Items of Note
Important notices, upcoming deadlines, and events happening in the Medical Physics community.
- AAPM 65th Annual Meeting & Exhibition
Early Bird Registration Deadline: June 7
Register Now!
- AAPM President’s Monthly Minute
Please take a moment to view the most recent President’s Monthly Minute, Dr. Ehsan Samei’s quick video highlighting notable June events to members of the Association.
View the Video
- 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 
- Comments Requested
New Task Group Proposals (under Science Council) - "Design and Implementation Guidelines for Custom Clinical Software".
Deadline: June 14, 2023
View the TG Proposal & Submit Comments
- Call for Task Group Proposals
The AAPM Working Group on Task Group Creation (WGTGC) invites proposals for task groups related to adaptive radiation therapy (ART).
Deadline: June 30, 2023
Learn More & Submit a TG Proposal
- 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
- Deep Generative Modeling for Learning Medical Image Statistics (DGM-Image Challenge)
Learn More & Participate in the DGM-Image Challenge
- Understanding Time-Activity Curve and Time Integrated Activity Variations in Radiopharmaceutical Therapy Challenge (TACTIC) – An AAPM Grand Challenge
Learn More & Participate in the TACTIC Challenge
- AAPM Webinars
Missed any of our previous webinars? Archived webinars can be found here.
- AAPM Webinar Series on Scientific Excellence and Global Rising Stars
Topic: Open-Source Resources in Medical Physics
Synopsis: In the rapidly evolving field of medical physics, open-source resources are becoming an essential tool for innovation and progress. This AAPM Global Research and Scientific Innovation Committee (GRSIC) Webinar, hosted in collaboration with the International Organization of Medical Physicists (IOMP), brings together a panel of research excellence and Global Rising Stars (GRS) in the fields of medical physics, providing unique insights and expertise on the use of open-source resources, including various data and tools in medical physics. A second webinar will be hosted by IOMP in July – more details coming soon. Our speakers will highlight how open-source resources advance accessible access to comprehensive datasets and advanced tools to foster global collaboration and fuel innovation within and beyond their own institutions. Our speakers will share real-world cases where these resources have led to groundbreaking solutions and ethical research practices. They will showcase the transformative potential of open-source in Medical Physics and its role in shaping a collaborative and innovative future as established and next-generation rising stars.
Speakers: Alejandro Bertolet, Islem Rekik, Humza Nusrat
Thursday, June 13, 2023 at 12:00 PM ET
Register Now for the Open-Source Resources in Medical Physics Webinar
- AAPM Webinar on
A Medical Physics Guide to Sexual and Gender Minority Health & Well-Being: Part 1
Synopsis: In this webinar hosted by the Sexual and Gender Minority Subcommittee (SGMSC), the ADDRESSING framework will be introduced to the Medical Physics community. The ADDRESSING framework is a peer-reviewed and foundational cultural competency, self-assessment tool used in the fields of Clinical Psychology and Psychiatry to create a sense of belonging and trust between patient and providers and provide healthcare professionals with the tools to connect across differences relating to ethnicity, religion, nationality, sexual orientation, disability, age, gender, and class. The SGMSC will demonstrate how the ADDRESSING framework can be used in the field of Medical Physics as a tool to connect peer to peer, mentee to mentor, employee to manager, patient to physicist, etc. The webinar will also include anonymized LGBTQIA+ anecdotes demonstrating the need and value of inclusivity within Medical Physics as well as a presentation on Creating Belonging Through Mentorship. The webinar will conclude with Navigating Medical Physics as a Student/Trainee. There will also be a Q&A at the end of the webinar. We are excited to provide the Medical Physics community with tools to relate to LGBTQIA+ students, trainees, faculty, staff, and patients and aid in fostering a sense of inclusion and belonging within our field.
Speakers: Danielle Key, Destinee Holloman, Nicholas Marsh, Alexis Sanwick, Michalis Aristophanous, Victoria Ainsworth, Jessica Vadas
Thursday, June 22, 2023 at 12:00 PM ET
Register Now for this SGMSC Webinar
- Medical Imaging and Data Resource Center (MIDRC)
- MIDRC mRALE Mastermind Grand Challenge: Developing AI to Predict COVID Severity on Chest Radiographs. Registration is open!
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- AAPM Funding Opportunities
- 2023 AAPM Expanding Horizons Travel Grant Round 2
Deadline: July 1, 2023
Learn More & Apply
- New in the AAPM Member Profile
Global Volunteer Information Section added.
Update Your Member Profile
- 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 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
- AAPM Website
Is something on the website not working as it should? Please send an email to helpdesk@aapm.org - the AAPM IS Team
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