Congratulations Award Recipients!
American Association of Physicists in Medicine William D. Coolidge Gold Medal
Congratulations to Bruce R. Thomadsen, PhD, for receiving the 2026 William D. Coolidge Gold Medal from the American Association of Physicists in Medicine recognizing Thomadsen’s eminent career in medical physics.
Fellow – American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE)
- Andrew Alexander, PhD
Fellow – International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
- Kevin Johnson, PhD
National Academy of Inventors Class of 2026 Senior Members
- Reinier Hernandez, PhD
- Diego Hernando, PhD
UW-Madison Awards
| Reinier Hernandez, PhD, and Victor Santoro Fernandes, PhD, have been awarded WARF Accelerator Phase 1 funding to advance TrackTGL, a novel PET-based cell tracking technology developed in the Department of Medical Physics. |
| Kevin Johnson, PhD, was awarded the H. I. Romnes Faculty Fellowship (2026-2027). |
| Ivan Rosado-Mendez, PhD, was selected as a recipient of an Excellent Service Support Program Award. |
| David Murphy, PhD, was awarded the Postdoc Excellence Award in Mentoring. |
| Euitaek Yang, PhD, was selected as part of the Institute for Clinical and Translational Research’s (ICTR) TL1 Training Awards Program. |
| Graduate student Jordan Teague was selected as a 2026 Scientific Teaching Fellow. |
Additional Awards & Recognition
- Bryan Bednarz, PhD has been elected to serve on the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements (NCRP).
- The Association of Biomolecular Research Facilities (ABRF) selected Kevin Eliceiri, PhD, as its Spencer Shorte Legacy Award inaugural recipient.
- Weibo Cai, PhD, was elected as a Member of Academia Europaea (MAE) in April 2026.
- Larry DeWerd, PhD, was recognized in America’s Top Professionals Spring 2026 issue for his excellence in medical physics and radiation research.
- Victor Santoro Fernandes, PhD, was awarded the Alavi-Mandell Award for his Journal of Nuclear Medicine abstract: Full-Body Tumor Response Heterogeneity of Metastatic Neuroendocrine Tumor Patients Undergoing Peptide Receptor Radiopharmaceutical Therapy.
- Laura Castañeda-Martínez was awarded the Alfonso Caso Medal from the National University of Mexico. The Alfonso Caso Medal is awarded to the most distinguished students that graduate from their program.
- Graduate student Grace Minesinger, was awarded the AAPM 2026 Round 2 Expanding Horizons Travel Grant.
- Graduate student Ruo-Yu Liu, was awarded the American College of Radiology’s Medical Physics Graduate Student Scholarship.
- Three graduate students, Aidan Tollefson, Jiayi Tang and Srijyotsna Volety received presentation awards at this year’s ISMRM conference. Tollefson received Summa Cum Laude. Tang and Volety received Magna Cum Laude awards.
- Congratulations to Likhitha Polepalli (1st), Isaiah Cook (2nd) and MJ Lindsey (3rd) for winning top awards at our annual student research poster showcase.