IUPESM WiMPBME survey on Gender and Work from Home during COVId-19

The Women in Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering Task Group of the International Union for Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine (IUPESM) is conducting an international survey to collect data about the main issues that biomedical engineers and medical physicists (academics and professionals) and other related STEM professionals are facing...

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MPI Special Issue (History 4) is now online

The new MPI Special Issue (History 4) is now online http://www.mpijournal.org/history.aspx Table of Contents EDITORIAL A RETROSPECTIVE OF COBALT-60 RADIATION THERAPY: “THE ATOM BOMB THAT SAVES LIVES” THE MANY STEPS AND EVOLUTION IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY TECHNOLOGY AND IMAGING METHODS, THE QUEST FOR ENHANCED VISIBILITY THE FIRST FIFTY...

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International webinar on “Contribution of Women Scientists during CORONA Pandemic”

International webinar on “Contribution of Women Scientists during CORONA Pandemic” 24 July at 5:15pm- 6:5pm, BST with active participation from IOMP Women Subcommittee Download poster and program Webinar facebook page: https://facebook.com/groups/272263230100990/ Join the webinar via Zoom: https://bdren.zoom.us/j/63601279722?pwd=REwxNWRydnZsZTE5dGtOQTNsZEVHZz09 Meeting ID: 636 0127 9722 Password: 120260  

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The OWSD – Elsevier Foundation Awards for Early Career Women Scientists in the Developing World: The Call for Applications for the 2021 Awards is now open

Launched in 2013, the OWSD-Elsevier Foundation Awards for Early Career Women Scientists reward and encourage women working and living in developing countries who are in the early stages of their scientific careers, having often overcome great challenges to achieve research excellence. Awardees must have made a demonstrable impact on the...

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WHO Medical Devices July 2020, Newsletter

Dear colleagues, we are now past mid 2020 and with huge concerns on the 3 million cases of COVID-19 and half a million that have lost their lives to this deadly virus… we need to continue to work together in the most effective and impactful way.  This month the newsletter...

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IAEA Publications for medical physicists

EPR-Medical Physicists 2020. Guidance for Medical Physicists Responding to a Nuclear or Radiological Emergency. https://www.iaea.org/publications/13483/guidance-for-medical-physicists-responding-to-a-nuclear-or-radiological-emergency   EPR-Pocket Guide for Medical Physicists Supporting Response to a Nuclear or Radiological Emergency. https://www.iaea.org/publications/13388/pocket-guide-for-medical-physicists-supporting-response-to-a-nuclear-or-radiological-emergency

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