNMMI Fellowship was established in 2016 to recognize distinguished service to the society as well as exceptional achievement in the field of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging. It is among the most prestigious formal recognitions available to long-time SNMMI members.

Steven M. Larson, M.D., has been named the 2021 recipient of the prestigious Paul C. Aebersold Award. The award was announced by the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) during its 2021 Annual Meeting.

Thomas J. Ruth, PhD, FRSC, FSRS, a scientist known for his contributions to nuclear medicine and nuclear chemistry, has been named as this year's recipient of the Georg Charles de Hevesy Nuclear Pioneer Award. Ruth was presented the award by the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) at its 2021 Annual Meeting.

Professor Jim Al-Khalili, Professor of Theoretical Physics and Distinguished Chair in physics at the University of Surrey as well as a university chair in public engagement in science, has been awarded a CBE for outstanding services to science and public engagement in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics).

One of only seven women to win the Linnean Medal for Zoology since its inception in 1888, Mary Jane West Eberhard, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute emerita, significantly advanced evolutionary theory by unifying developmental plasticity and genetics.

One of the world's most influential reproductive scientists, Patricia Kilroy Donahoe, M.D., FACS, will receive the 2021 Jacobson Innovation Award of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) during a virtual event to be held in her honor this evening.

Sreedhar Upendram, assistant professor in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics at the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture, has received the 2021 Bonnie Teater Community Development Early Career Achievement Award from the Southern Rural Development Center.

Calcified Tissue International has announced the top 10 most impactful papers of 2019, as cited in 2019/2020. The authors of each of these outstanding papers were been recognized with certificates of publishing excellence. The papers will be made freely accessible for download for a period of three months, until August 31, 2021.