John Haybittle
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| Born | 1922 (age 101–102) |
| Nationality | United Kingdom |
| Occupation | Medical physicist |
| Employer | Addenbrooke's Hospital |
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Dr John Haybittle (born 1922) is a British medical physicist.
Haybittle took up a position as junior physicist at Addenbrooke's Hospital in 1948. He worked there until retirement in 1982, by which time he was Chief Physicist.[1]
He served as secretary of the British Institute of Radiology from 1962 to 1967, and was editor of the "British Journal of Radiology" from 1981 to 1986.[1]
He was awarded the British Institute of Radiology's Röntgen Prize in 1972 and their Barclay Medal in 1987.[1]
He is a co-inventor, with Richard Peto, of the Haybittle–Peto boundary.[2][3]
References
- ^ a b c Daphne Christie; Tilli Tansey, eds. (2006). Development of Physics Applied to Medicine in the UK, 1945-1990. Wellcome Witnesses to Contemporary Medicine. History of Modern Biomedicine Research Group. ISBN 978-0-85484-108-0. OL 8299881M. Wikidata Q29581744.
- ^ Haybittle, J. L. (1971). "Repeated Assessment of Results in Clinical Trials of Cancer Treatment". Br. J. Radiol. 44: 793–797. doi:10.1259/0007-1285-44-526-793.
- ^ Peto, R; Pike, MC; Armitage, P; et al. (1976). "Design and analysis of randomized clinical trials requiring prolonged observation of each patient. I. Introduction and design". Br. J. Cancer. 34 (6): 585–612. doi:10.1038/bjc.1976.220. PMC 2025229. PMID 795448.
External links
- John Haybittle on the History of Modern Biomedicine Research Group website
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