Rolf M. Sievert Award

Commencing with the 1973 IRPA Congress, each International Congress has been opened by the Sievert Lecture which is presented by the winner of the Sievert Award. This award is in honour of Rolf M. Sievert, a pioneer in radiation physics and radiation protection.

The Sievert Award consists of a suitable scroll, certificate or parchment, containing the name of the recipient, the date it is presented, and an indication that the award honours the memory of Professor Rolf M. Sievert.

The 2021 Sievert Award winner is Prof. Eliseo Vañó. Emeritus Professor of Medical Physics of the Department of Radiology of the Complutense University of Madrid. You can read more about Prof. Vañó here.

All recipients of the Sievert Award are listed below:

2021	Prof. Eliseo Vañó Spain	Why is Radiological Protection Different in Medicine? (Video) Journal of Radiological Protection, Volume 41, Number 3
2016	Dr. John Boice USA	How to Protect the Public When you Can't Measure the Risk - The Role of Radiation Epidemiology
2012	Dr. Richard Osborne Canada	A Story of T Lightly edited transcript of Dr. Osborne's lecture
2008	Prof. Christian Streffer Germany	Radiological Protection: Challenges and Fascination of Biological Research Stralenschutz Praxis 2009/2, pp 35-45, 2009
2004	Dr. Abel J. Gonzalez Argentina	Protecting Life against the Detrimental Effects Atributable to Radiation Exposure: Towards a Globally Harmonized Radiation Protection Regime Paper prepared for IRPA
2000	Prof. Dr. Itsuzo Shigematsu Japan	Lessons from Atomic Bomb Survivors in Hiroshima and Nagasaki Health Physics 78(3), pp 234-241, 2000
1996	Dr. Daniel Beninson Argentina	Risk of Radiation at Low Doses Health Physics 71(2), pp 122-125, 1996
1992	Dr. Giovanni Silini Italy	Ethical Issues in Radiation Protection Health Physics 63(2), pp 139-148, 1992
1988	Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Jacobi Germany	Environmental Radioactivity and Man Health Physics 55(6), pp 845-853, 1988
1984	Sir Edward Pochin United Kingdom	Sieverts and Safety Health Physics 46(6), pp 1173-1179, 1984
1980	Dr. Lauriston. S. Taylor USA	Some Nonscientific Influences on Radiation Protection Standards and Practice Health Physics 39 (December), pp 851-874, 1980
1977	Prof. W.V. Mayneord United Kingdom	The Time Factor in Carcinogenesis Health Physics 34 (April), pp 297-309, 1978
1973	Prof. Bo Lindell Sweden	Radiation and Man Health Physics 31 (September), pp 265-272, 1976