Eric Hall

  • Higgins Professor Emeritus of Radiation Biophysics (in Radiation Oncology)
  • Special Lecturer

Overview

Academic Appointments

  • Higgins Professor Emeritus of Radiation Biophysics (in Radiation Oncology)
  • Special Lecturer

Gender

  • Male

Credentials & Experience

Education & Training

  • BS, 1953 Physics, University College London
  • DPhil, 1962 Radiobiology, Oxford University (United Kingdom)
  • DSc, 1977 Oxford University (United Kingdom)

Committees, Societies, Councils

SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS

British Institute of Radiology Association for Radiation Research

European Society of Therapeutic Radiology & Oncology

Radiological Society of North America

Chairman, Subcommittee on Radiation Therapy & Radiobiology of the

Program

Committee, 1985-1987

Second Vice President 1989

Radiation Research Society

Finance Committee, 1981

Program Committee, 1975, 1983, 1984, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992

Councillor, 1977-1980

President-Elect, 1983

President, 1984-1985

Honors & Awards Committee, 1986-1990

Distinguished Service Award 2012

American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology

Secretary 1993,1994, 1995, Program Committee 1995

Constitution & Bylaws Committee 1995

Program Committee 1986-1988

Long-Range Planning Committee 1986-1988

American Radium Society, Inc.

Executive Committee 1990-1992

Program Committee 1992, 1995, 1996

Secretary 1996, 1997

Chair, Program Committee 1997-1999

President 1999-2000

International Association of Radiation Research

Councillor 1983-87

Chairman, Nominating Committee 1987

Program Committee 8th IARR Congress 1987

President-elect 1995-1999

President 1999-2003

American College of Radiology

Radiation Oncology Advisory Group, 1997-1998

COMMITTEES

Radiobiology Advisory Committee to NASA, 1971-1975

Radiobiology Committee RTOG (Chairman) 1979 to 1989

American Board of Radiology,

Therapeutic Radiology Test Committee, 1974-2006

Committee for Radiation Oncology Studies, 1979-1982

Chairman, Radiotherapy Search Committee, Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, 1983 to 1985

National Council on Radiation Protection & Measurements

Member, Committee 40, 1979-1988

Member of Council 1982-2002

Honorary Member of Council 2002- Member, Finance Committee, 1984-1988

Member, Committee 1, 1988- to date

Member, Committee 1-3, 1990-1993

Member of the Board, 1993-1999

Member, Committee SC 1-6, 1995-1999

Chairman, ICRU Subcommittee on Neutron Dosimetry for Radiotherapy, 1983-1985

Editorial Work

Associate Editor, Endocurietherapy/Hyperthermia Oncology

Editorial Board, Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. & Physics, 1975 to 1997

Senior Editor for Biology, Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. & Physics, 1998-2002

Int. J. Radiation Biology, 1984

American Cancer Society Study Section on Prevention, Diagnostic and Treatment 1986-1990. National Academy of Sciences

BEIR V Committee 1986-1989

BRER Committee 1987-1990, 1993-1998

BEIR VI Committee 1993-1998

Boron Neutron Capture Therapy Committee 1990

National Cancer Institute

Radiation Study Section 1974-1978

Cancer Center Support Review Committee 1985-1989

Section, Chairman, NCI Plan for Radiation Research 1987

Program Committee, International Conference on Protectors and Anticarginogens

Columbia University

Member, Faculty Council, College of Physicians & Surgeons

Member, Institutional Safety Committee, College of Physicians & Surgeons

Presbyterian Hospital

Member, Environmental Health & Safety Committee Columbia-Presbyterian Medical

Center

Chairman, Joint Radiation Safety Committee, 1985-2007

Chairman, Radioactive Drug Research Committee, 1985-2007

Honors & Awards

  • Honorary Member, Royal College of Radiologists - 1960
  • Fulbright Exchange Scholar 1962-63
  • Fourteenth Douglas Lea Memorial Lecturer, Hospital Physicists Assoc. - 1975
  • The Roentgen Award of the British Institute of Radiology - 1976
  • Honorary Fellow, American College of Radiology -1981
  • Gordon Richards Memorial Lecturer, Canadian Association of Physicists -1982
  • Barclay Medal, British Institute of Radiology - 1983
  • Marie Curie Gold Medal, Health Physics Society, Great Lakes Chapter - 1983
  • Marie Curie Memorial Lecturer, Roswell Park - 1983
  • Cline Fixott Memorial Lecturer, American Society of Dental Radiologists - 1983
  • 2nd Edith Quimby Mem. Lecturer, Connecticut Chapter Health Phys. Soc.- 1984
  • Henschke Memorial Lecturer, American Endocurietherapy Society - 1984
  • Ethel N. Revelson Lecturer, University of Minnesota -1984.
  • President, Radiation Research Society, 1984-1985
  • Special Keynote Speaker, ASTRO - 1985
  • Failla Memorial Lecturer,The Greater New York Chapter of the Health Physics Society 1988
  • Radiological Society of North America. Second Vice President, 1989
  • Weiss Medal, Association for Radiation Research, London - 1990.
  • Award of Honor, Annual Oration in Radiation Oncology, The Radiological Society of North America - 1990
  • George Edelstyn Memorial Lecturer, The Royal College of Radiologist - March 1991
  • The Failla Award, Radiation Research Society, -1991
  • The Janeway Medal, American Radium Society - April 1992
  • Silvanus Thompson Memorial Lecturer, Radiology & Oncology 92, Birmingham, UK - May 1992
  • RSNA Gold Medal - December 1992
  • Secretary, American Society of Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology, !992-93
  • Gold Medal, American Society of Therapeutic Radiology & Oncology, New Orleans - 1993
  • Leicester Atkinson Memorial Lecture of the Clinical Oncology Society of Australia -1994
  • Gilbert H. Fletcher Distinguished Professor, M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas -1995
  • Raymond S. Bush Visiting Professorship, Ontario Cancer Institute Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto Canada -1995
  • Fifth Lars Gunnar Larrsson Lecture, UmeÃ¥ University, Sweden -1996
  • Sol Y. Eisenberg Lecturer,Wayne State University, Harper Hospital, Detroit - 1996
  • Friedell Lecturer, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH -1996
  • RSNA Outstanding Researcher Award -1996
  • Gold Medal, Juan Del Regato Foundation - 1997
  • Twenty-Second Lauriston S. Taylor Lecturer, NCRP, Bethesda MD - 1998
  • Honorary Fellow, The Royal College of Radiologists, London, UK – 1999
  • President, International Association of Radiation Research. 1999-2003
  • John S. Laughlin, Visiting Professorship, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, NY – 2000
  • President, American Radium Society 1999-2000
  • John B. Little Award, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA –2000
  • Keynote Speaker, ASTRO, San Francisco, CA – 2001
  • Neuhauser Lecture, Society for Pediatric Radiology, Philadelphia – 2002
  • American Board of Radiology. Distinguished Service Award.. 2002
  • Honorary Member of The Society for Pediatric Radiology, Philadelphia – 2002
  • The Henry S. Kaplan Distinguished Scientist Award, 12th International Congress of Radiation Research, Brisbane, Australia - 2003
  • Honorary Fellow, The Society of Radiological Protection, Cardiff, UK – 2005
  • Distinguished Scientific Achievement Award, Health Physics Society, 2005
  • FASTRO Fellow American Society for Therapeutic Radiation & Oncology -2006
  • Gray Medal, International Commission on Radiological Units, 2007
  • Gold Medal, American Roentgen Ray Society, April, 2008
  • Gold Medal. American College of Radiology., 2008
  • Distinguished Service Award. Columbia University Medical Center. May 2009
  • Distinguished Service Award, Radiation Research Society, 2012.
  • The American Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology. The Gibbs Memorial Oration. 2013