Janet Husband

Dame Janet Elizabeth Husband ( Siarey) is emeritus Professor of Radiology at the Institute of Cancer Research. She had a career in diagnostic radiology that spanned nearly 40 years, using scanning technology to diagnose, stage, and follow-up cancer. She continues to support medicine and research as a board member and advisor for various organisations.

Education Janet Elizabeth Siarey was educated at Headington School, Oxford. In 1963, after qualifying in medicine at Guy's Hospital, she married Peter Husband. She worked as a general practitioner while raising her three sons. Janet Husband is one of the first women to train in radiology part-time.

Career Husband began research on the prototype of the world's first CT body scanner at Northwick Park Hospital.

She was one of the first people to use whole body CT scanning, and the first person to perform a CT guided biopsy in the UK. Her particular research focus was imaging treated cancer: she created rules of partial response or likely remission that are still in use.

Post-retirement roles In 2007, Elizabeth II appointed Husband Special Commissioner to the Royal Hospital Chelsea.

Husband took up a post as the Chair of the National Cancer Research Institute in April 2011, the radiologist taking the post 100 years after Marie Curie won her second Nobel Prize for her work on radium.

In June 2014, Husband became the Non-Executive Director of the Royal Marsden.

Awards and honours Member of Society of Computed Body Tomography (USA; 1980) Fellow, Academy of Medical Sciences (2001) Hon. Fellowship of the Faculty of Radiology, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (Ireland; 2005) Hon. Fellowship of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore (2005) Hon. Membership of the Radiological Society of North America (2005) Member, Council of the General Medical Council (2005–08) Vice Chair, Academy of Medical Royal Colleges (2005–2007) Gold Medal, European Congress of Radiology and the European Association of Radiology (2006) Honorary Fellowship Hong Kong College of Radiologists (2007) Gold Medal, Royal College of Radiologists (2008) Honorary Fellowship of Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow (2008) Hon. Membership, European Society of Therapeutic and Radiation Oncology (1999) Hon. Doctor of Science Institute of Cancer Research, University of London (2013)

Husband was appointed OBE in 2002 and DBE in 2007 "for services to medicine".