Peter's areas of professional and research expertise are diagnostic radiography, nuclear medicine, and radiation protection. His research interests include breast
cancer diagnosis; optimisation of radiation dose and image quality.
Peter's previous roles at University of
Salford include: Research Dean, Head of Department, Research Centre Director,
Master of Science Programme Leader. Journal Editor and Reviewer. Book Author
and Editor. Visiting Professor (Hanze University, Netherlands). Visiting
Researcher (Karolinska Institute, Sweden). Department Advisor (Hong Kong
Polytechnic University). Fellow, Society and College of Radiographers.
He initially qualified as a radiographer in 1984, and in 1986 he
qualified in nuclear medicine. He was programme leader of a master’s
degree in nuclear medicine for 19 years, and for 5 years he was leader
for a programme in nuclear medicine image reading. Presently Peter is
Head of Research in the School of Health Sciences and lead for
diagnostic imaging research, University of Salford. Over the last 20
years Peter has held a number of BSc, MSc and PhD external examiner
appointments throughout the world; presently he is PhD external examiner
for the University of Sydney. He has published widely in
diagnostic imaging; also he has edited 4 books and written several book
chapters about nuclear medicine. For 5 years he was an honorary
consultant radiographer in nuclear medicine. Peter became a Fellow of
the College of Radiographers in 2008. In 2009 he became a committee
member of the European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM), and
between 2010 and 2013 he was a chair of an EANM – [American] Society of
Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging working party. |
