Position: Specially-appointed Professor

Organization: Research Center for Nuclear Physics, Osaka University

Jun Hatazawa is former Professor and Chair of Nuclear Medicine and Tracer Kinetics at Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, and is appointed to President of Asia Oceania Federation of Nuclear Medicine and Biology from 2017 to 2021. He is engaged in the “Atoms for Medicine” project where nuclear energy is used for diagnostic imaging and targeted radionuclide therapy of cancer. This project covers radionuclide production with accelerator/reactor, purification of radionuclide, labelling biomolecules with radionuclides for targeting cells, dosimetry and safety, nuclear medicine education/training and practice, and disposal of medical radioactive waste. He is promoting this project in Asia Oceania nuclear medicine community and beyond. He is involved in establishing an education/training platform of human resource development in nuclear medicine in Japan by collaborating with International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). He is serving as a member of Standing Advisory Group of Nuclear Sciences and Applications, IAEA from 2018 to 2021.