Английская Википедия:Hedvig Hricak

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Шаблон:Infobox scientist Hedvig Hricak was born in 1946, in Zagreb, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia and earned her MD degree from the School of Medicine, University of Zagreb in 1970.[1] She was Chairman of the Department of Radiology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center from November 1999 to January 2023.[2][3] She is professor of radiology at the Weill Medical College of Cornell University.[4]

Biography

Hricak earned her medical degree from the School of Medicine, University of Zagreb in 1970.[5] In 1982 Hricak joined the faculty of University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), where she became professor of radiology, radiation oncology, urology and gynecology.[5] While at UCSF, she earned her Dr. Med. Sc./Ph.D. from the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden.[5] In 1999, she became chairman of the Department of Radiology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK).[6] Hricak's past roles include as the president, Radiological Society of North America, 2009-2010[5]

In June 2021, Hricak chaired the National Academies committee that wrote the report endorsing NASA's proposal to revise current radiation exposure limits for astronauts. This would set a single, lifetime limit of allowable exposure for astronauts, rather than keeping limits based on age and gender.[7]

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