David Jaffray,Ph.D.,名为首席技术和数字官员

从大学健康网络/公主玛格丽特癌中心加入MD安德森

The University of TexasMD安德森癌症中心today named David Jaffray, Ph.D., as its first-ever chief technology and digital officer. Jaffray will begin his new duties overseeingMD安德森’sInformation Services division and Information Security department in late summer. He also will hold a faculty appointment as professor of辐射物理学with a joint appointment inImaging Physics

Jaffray目前担任大学健康网络(UHN)/公主玛格丽特癌症中心技术和创新执行副总裁/在安大略省。他领导了UHN的信息技术转型,归档了数字转型的路线图,并启动了UHN健康信息系统的采购过程。

“David is a visionary thinker who will bring new energy to our extensive opportunities in data science, technology and digital platforms,” saidPeter Wt Pisters,M.D., president,MD安德森。“His background as a scientist and his proven skill as an innovator make him especially qualified for this role. We look forward to welcoming David to our team later this summer.”

在这个角色,新的MD安德森,贾夏将指导战略设计,收购,管理和实施企业范围的技术基础设施,这将维护机构的系统和知识产权资产的完整性和可用性。向总统汇报,他将负责制定,建立和监督该制度,以对该机构的四个任务领域进行数据治理,数据管理和洞察提取系统的领导,建立和监督系统。

与整个机构的领导人密切合作,Jaffray将与战略和业务发展合作,以推进整个机构休斯顿校区及其国家网络的数据集成,数据治理和数据安全,以及协调能够实现技术的创新。此外,他将与之密切合作战略行业风险投资和首席科学官员推进与行业有意义的伙伴关系。

超过二十年的同行评审和行业赞助的研究专注于制定和应用的图像引导的放射治疗,以及其他癌症创新,导致275多个同行评审出版物。乐动体育LDsports中国他参加了众多科研委员会,他为国家卫生和加拿大卫生研究院做出了贡献申请审查进程。乐动体育LDsports中国

他收到了许多荣誉,包括Sylvia Sorkin-Greenfield奖(2001),Farrington Daniels奖(2002年)和Sylvia Fedoruk奖(2003年)。2018年,Jaffray从美国放射肿瘤学会获得了着名的金牌。

贾弗雷对商业化积极兴趣,并领导了各种商业产品的开发,包括安全,高品质的癌症护理和小型动物辐照器系统的软硬件,为基础研究的发展。乐动体育LDsports中国他拥有多项专利,其中几项由行业许可。贾弗雷监督了40多名研究生和博士后研究员,并获得了卓越教学的奖项。

Jaffray earned his Bachelor of Science in Physics from the University of Alberta, and his Ph.D. in Medical Biophysics from the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario, after which he joined William Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, Michigan, as a staff physicist. In 2002, he became head of Medical Physics at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre and faculty of the University of Toronto. He served in several leadership roles, including vice chair of Radiation Oncology, founding director of Preclinical and Computational Cores for the STTARR Innovation Centre, and director of the Techna Institute for the Advancement of Technology for Health, UHN. In 2015, he was named EVP for Technology and Innovation, UHN.

“I am very excited to be joining the team atMD安德森,” said Jaffray. “This institution is known around the world for its outstanding care and dedicated focus on research. I look forward to doing everything I can to enable the teams to succeed in their compelling mission.”