John Shepherd (physicist)
John Shepherd | |
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| Born | John A. Shepherd 1962 (age 62–63) |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Texas Tech University (BS) University of Virginia (PhD) |
| Occupation | Medical physicist |
| Years active | 1986-present |
| Organization(s) | University of Hawaii University of California San Francisco |
| Known for | Radiomics |
John A. Shepherd (born 1962) is an American physicist, professor of epidemiology and population sciences and director of the Shepherd Research Laboratory at the University of Hawaii Cancer Center in Honolulu, Hawaii. He is an expert in the use of dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) for quantitative bone and soft tissue imaging, and pioneered the use of 3D optical imaging of the whole body for quantifying body composition and associated diseases including cancer risk, obesity, diabetes, and frailty. In 2016, he was the President of the Board of the International Society for Clinical Densitometry.