Items of Note

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

• A Note from the President Regarding Affirmative Action
  The recent decision of the US Supreme Court to abolish Affirmative Action has raised many concerns within the academic and professional communities.
  Read the Note 
• AAPM Elections
  2023 AAPM Elections results are available.
  View the Results
• AAPM President’s Monthly Minute
  Please take a moment to view the most recent President’s Monthly Minute, Dr. Ehsan Samei’s video highlighting notable July events to members of the Association.
  View the Video
• AAPM Grand Challenges
  
  • 2023 Call for Grand Challenge Proposals!
    Let the AAPM’s Working Group on Grand Challenges (WGGC) assist you and your colleagues in conducting a Grand Challenge, an exciting and fun way to solve an important scientific problem while engaging with AAPM membership and the medical community at-large! The WGGC is now accepting proposals from groups that wish to host a Challenge in advance of the 2024 Annual Meeting.
    Deadline: July 19, 2023
    Learn More and Submit a Grand Challenge Proposal
• Membership Class Proposal Q&A Virtual Sessions
  Ad Hoc Advisory Committee on Membership (AHCMEM) members will hold one-hour Q&A events virtually via Zoom to enhance understanding of this valuable topic. These Q&A sessions are offered to answer and clarify member questions on the proposal before the discussion at the Annual Business Meeting in Houston on July 26, 2023, or before the voting period opens on August 16, 2023.
  Learn More & Register 
• AAPM Funding Opportunities
  • 2023 AAPM / Academy’s Council of Early Career Investigators Opportunity
    Deadline: August 18, 2023
    Learn More & Apply
• AAPM Proposed Amendments to AAPM’s Governance Documents with Corresponding Proposed Dues Changes
  The proposed amendments and dues changes are available to membership for comment. Please send comments to the AAPM Secretary or to AAPM HQ. Comments received will be reported at the Annual Business Meeting on Wednesday, July 26, 2023, 6:15 - 7:15 PM CT, and additional comments may be made there.
  Learn More & Submit Comments 
• AAPM Webinars
  Missed any of our previous webinars? Archived webinars can be found here.
  
  • AAPM Webinar Series on Advances in Medical Physics
    Topic: Development of the Next Generation Robotic Radiotherapy
    Synopsis: Traditionally, radiotherapy planning and delivery heavily depend on human operators, creating inconsistencies, inefficiencies, and inaccuracies. The recent introduction of Artificial Intelligence has shown the potential of automating radiotherapy, but the potential cannot be fully executed without robotics. Early generations of robotic radiotherapy were instrumental in advanced techniques, including SBRT and tumor tracking, but the impact has been limited in scale. With new algorithms and designs, the application of robotic radiotherapy can and should be substantially expanded. A new generation of robotic radiotherapy has been developed based on solving ultra-large-scale optimization problems and a more flexible robotic architecture, which opens up new therapy and imaging capabilities. The talk will describe key elements of the new platform and relevant research and clinical opportunities.
    Speaker: Ke Sheng
    Thursday, August 10, 2023 at 12:00 PM ET
    Register Now for the Development of the Next Generation Robotic Radiotherapy Webinar 
    
• AAPM Member Profile
  Global Volunteer Information Section added.
  Update Your Member Profile 
• 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
  AAPM is excited to announce Confex, an abstract system which will now be 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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