Dr Atia H Jehan has received a lifetime achievement award from the Society of Nuclear Medicine, Bangladesh, for her contribution to development and promotion of nuclear medicine in the country.
State Minister for Science and Technology Yeafesh Osman handed over the award to Atia at a hotel in the capital on January 25.
Atia, former director of Centre for Nuclear Medicine and Ultrasound under the BAEC where she served for 24 years, was awarded International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) fellowship from Hahnemann University Hospital, USA, in nuclear medicine in 1990.