Items of Note

Important notices, upcoming deadlines, and events happening in the Medical Physics community.

• 2024 AAPM Dues
  AAPM dues became payable on the first day of January. If you pay before March 1st, you can avoid a lapse in membership and a $50 reinstatement fee.
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• AAPM President’s Monthly Minute
  Please take a moment to listen to President Todd Pawlicki’s first Monthly Minute on major highlights of the Association.
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• AAPM Newsletter
  January/February 2024 Issue Available.
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• 2024 Awards and Honors Nomination System Open
  AAPM members please take a moment to review the award descriptions and consider submitting nominations for colleagues whom you believe are deserving candidates.
  Deadline: February 28, 2024
  Learn More & Submit a Nomination 
• Radiology Health Equity Symposium
  Participate in the third installment of a three-part symposium series that delves into the critical topic of advancing clinical research diversity and representation. This final session, being held January 24, will provide invaluable insights into the art and science of successful recruitment and development of stakeholder partnerships.
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• Comments Requested
  AAPM Report No. 249 U1: Essentials and Guidelines for Clinical Medical Physics and Residency Training Programs (Revision of Report No. 249)
  Deadline: February 18, 2024
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• AAPM Funding Opportunities
  • 2024 Summer Undergraduate Fellowship Program
    Deadline: February 5, 2024
    Learn More & Apply
  • 2024 DREAM – Diversity Recruitment through Education and Mentoring Program
    Deadline: February 5, 2024
    Learn More & Apply
  • 2024 ASTRO–AAPM Physics Resident/Post-Doctoral Fellow Seed Grant
    Deadline: March 20, 2024
    Learn More & Apply
  • 2024 AAPM Science Council Associates Mentorship Program (SCAMP)
    Deadline: April 3, 2024
    Learn More & Apply
  • 2024 Research Seed Funding Grant
    Deadline: April 17, 2024
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  • 2024 AAPM/RSNA Doctoral and Masters Graduate Fellowships
    Deadline: April 24, 2024
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  • 2024 AAPM/RSNA Imaging Physics Residency Grant
    Deadline: May 15, 2024
    Learn More & Apply
• AAPM Webinars
  Missed any of our previous webinars? Archived webinars can be found here.
  
  • Topic: AAPM Webinar on A Day in the Life of Medical Physicists in Africa
    Synopsis: This webinar will focus on a day in the life of medical physicists in Low-and-Middle Income Countries (LMICs) in Africa with the aim of providing valuable information to the AAPM membership interested in global health outreach or research activities. The information will also allow us as an organization to tailor our support and initiatives to address unique challenges and opportunities in LMICs in Africa. The webinar will provide insight into the current healthcare infrastructure, gaps in resource allocation, quality of care, the contribution of physics to patient care, and barriers that affect patients’ access to care.
    Speakers: Abigail Quaye, Loreh Peter, Samuel Adeneye
    Thursday, January 25, 2024 at 12:00 PM ET
    Register Now for the Webinar on A Day in the Life of Medical Physicists in Africa 
    
  • Webinar #36 | AAPM Webinar Series on Advances in Medical Physics
    Topic: Total-Body PET: History and Future
    Synopsis: The first hints of the total body PET concept appeared in the early 1990s when Terry Jones described a long axial field of view PET scanner that could perform dynamic scanning on multiple organs at once. However, the technology of the time was inadequate to match the scale of the problem. Although a number of progressively longer PET scanners were designed, it was not until 2018 that the first total-body PET scanner was built. The marriage of this concept together with progressive improvements in PET detector technology promises a bright future, both in research and in clinical application.
    Speaker: Ramsey Badawi
    Thursday, February 8, 2024 at 12:00 PM ET
    Register Now for the Webinar on Total-Body PET: History and Future 
    
• AAPM Grand Challenges
  • Quantitative Intravoxel Incoherent Motion (IVIM) Diffusion MRI Reconstruction (IVIM-dMRI Recon)
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  • CT Metal Artifact Reduction (CT-MAR)
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• AAPM Member Profile
  Global Volunteer Information Section added.
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• AAPM Mentorship Program
  Sign-up as a mentee or mentor at any time, as the program is an on-demand service.
  Become a Mentor or a Mentee 
• Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee (EDIC)
  AAPM members, please feel free to use this anonymous and confidential resource to inform the Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee (EDIC) of any comments, questions or concerns you have regarding EDI within AAPM or your experience as a medical physicist.
  Learn More & Send Feedback 
• Confex
  Confex, an abstract system which is now being used for all AAPM meeting program development. If you’re an author or submitter for any AAPM meeting program, please watch for and whitelist the email address aapm@confex.com.
• AAPM Website
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