On Tuesday, 17 September 2019, the IAEA is  organizing an event on the side lines of its biggest annual conference to mark the healthcare stakeholders’ efforts in this area. Medical director, cancer survivor, radiologist, and radiation protection specialist will discuss how to further improve Safety Culture at all Levels. Safety...

The International Virtual Conference on Theranostics (iViCT 2019) will be held next week and livestreamed on 4th-5th September 2019. Access to the livestream does not require registration and will be provided through the IAEA’s Human Health Campus at the link provided below. The iViCT 2019 agenda may also be found...

The September 2019 issue of the IUPAP newsletter is now online for your browsing.  You can view it via the link: http://iupap.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/IUPAP_sep2019_7-compressed.pdf or directly from IUPAP website at: http://iupap.org/newsletter/

Call for applications for the 3rd WHO Model List of Essential in vitro diagnostic (EDL) Application period now open for the WHO Model List of Essential In Vitro Diagnostics List 3rd Edition (2020). The goal is to add more in vitro diagnostic tests: additional tests for the diagnosis and management...

Call for Applications for the Schlumberger Foundation 2020-2021 Faculty for the Future Fellowships. As of September 5th, 2019 the Schlumberger Foundation will receive online applications for the grant. The Foundation would be delighted if you could share this announcement with your network of potential women candidates, either by forwarding them...

ISEP-AAPM program, endorsed by IOMP & AFOMP

An important recent accreditation activity was the accreditation of 3 medical physics courses in South Korea organized by the Catholic University, the Korean Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) and the Yonsei University. The IOMP assessment team (Prof. J. Damilakis, Dr V. Tsapaki, Prof. A. Chougule) visited the 3...

IAEA GC side event 2016 -transition from cobalt

WHO Medical Devices Newsletter, July 2019                            2nd WHO Model List of Essential in vitro diagnostic (EDL), was launched today in the United Nations press conference. Today , 9th July WHO launched  the 2nd WHO Model List of Essential in vitro diagnostic along with the 21st Essential...

IOMP Medical Physics World, Vol. 35, No. 1, June 2019 https://www.iomp.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/MPW-2019-01.pdf Editorial President’s Report IOMP Strategic Plan International Medical Physics Week Non-ionizing medical radiation protection and safety From the desk of the IOMP Secretary General The IOMP Project “History of Medical Physics” Treasurer’s Report IDMP 2019 Message Report of Science...