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Sir George Radda
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Radda in July 1996
Born (1936-06-09) 9 June 1936 (age 88)
Nationality Hungarian-British
Citizenship British citizenship and Hungarian citizenship - Dual citizenship
Alma mater University of Oxford
Known for Molecular imaging of heart metabolism and function
Awards
  • Colworth Medal (1956)
  • FRS (1980)
  • British Heart Foundation Gold Medal (1982)
  • Buchanan Medal (1987)
  • CBE (1993)
  • Knight Bachelor (2000)
  • International Academy of Cardiovascular Sciences Medal of Merit (2007)
Scientific career
Institutions
Doctoral students Stephen Busby
Alister McGrath
George H. Dodd

Sir George Charles Radda CBE FRS (Hungarian: György Károly Radda; 9 June 1936 – 13 September 2024) was a Hungarian - British chemist. In 1957, he attended Merton College, Oxford, to study chemistry, having set aside an earlier interest in literary criticism. His early work was concerned with the development and use of fluorescent probes for the study of structure and function of membranes and enzymes. He became interested in using spectroscopic methods including nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) to study complex biological material. In 1974, his research paper was the first to introduce the use of NMR to study tissue metabolites. In 1981, he and his colleagues published the first scientific report on the clinical application of his work. This resulted in the installation of a magnet large enough to accommodate the whole human body for NMR investigations in 1983 at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford.

In 1982, Radda published about the relationship between deoxygenated haemoglobin and the NMR signal.

From 1996, until his retirement in 2004, Sir George was Chief Executive of the Medical Research Council in the UK.

Awards

He has received numerous prestigious awards and honours for his pioneering efforts in using spectroscopic techniques for metabolic studies, including a Buchanan Medal in 1987, a CBE in June 1993 and a knighthood in June 2000. He was a Fellow of Merton College, Oxford, a Fellow of the Royal Society and was a British Heart Foundation Professor of Molecular Cardiology. He has also been awarded many distinguished prizes throughout his scientific career. He was an Honorary Member of the American Heart Association and was awarded the Citation for International Achievement.

In 2015, he was conferred an award as an Honorary Citizen of Singapore.

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