Congratulations to Professor Scott Semple who has been appointed to ‘Personal Chair of Medical Imaging & Physics’. Image Professor Scott Semple Prof Semple has walked the line between scientific excellence, collaborative & team science, infrastructure management & pastoral support over the last 20 years. His unique expertise as an MRI physicist & researcher has provided vital scientific leadership & facilitation, underpinning a multitude of MRI research initiatives spanning the breadth of preclinical, veterinary, & clinical medicine: from small fish to humans, & placentas to hearts. His promotion is a testament to his leadership & science that have been the foundation of imaging excellence with the Centre for Cardiovascular Science & Edinburgh Imaging. We asked Scott how he felt about his newly appointed professorship. "Any academic success that I have personally achieved is a reflection of the dedication & hard work of the staff of the Edinburgh Imaging facilities over the last ten years. The people who facilitate projects, scan patients, develop tracers & deliver our services day in & day out allow us to constantly develop world-leading clinical imaging research programs. I am immensely proud of the way our staff routinely perform these tasks, & in particular how they have responded during the challenging times we all face in 2020.” As of yet there is no scheduled date for Prof Scott Semple’s inaugural lecture. Related links Professor Scott Semple Centre for Cardiovascular Science Edinburgh Imaging facilities Medical physics Preclinical imaging Veterinary imaging Heart / cardiovascular Research in a Nutshell What is a MR scan? 12 Feb 19. Winner of 2019 EuroMinnies 16 Jan 19. Scientific paper finalist 31 Aug 18. SCOT-HEART findings 18 Apr 18. MRI upgrade 04 May 17. Winners - BMJ award Relevant EI publications 06 Feb 20. Featured Paper. Manganese-enhanced T1 mapping to quantify myocardial viability: validation with 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography. 29 Jul 19. Featured Paper. Manganese-enhanced MRI of the myocardium. 24 Jul 19. Featured Paper. Disentangled representation learning in cardiac image analysis. 05 Nov 18. Featured Paper. Manganese-enhanced T1 mapping in the myocardium of normal & infarcted hearts 18 Sep 18. Featured Paper. Study protocol: HepaT1ca – an observational clinical cohort study to quantify liver health in surgical candidates for liver malignancies. 06 Feb 18. Featured paper. 18F–sodium fluoride uptake in abdominal aortic aneurysms: the SoFIA3 study Social media tags & titles Congratulations to Professor Scott Semple who has been appointed to ‘Personal Chair of Medical Imaging & Physics’. @EdinUniCVS @SINAPSECENTRE @EdinUniMedicine #EdinburghImaging #MedicalPhysics Publication date 13 Jul, 2020