In the Name of God

Dr. Rahmim is Professor of Radiology and Physics at the University of British Columbia (UBC) as well as Distinguished Scientist and Provincial Medical Imaging Physicist at BC Cancer. He received his MSc in condensed matter physics and PhD in medical imaging physics at UBC. Following doctoral studies, he was recruited by Johns Hopkins University (JHU) to lead the high resolution brain PET imaging physics program and to pursue research at the JHU Department of Radiology. In 2018, he was recruited back to Vancouver, where he pursues research in molecular imaging & therapy. He has published a book, and over 170 journal articles and 330 conference proceeding papers/abstracts, and has delivered more than 110 invited lectures worldwide. He has participated as principal investigator or co-investigator on a range of grants towards quantitative imaging and personalized therapies. Dr. Rahmim was awarded the John S. Laughlin Young Scientist Award by the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) in 2016, was Vice President (2017-18) and President (2018-19) of the Physics, Instrumentation and Data Sciences Council (PIDSC) of the Society of Nuclear Medicine & Molecular Imaging (SNMMI), and is Chair of the SNMMI Artificial Intelligence (AI) Task Force (2020-).

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