Hedvig Hricak

Hricak earned her medical degree from the School of Medicine, University of Zagreb in 1970.^[6] In 1982 Hricak joined the faculty of University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), where she became professor of radiology, radiation oncology, urology and gynecology.^[6] While at UCSF, she earned her Dr. Med. Sc./Ph.D. from the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden.^[6] In 1999, she became chairman of the Department of Radiology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK).^[7] Hricak's past roles include as the president, Radiological Society of North America, 2009-2010^[6]

In June 2021, Hricak chaired the National Academies committee that wrote the report endorsing NASA's proposal to revise current radiation exposure limits for astronauts. This would set a single, lifetime limit of allowable exposure for astronauts, rather than keeping limits based on age and gender.^[8]

• The Hedvig Hricak Lab Archived 2021-01-24 at the Wayback Machine
• Breast Cancer Research Foundation