But his was not a story of huge resource and big financial backing. It was Mallard’s leadership, tenacity and can-do approach that drove a scientific breakthrough still pivotal to medical treatment today.
Professor Mallard saw the ‘big picture’ before anyone else
His Aberdeen story began in 1965 when he relocated to the city from London to become the University’s first Chair of Medical physics. He began to assemble a team, appointing Jim Hutchison to work on a project exploring the possible medical uses of magnetic resonance.
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Leading the way for the revolutionary imager, Professor John Mallard (left) with his team from the Department of Medical Physics
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