Buvat received a magister in
physics from Ecole Normale Supèrieure Ulm in Paris and a doctorate in physics
from Paris 11 University in Orsay, France. She began her career at CNRS,
spending 11 years as a junior researcher. In 2006, she became a director of research
at CNRS and continues in that role today. She has published 188 articles and 70
proceedings in peer-reviewed journals, two books, and 14 book chapters. Buvat is also an accomplished speaker, having presented at more than 135 conferences worldwide.
Buvat serves as an associate
editor for The Journal of Nuclear Medicine and holds editorial board positions
at the European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging and EJNMMI
Research journals. She is a member of the SNMMI AI Task Force and of the
International Biomarker Standardization Initiative. Her many honors include the
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Marie Sklodowska-Curie Award,
the SNMMI Hal Anger Lectureship Award, and the SNMMI Edward J. Hoffman Memorial
Award.
"Receiving the de Hevesy award is an extraordinary honor,
which actually recognizes the collective work of my outstanding colleagues and
collaborators," said Buvat. "As our field evolves and
artificial intelligence opens many new possibilities, we have to be even more
demanding in terms of image quantitative accuracy and assessment of AI-driven
methods to ensure that new discoveries lead to better understanding of diseases
and meaningful improvements in patient care."
Each year, SNMMI presents the George Charles de Hevesy
Nuclear Medicine Pioneer Award to an individual for outstanding contributions
to the field of nuclear medicine. De Hevesy received the 1943 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
for his work on radioactive tracers to track biological processes in living
organisms, establishing the scientific principles underlying nuclear medicine
and earning him recognition as the father of the field. SNMMI has given the de
Hevesy Award every year since 1960 to honor groundbreaking work in the field of
nuclear medicine.
The list of previous recipients of this award includes
numerous Nobel laureates, including Ernest Lawrence, who built the world s
first cyclotron for the production of radionuclides,
and Glenn Seaborg, who discovered more than half a dozen new elements.
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About the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
The Society of
Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) is an international scientific
and medical organization dedicated to advancing nuclear medicine, molecular
imaging, and theranostics--precision medicine that
allows diagnosis and treatment to be tailored to individual patients in order to achieve the best possible outcomes. For more
information, visit snmmi.org.