Held annually on 7 November – on the birthday of the world’s first medical physicist, Marie Salomea Skłodowska–Curie – the International Day of Medical Physics raises awareness of the field’s ...

All trainees entering the Radiation Oncology Physics Residency program are required to satisfy the CAMPEP standards for program admission. That is, individuals must have acquired a strong foundation ...

Aliyah Welker ’22 had never heard of health physics when she started at UMass Lowell. Neither had Cassia Fontes ’22, ’23. Yet the two former classmates, who chose the radiological health physics ...

“She is an exceptional leader.” This is a sentiment repeated many times by colleagues of Jing Zeng, MD, as she transitions from her role as medical director at Fred Hutch Cancer Center - Proton ...

Beyond the medical physics program’s academic rigor, the recent class of graduates also developed the Medical Physics Club of Purdue, a student organization that offers opportunities for medical ...

Most countries have medical physics societies and rules for equipment quality control, but the recognition and job roles of medical physicists vary. Challenges included a lack of awareness of the ...

The IAEA’s expertise in medical physics and dosimetry is enhancing the capacities of countries around the globe to use ionizing radiation in medical procedures safely and effectively, the Scientific ...

From the time he was a child enthralled with science fiction, Aaron Fishbein knew he wanted to study physics. Now, as a student in UMass Lowell’s highly selective medical physics graduate program, ...

Wu Liu, PhD, a medical physicist who created new imaging techniques and radiation treatments for cancer, died May 14 of brain cancer at 51. Dr. Liu’s clinical focus was on developing and improving ...

Medical physicist Chris Williams, who completed his NASA astronaut training in 2024, has been selected to serve aboard the International Space Station (ISS) as part of the Expedition 74 crew and is ...