George Radda | |
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.jpg) Radda in 1996 | |
| Born | Radda György Károly (1936-06-09)9 June 1936 |
| Died | 13 September 2024(2024-09-13) (aged 88) |
| Citizenship | British citizenship andHungarian citizenship -Dual citizenship |
| Education | University of Oxford |
| Known for | Molecular imaging of heart metabolism and function |
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| Doctoral students | Stephen Busby Alister McGrath George H. Dodd |
| Website | imaging |
Sir George Charles RaddaCBE FRS (Hungarian:Radda György Károly; 9 June 1936 – 13 September 2024) was a Hungarian-British chemist.
Radda was born in Hungary on 9 June 1936.[6] In 1957, he attendedMerton College, Oxford, to studychemistry and worked on electrophilic aromatic substitution withRichard Norman andJeremy Knowles,[7] having set aside an earlier interest inliterary criticism.[2][8] His early work was concerned with the development and use of fluorescent probes for the study of structure and function of membranes and enzymes. He became interested in usingspectroscopic methods includingnuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) to study complex biological material.[8] In 1974, his research paper was the first to introduce the use of NMR to study tissue metabolites. In 1981, he and his colleagues published the first scientific report on the clinical application of his work. This resulted in the installation of a magnet large enough to accommodate the whole human body for NMR investigations in 1983 at theJohn Radcliffe Hospital inOxford.[8][9]
In 1982 Radda published work concerning the relationship between deoxygenated haemoglobin and the NMR signal.[10]
From 1996 until his retirement in 2003, Radda was Chief Executive of theMedical Research Council in the UK.[11] In 2009 he was appointed chairman of theBiomedical Research Council inSingapore.[11]
Radda died on 13 September 2024, at the age of 88.[12][13]
Radda received numerous prestigious awards and honours for his pioneering efforts in using spectroscopic techniques for metabolic studies, including aBuchanan Medal in 1987.[3] He was appointed aCommander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the1993 Birthday Honours for services to science, andknighted in the2000 Birthday Honours for services to biomedical science.[14][15]
In addition, he was a Fellow ofMerton College, Oxford,[16] aFellow of the Royal Society[17] and was aBritish Heart Foundation Professor of Molecular Cardiology.[18] He has also been awarded many distinguished prizes throughout his scientific career. He was an Honorary Member of theAmerican Heart Association[8] and was awarded the Citation for International Achievement.[8]
In 2015, he was conferred an award as anHonorary Citizen of Singapore.[19]
In 2018 he was awarded theHungarian Corvin Chain. This is the second highest Hungarian state decoration and is awarded to persons who have made an outstanding contribution to the improvement of Hungarian public thought, science and culture.[20][21]
Prof Sir George Radda, Chief Executive, Medical Research Council, 1996–2003, 75
Interview with George Radda for theInternational Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
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