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Biography
Jason Dowling is a is a Senior Principal Research Scientist and Team Leader at CSIRO’s Australian e-Health Research Centre, where he leads a multidisciplinary group advancing machine learning driven medical imaging solutions for diagnosis, treatment planning, and monitoring. He has over 20 years’ experience in image analysis, software engineering, medical physics, and translation, with research spanning MRI, CT, PET, ultrasound, and wearable and portable imaging systems. His centre has an ISO13485 certified Quality Management System and Jason is experienced with Software as A Medical Device (SaMD) standards and processes (IEC62304, etc) and reporting requirements (including clinical validation and TGA CTN processes).
Jason holds a PhD in Human and Computer Vision Systems from Queensland University of Technology (2007), and degrees in Computer Science (Hons, 2002) and Comp/Psychology (1999) from Monash University. He is a member of the Australasian College of Physical Scientists and Engineers in Medicine and a co-inventor on an international patent for wearable ultrasound technology.
Jason’s work integrates AI with clinical translation, regulatory alignment, and national infrastructure development. He has led or contributed to more than 20 major research grants (>A$15M) in areas including oncology, cardiology, theranostics, and respiratory medicine. His software innovations include the sCTGen pipeline for synthetic CT generation (used in national radiotherapy trials) and the Zendaya platform for federated AI execution across clinical imaging networks. Jason has also led work on quality assurance tools for radiation therapy trials and is a pioneer in MRI-only treatment planning and real-time wearable ultrasound imaging.
He is an Adjunct Professor at the Queensland University of Technology (Faculty of Health, School of Clinical Sciences); has Adjunct Associate Professor positions with the Faculty of Medicine at the University of New South Wales and the School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering at the University of Queensland ; an Honorary Principal Fellow position with the Centre for Medical Radiation Physics at Wollongong University; and other honorary positions at the Universities of Sydney (Institute of Medical Physics) and Newcastle (Mathematical and Physical Sciences).
Jason regularly collaborates with hospitals, research institutions, and industry, and plays a central role in shaping international standards for AI in 3D/4D scanning through his leadership in ISO/IEC JTC1 WG12, where he serves as editor, and co-author of multiple international standards.
Jason has received numerous awards, has been a member of winning teams in several MICCAI medical image challenges, and continues to contribute to national strategy, clinical translation, and the development of Australia’s medical imaging AI capability. His media appearances include radio, newspaper and ABC TV.
Current Roles
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Team Leader
Medical Image Analysis -
Adjunct Professor
Queensland University of Technology (Faculty of Health, School of Clinical Sciences) -
Adjunct Professor
University of Canberra (Faculty of Science and Technology ) -
Adjunct Associate Professor
University of New South Wales(Faculty of Medicine) -
Adjunct Associate Professor
University of Queensland (School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering) -
Honorary Principal Fellow
University of Wollongong (Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences) -
Affiliate
University of Sydney (Institute of Medical Physics) -
Conjoint Lecturer
University of Newcastle (School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences)
Academic Qualifications
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2007
PhD (Electronic Engineering Systems, AI, Computer Vision)
Queensland University of Technology -
2002
BComp(Hons I) (AI, Information Retrieval)
Monash University -
1999
BAppSc(Psych/Comp)
Monash University
Achievements and Awards
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2025-2025
1st Prize MICCAI Synthrad challenge (synthetic CT generation from MRI) (Team lead: Bowen Xin)
MICCAI -
2025-2025
1st prize BioLaySumm - Radiology Report Generation with Layman's Terms @ BioNLP ACL'25 (Team lead: Wenjun Zhang)
BioNLP ACL'25 -
2024-2024
1st Prize Shared Task on Large-Scale Radiology Report Generation at BioNLP ACL 2024. (Team lead: Aaron Nicolson)
BioNLP ACL 2024 -
2022-2022
1st ImageCLEF medical challenge (tuberculosis detection from CT) (Team lead: Bowen Xin)
ImageCLEF -
2021-2021
Best paper prize - Kenneth Clark Journal award for best paper in the Physical and En- gineering Sciences in Medicine in 2021. Young, T., Dowling, J., Rai, R., Liney, G., Greer, P., Thwaites, D., & Holloway, L. (2021). Effects of MR imaging time reduction on substitute CT generation for prostate MRI-only treatment planning. Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine. doi:10.1007/s13246-021-01031-0
ACPSEM -
2014-2014
Finalist Best Poster Award European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology (ESTRO): in the category: Physics. Dowling et al., 2014
ESTRO -
2009-2009
1st Prize MICCAI 3D Segmentation Challenge for Clinical Applications: Prostate Segmentation (London, UK)
MICCAI
Other highlights
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2025-2025
Invited Speaker IEC Academy Online Workshop (presentations: DICOM SEG, DICOM RTSTRUCT, interoperability in 4D Scanning)
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2024-2024
Invited Speaker IEC Academy Online Workshop (presentation on 4D Scanning)
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2023-2023
Invited Speaker ACPSEM RANZCR AI Contouring workshop (Virtual)
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2023-2023
Invited Speaker 29th Merck Symposium (AI talk, Gold Coast)
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2017-2017
Invited speaker 5th Magnetic Resonance in Radiation Therapy (MRinRT) (Sydney, Australia)
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2016-2016
Invited speaker Japanese Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (JASTRO) (Kyoto, Japan).
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2023-2023
Invited Speaker 15th Asia Oceania ORL-HNS Congress (AI talk, Brisbane)
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2023-2023
Invited Speaker 2nd Focus Colloquium on Space Life Sciences & Health (Sydney)
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2022-2022
Invited speaker International Mars Exploration Working Group (IMEWG) (Virtual).
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2019-2019
Attendee Space Studies Program, International Space University (Strasbourg, France)
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2020-2020
Invited speaker Australian Space Biology Symposium (Virtual).
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2018-2018
Invited speaker 1st Australian Magnetic Resonance in Radiation Therapy (Wollongong, Australia).
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2013-2013
Invited speaker Engineering and the Physical Sciences in Medicine (Perth, Australia).
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2008-2008
Invited speaker 38th Cambridge Ophthalmological Symposium, Cambridge University (UK)
Grants
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2025-2028
CSIRO Research+ Postdoc funding “NextGen cancer therapy: towards curing the incurable” $360,000
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2024-2027
CSIRO Research+ Postdoc funding “Augmenting X-ray clinicians with AI technology for improved outcomes in fracture diagnosis in emergency settings", $360,000
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2023-2028
ARC Research Hub for Advanced Manufacture of Targeted Radiopharmaceuticals. Partner Investigator 2023-2028 $4,861,847
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2022-2023
TRI-CSIRO grant “Three-dimensionalising portable NMR assessment of Mammographic Density for improved breast cancer outcomes” CIB, $100,000
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2022-2025
CSIRO Research+ Postdoc funding “Continuous 3D imaging with wearable ultrasound”. PI 2022-2025 $320,000
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2022-2025
Australian Cancer Data Network: distributed learning from clinical data. Australian Research Data Commons: ARDC Platform Program Grant. CI. $957,858
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2021-2023
MRFF 1200255 “Ataxia-telangiectasia: treating mitochondrial dysfunction with a novel form of anaplerosis”. CI. $2,500,000
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2021-2021
2021 CSIRO Interchange grant “TGA Roadmap for medical imaging software”. PI 2021 $50,000
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2020-2021
Cardiac and Vascular Health CAG COVID-19 Response grant “Does COVID-19 have im- portant long-term cardiac sequelae?”, CI, $50,000
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2020-2023
CSIRO Research+ Postdoc funding “Improving oncology treatment using artificial intelligence and medical image analysis”, PI, $360,000
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2020-2022
CSIRO Research+ Postdoc funding “AI applied to medical imaging to improve quality of life for epilepsy patients”. CIB. 2019-2021, $360,000
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2019-2019
2019 CSIRO Space Future Science Grant to attend International Space University Space Studies Program 2019. PI. $30,000
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2019-2019
CSIRO Space Future Science Platform Round 1: “Feasibility and Opportunity Analysis for a Future Space BioMed Science Platform”, CI, $100,000
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2019-2021
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation: “Early life origins of CF lung disease”. CI. $2,300,000
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2018-now
Cancer Australia Grant: “Novel integration of new prostate radiation schedules with adjuvant androgen deprivation (NINJA).”, CI, $600,000
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2018-2022
University of NSW Seed funding: “Learning from and Improving target volume delineation in radiotherapy”, CI,$443,588
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2017-2020
NHMRC Project Grant 1126955: "Biofocussed prostate cancer RadioTherapy (BiRT): a personalised approach to delivering the right dose to the right place", CIE, $753,565
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2016-2018
NHMRC Project Grant 1102198: “Reducing the greatest uncertainty in radiotherapy”, CIC, $545,187
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2016-2019
CSIRO Postdoctoral Fellowship grant: “Medical image informatics for improved clinical management of cystic fibrosis. PI. $320,000
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2015-2018
NHMRC Project Grant 1077788: “Radiotherapy treatment for prostate cancer - a change in practice based on direct evidence for targeting and toxicity effects using real outcomes data.”, CIB, $530,546
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2013-2015
CSIRO Postdoctoral Fellowship grant "MRI based cervical cancer treatment planning", PI, $320,000
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2012-2013
PCFA Young Investigator Grant: "Development of high precision MRI based prostate cancer radiation therapy" $360,000
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2019-2020
QLD Health Metro South Research project grant: “A Prospective Pilot Study of a Novel PET/MRI Evaluation of Regional Liver Function to Guide Surgery and Stereotactic Radiation Therapy for Hepatocellular Carcinoma.”, CI, $100,000
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2013-2015
Fusion d’images multimodales pour le ciblage du cancer de prostate. Universit´e de Rennes, France. 50,000 Euro
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2012-2014
NSW Cancer Council RG 11-05 Does the initial treatment plan predict doses delivered to normal tissues during prostate radiation therapy (CIB) $349,794
Community and Corporate Citizenship
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2025-2025
National Heart Foundation of Australia: Peer Review Committee member
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2024-2025
Franklin Women (https://franklinwomen.com.au/) Mentor
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2024-now
Panel member Australian Cancer Data Network (Translational Panel)
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2022-now
Co-convener JTC1 ISO/IEC WG 12 Ad hoc group 3 on 3D scanning for 3D printing
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2020-now
Member Space Medicine and Life Sciences Technical Advisory Group (Australian Space Agency)
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2020-now
Member International Space Exploration Coordination Group (ISCECG) Space Analogues Team
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2019-2020
Member Space Health and Life Sciences Working Group (Australian Academy of Science)
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2019-2025
Associate Editor, Australasian Physical & Engineering Sciences in Medicine (Springer)
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2019-now
International Organization for Standardization (ISO) JTC1 WG12 Committee member (Australian Expert)
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2017-now
Member Australasian College of Physical Scientists and Engineers in Medicine (MACPSEM)
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2017-2019
CSIRO high school student work experience program volunteer
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2016-2019
Member NHMRC Project Grant Review Panel (Oncology)
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2013-2013
Scientific Committee / Session Chair 17th International Conference on the Use of Computers in Radiation Therapy
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2012-2012
MICCAI Prostate Segmentation Challenge organising committee (Nice, France)
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2010-2011
MICCAI Prostate Workshop co-chair and organising committee (Toronto, Canada; Beijing, China)
Publications
ORCID 0000-0001-9349-2275
We have publications by Dr Jason Dowling