Professor Dame Janet Elizabeth Husband ( Siarey) is Emeritus Professor of

Radiology Radiology ( ) is the medical discipline that uses medical imaging to diagnose diseases and guide their treatment, within the bodies of humans and other animals. It began with radiography (which is why its name has a root referring to radiati ...

at the Institute of Cancer Research. She had a career in diagnostic

radiology Radiology ( ) is the medical discipline that uses medical imaging to diagnose diseases and guide their treatment, within the bodies of humans and other animals. It began with radiography (which is why its name has a root referring to radiati ...

that spanned nearly 40 years, using scanning technology to diagnose, stage, and follow-up cancer. She continues to support medicine and research as a board member and advisor for various organisations.

Education

Janet Elizabeth Siarey was educated at

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. After qualifying in medicine at

Guy's Hospital Guy's Hospital is an NHS hospital in the borough of Southwark in central London. It is part of Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust and one of the institutions that comprise the King's Health Partners, an academic health science cent ...

, she married and worked as a general practitioner while raising her three sons. Husband is one of the first women to train in

part-time.

Career

Husband began research on the prototype of the world's first CT body scanner at Northwick Park Hospital. She was later appointed to the

Royal Marsden The Royal Marsden Hospital (RM) is a specialist cancer treatment hospital in London based in Kensington and Chelsea, next to the Royal Brompton Hospital, in Fulham Road with a second site in Belmont, close to Sutton Hospital, High Down and D ...

as a Research Fellow, focusing on cross-sectional cancer imaging. She was appointed as consultant radiologist to the Royal Marsden in 1980 and Director of the CRUK Clinical Magnetic Resonance Research Group at the Institute of Cancer Research in 1986. She led clinical research in CT and MRI scanning in cancer care, publishing over 200 papers and books. She was one of the first people to use whole body CT scanning, and the first person to perform a CT guided

biopsy A biopsy is a medical test commonly performed by a surgeon, interventional radiologist, or an interventional cardiologist. The process involves extraction of sample cells or tissues for examination to determine the presence or extent of a d ...

in the UK. Her particular research focus was imaging treated cancer: she created rules of partial response or likely remission that are still in use. In 1996, Husband was awarded a personal chair as head of the Academic Department of Radiology, and in 1998, Husband and Professor Rodney Reznek founded the International Cancer Imaging Society. She was selected as a

Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences Fellowship of the Academy of Medical Sciences (FMedSci) is an award for medical scientists who are judged by the UK Academy of Medical Sciences The Academy of Medical Sciences is an organisation established in the UK in 1998. It is one of ...

in 2001 and was appointed medical director of the

in 2003. She was also appointed president of the British Institute of Radiology at this time. Husband was elected president of the Royal College of Radiologists in 2004, holding the role until 2007. She was also the vice chair of the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges from 2005 to 2007. She retired from full-time clinical practice as a consultant radiologist at the

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in September 2007.

Post-retirement roles

In 2007,

Elizabeth II Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; 21 April 1926 – 8 September 2022) was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until her death in 2022. She was queen regnant of 32 sovereign states during ...

appointed Husband Special Commissioner to the

Royal Hospital Chelsea The Royal Hospital Chelsea is a retirement home and nursing home for some 300 veterans of the British Army. Founded as an almshouse, the ancient sense of the word "hospital", it is a site located on Royal Hospital Road in Chelsea. It is an ...

. She is an independent non-executive director of Spire Healthcare. Husband took up a post as the Chair of the National Cancer Research Institute in April 2011, the radiologist taking the post 100 years after

Marie Curie Marie Salomea Skłodowska–Curie ( , , ; born Maria Salomea Skłodowska, ; 7 November 1867 – 4 July 1934) was a Polish and naturalized-French physicist and chemist who conducted pioneering research on radioactivity. She was the first ...

won her second Nobel Prize for her work on radium. In June 2014, Husband became the Non-Executive Director of the Royal Marsden.

Awards and honours

*Member of Society of Computed Body Tomography (USA; 1980) *Fellow,

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(2001) *Hon. Fellowship of the Faculty of Radiology,

Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) is a medical professional and educational institution, which is also known as RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ireland's first private university. It was established in 1784 ...

(Ireland; 2005) *Hon. Fellowship of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore (2005) *Hon. Membership of the Radiological Society of North America (2005) *Member, Council of the

General Medical Council The General Medical Council (GMC) is a public body that maintains the official register of medical practitioners within the United Kingdom. Its chief responsibility is to "protect, promote and maintain the health and safety of the public" by ...

(2005–08) *Vice Chair, Academy of Medical Royal Colleges (2005–2007) *Gold Medal, European Congress of Radiology and the European Association of Radiology (2006) *Honorary Fellowship Hong Kong College of Radiologists (2007) *Gold Medal, Royal College of Radiologists (2008) *Honorary Fellowship of Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow (2008) *Hon. Membership, European Society of Therapeutic and Radiation Oncology (1999) *Hon. Doctor of Science Institute of Cancer Research, University of London (2013) Husband was appointed

OBE The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...

in 2002 and DBE in 2007 "for services to medicine".

References

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