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 ...

CFOs deal with a lot of moving parts to keep their facilities financially viable. Any number of problems can arise on a daily basis, so minimizing the chance for something to go awry is a plus. When ...

“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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...