BRONWYN JONES was born in Sydney, Australia on November 30, 1943. She earned her medical degree from the University of South Wales School of Medicine, graduating cum laude. Of the medical school’s inaugural class, Bronwyn was one of only 30 students to graduate and one of only three women to do so. She completed her internship and residency in internal medicine in 1968 and 1970 at Prince Henry Hospital, and her radiology residency at King’s College in London in 1974.
Dr. Jones then moved to the United States, where she was a member of the faculty at the Harvard University Medical School. In 1981, she was recruited to Johns Hopkins by Dr. Martin Donner, the then chairman of radiology. In 1990, Dr. Jones was promoted to full professor, becoming the 28th woman to achieve such rank at Johns Hopkins Medicine.
Dr. Jones was a founding member and past president of the Dysphagia Research Society and past president of the Society of Gastrointestinal Radiologists. She was one of two archivists for the Dysphagia Research Society and authored more than 115 original research papers and over 60 book chapters. She co-authored three books, including one on normal and abnormal swallowing. Dr. Jones served as Director of the Johns Hopkins Swallowing Center and as Editor-Emeritus of the journal, Dysphagia until her retirement in 2015.
In retirement, Dr. Jones continued her relationship with Johns Hopkins, establishing the Bronwyn Jones, M.D. Professorship in Radiology. It is the department’s first named professorship for a female faculty member and will support a faculty member focused in diagnostics who embodies Johns Hopkins Medicine’s tripartite mission of education, research, and clinical care.
Held by John Eng
JOHN ENG, M.D., the inaugural recipient of the Bronwyn Jones, M.D. Professorship in Radiology, is a professor in the Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, where he also serves as Vice Chair for Faculty Academic Development.
Dr. Eng earned his undergraduate and medical degrees from the University of Wisconsin. He completed his residency in radiology, as well as a research fellowship as a Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar at Johns Hopkins. He is a recognized leader in the statistical analysis of diagnostic radiology tests, clinical informatics, and mentoring.
Dr. Eng’s interest in the rigorous evaluation of diagnostic imaging led to productive collaborations with the Johns Hopkins Evidence-Based Practice Center. This resulted in a series of publications evaluating methods for diagnosing and managing pulmonary embolism and a number of significant publications concerning contrast-induced nephropathy.
In collaboration with the Division of Cardiology, Dr. Eng established a method to adjust for longitudinal bias in the cardiac MRI data of the NIH-funded Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis, enabling hundreds of subsequent publications that examine the longitudinal effects of a variety of cardiovascular risk factors. More recently, Dr. Eng has become interested in the generalizability of artificial intelligence algorithms in radiology and has published highly cited narrative and systematic reviews on this important topic.
Dr. Eng has held significant leadership positions in national radiology organizations. He is past president of the Association of Academic Radiology (AAR) and has been recognized with the society’s highest award, the AAR Gold Medal As a member of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), Dr. Eng has served in numerous roles involving education and informatics, including chair of the RSNA Refresher Course Committee, which was responsible for organizing all continuing medical education courses at the RSNA Annual Meeting. Dr. Eng currently chairs the RSNA Radiology Informatics Council.
For many years, Dr. Eng has served on the School of Medicine’s Associate Professor Promotions Committee before becoming a current co-chair. He also chairs the Radiology Department’s Promotions Committee. In these capacities, Dr. Eng has worked with more than 75 faculty in the department to help prepare their promotion applications.