Research output per year
Research output per year
Professional Experience
2023-present: Professor of Radiation Oncology Physics, University of Manchester/The Christie hospital
2017-2023: Senior lecturer in the Radiotherapy-Related Research Group directed by professor Marcel van Herk at the University of Manchester/The Christie hospital
2017-present: External associate professor at the Nuffield department of population health, University of Oxford, UK.
2011-2017: External associate professor at the University of Copenhagen (both at Niels Bohr Institute, and at the Faculty of Health Sciences), Denmark
2010-present: Member of the teaching faculty of the European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology
2009-2016: Senior research physicist in the Multidisciplinary Radiation Research Group directed by professor Lena Specht, Department of Oncology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
Role: supervision of medicine and physics PhD students, support in strategic decisions for the research group, management of external collaborations, writing of clinical protocols and funding applications, etc...
2006-2009: Clinical medical Physicist, Department of Radiation Oncology, Rigshospital
2005-2006: Clinical medical Physicist, Department of Radiation Oncology, Herlev Hospital
1999-2001: Medical Physics resident, Toronto-Sunnybrook Cancer Center, Toronto, Canada
Education
2005: PhD in Physics from the Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen
Development and testing of a new optical fibre dosimeter based on Optically Stimulated Luminescence (OSL) and Radioluminescence (RL) for application in radiation therapy and mammography (at Risø National Laboratory, supervisor: Stig Steenstrup)
2000: MSc in Medical Radiation Physics from McGill University, Montreal, Canada
Development and testing of a new breast cancer screening system based on positron emission tomography (at the Montreal Neurological Institute, supervisor: Chris J Thompson).
1997: BSc from the National Institute of Applied Sciences (INSA), Rouen, France
1992: Baccalauréat with specialization in maths and physics (mention très bien, summa cum laude)
Teaching
At the University of Manchester
"Problem based learning" Semester 4, Dentistry students, FBMH (2018-present)
At the University of Copenhagen: "Introduction to Medical Imaging" (course director; audience: engineering BSc students 2011-2014); “Medical use of ionizing radiation” (audience: engineering MSc students, 2011-2014); "Molecular Imaging in Oncology and Haematology" (2012, co-director, audience: medical PhD students), “Clinical Cancer Research” (2013-2015, audience: medical PhD students)
For the European Society of Therapeutic Radiation Oncology (ESTRO, audience: radiation oncology professionals): “Multi-disciplinary management of breast cancer” (2010-present); "Image-guided radiation therapy" (2011-present, course director from 2014); "Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy" (2012-2015).
Other: “Varian Advanced Techniques Clinical School”: international course for radiation oncology professionals (2009-2015); Oncology course for radiographer students (Metropol, Copenhagen, 2012-2015).
Member of the Scientific Advisory Group for ESTRO annual meeting
Council Member of the International Lymphoma Radiation Oncology Group (ILROG)
Member of the Danish Association of Medical Physicists
Member of the editorial advisory board for the European Journal of Surgical Oncology;
Member of the editorial board for Frontiers of Physics-Biomedical Physics;
2015: Researcher of the Year, Department of Oncology, Rigshospitalet, Denmark.
2001: Recipient of the JR Cunningham award. This prize is awarded for “excellence in research shown by a physics resident” in Toronto hospitals (Princess Margaret and Sunnybrook).
2000: First place award of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine for the paper “Results of preliminary clinical trials of the positron emission mammography system PEM-1, Murphy K, Aznar M, Thompson CJ et al.”
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
PhD, University of Copenhagen
Award Date: 20 May 2005
Master in Science, Development and testing of a new breast cancer screening system based on positron emission tomography , McGill University
Award Date: 1 Jun 2000
Associate professor, Oxford University
2017 → …
Associate professor, University of Copenhagen
2011 → …
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Aznar, Marianne (Recipient), 25 Aug 2018
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Marianne Aznar (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
Marianne Aznar (Academic expert member)
Activity: Membership › Membership of committee
Marianne Aznar (Chair)
Activity: Participating in or organising event(s) › Participating in a conference, workshop, exhibition, performance, inquiry, course etc
Marianne Aznar (Chair)
Activity: Participating in or organising event(s) › Organising a conference, workshop, exhibition, performance, inquiry, course etc
Marianne Aznar (Academic expert member)
Activity: Membership › Membership of committee
Marianne Aznar (Participant)
Impact: Health impacts
Damkjaer, S. (Creator), Thomsen, J. B. (Creator), Petersen, S. I. (Creator), Bangsgaard, J. P. (Creator), Petersen, P. M. (Creator), Vogelius, I. R. (Creator) & Aznar, M. (Creator), figshare , 15 Mar 2017
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.4753699
Dataset
Aznar, M. (Creator), Girinsky, T. (Creator), Berthelsen, A. K. (Creator), Aleman, B. (Creator), Beijert, M. (Creator), Hutchings, M. (Creator), Lievens, Y. (Creator), Meijnders, P. (Creator), Petersen, P. M. (Creator), Schut, D. A. (Creator), Maraldo, M. V. (Creator), van der Maazen, R. (Creator) & Specht, L. (Creator), figshare , 20 Jan 2017
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.4569886
Dataset