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As a PIP member of the American Association in Medical Physics (AAPM) and other scientific forums, he published many articles and several books in Medical Imaging aspects, achieved awards in innovation, scientific hypothesis and inventions, and paper awards in world conferences.
Among other achieved awards and nominations, "Disturbia" and "If I Never See Your Face Again" received nominations for Best Dance Recording and Pop Collaboration with Vocals respectively at the 2009 Grammy Awards.
American Life also achieved award nominations.
The film is second only to Cabaret (1972) to receive the most Academy Awards in its year without achieving the award for Best Picture.
Hood has achieved many awards for his work, including the 2006 Heinz Award in Technology, the 2004 Biotechnology Heritage Award, the 2003 Lemelson-MIT Prize, the 2002 Kyoto Prize for Advanced Technology, and the Lasker Award for Studies of Immune Diversity in 1987.
These works were effectively his screen monument, and for which he achieved Bafta awards.
Elysium, starring Matt Damon and Jodie Foster as denizens of a world where the rich live in luxury on a floating satellite while the poor suffer and die on the Earth's surface, failed to achieve the awards season recognition garnered by Blomkamp's 2009 debut.
For nearly 30 years he interviewed prime ministers, heads of state and royalty, to achieve many awards and firsts.
To achieve these awards, a number of challenge badges must be previously obtained, demonstrating a wide range of skills, in addition to a personal challenge.
