12 Fifth Edition Marquis Who’s Who INSIGHT JIM R. ROPCHAN, PHD Research Scientist Yale University Hamden, CT marquismillennium.com/4thEd/342/ How have you navigated disruptions in your industry to remain a top professional? Being able to schedule things accordingly is key. You deal with the most pressing issues first that require your attention and, at the same time, try to keep up with what is going on in the field. You need to use the tools that are available to you. How do you feel your industry has changed/evolved? When we first started our kind of work, there were only a couple of radiopharmaceuticals that were being used. Now, there are many more, which lend a lot of information. We have worked on over 200 radiopharmaceuticals at Yale University. What innovations or technologies do you feel will shape the future of your industry? We will be testing a new PET scanner, which will be effective at looking at the biochemical processes in the body or brain. What excites you the most about your industry? What’s most exciting is seeing the work we have done translated to diagnose patients and detect early cases of cancer. By our methodology, we can determine cancer locations and how involved the cancer is long before patients see any outward signs. It is really beneficial, as it keeps us thinking about what else we can do with this technology. MARY SPORE-ALHADEF Librarian (Retired) Redwood City Public Library Palo Alto, CA marquismillennium.com/10th_Ed/68 How have you navigated disruptions in your industry to remain a top professional? I managed to find a strong place and stayed there. I originally worked in academic libraries at a theological seminary, but I left because I would have needed an extra master’s degree, which would have taken me years to complete. So, instead, I took a job in the public library. I can remember going home after the first day running the audio-visual operation and saying to my husband that I was never going to figure it out. He looked at me and said if it could be understood by human intelligence and performed in the library, I could learn and manage it. He was right — I learned it with a lot of help from him. What are two key behaviors/personality traits that allow you to be effective in your role? My sense of humor and knowledge of when to step away from customers worked well when working with the general public. What is the most important issue/challenge you are dealing with in your industry? A lack of funding is one issue because there isn’t enough money to pay for the level of staffing libraries need. They need people with a solid undergraduate education. What innovations or technologies do you feel will shape the future of your industry? Anyone who was a librarian for as long as I was would say that computers have had a big impact.
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