Items of Note

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

• CALLING ALL AAPM MEMBERS—WE NEED YOU NOW MORE THAN EVER
  

  As federal policies continue to evolve, their impact on medical physicists is becoming increasingly complex. From Executive Orders and agency directives to workforce changes, these shifts are shaping how we work, innovate, and serve patients. The President’s FY26 budget stands to significantly reduce funding for scientific and health research. Together, we can amplify the voice of medical physics and drive meaningful change!

  Support NIH, NSF, and NIST by visiting our TAKE ACTION CENTER and sending letters to your Members of Congress. This easy-to-use platform takes only a few minutes, if using our form letters, and just a couple more if you’d like to customize your messages. This brief act is critical to inform lawmakers of the necessity of these programs.

  Share your story with AAPM. From the action center you can also provide AAPM’s Government Relations Team valuable first-hand insights. Your experiences matter. Sharing only with us—we will protect your identity—helps our team understand the fuller picture of how these policies are truly affecting the medical physics field. Your real-world insights are crucial to enabling our advocacy efforts to properly educate lawmakers and the public about what’s at stake.

 

• JOIN US: AAPM’S ADVOCACY DAY | THURSDAY, JULY 31

  Right after the Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C., we’re taking our message to Capitol Hill. Be part of the conversation that shapes the future of science, healthcare, and our profession. Please note, registration for participation will close June 20.

  Register now for Advocacy Day and become a champion for medical physics.

 

• HPS-NCRP Webinar on Executive Orders Related to Radiation Protection
  The Health Physics Society, jointly with the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements, is holding a two-part webinar and open forum on the recent executive orders (EO) and their impact on health physics. Registration required. June 9 @ 12:30pm ET
  Register for HPS-NCRP Webinar on Executive Orders Related to Radiation Protection

 

• AAPM Response to Executive Order to Reform the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
  A new executive order directs the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to reconsider the use of the Linear Non-Threshold model and the As Low As Reasonably Achievable principle. While the order speaks specifically to the use of the LNT model and ALARA principle in the nuclear power industry, the ALARA principle is foundational in all radiation safety practices. AAPM will monitor effects of this executive order and continue to communicate relevant information to its membership.
  Read our response

 



• AAPM Publications
  • AAPM-RSS Medical Physics Practice Guideline 9.b: SRS-SBRT
    View MPPG 9.b
  • AAPM Medical Physics Practice Guideline MPPG 17.a: Quality management for mammography review workstation displays
    View Report 17.a
  • AAPM task group report 314: Fault recovery in external beam radiation therapy
    View Report 314
• AAPM Webinars
  Missed any of our previous webinars? Archived webinars can be found here.
  
  
  • Bridging the Communication Gap in Radiation Risk
    Topic: Radiation Risk and Public Trust: Ethics, Transparency, and Inclusion
    Speakers: Dahstrom, Kapadia, and Scanderbeg
    CE/CAMPEP credits not available for this series.
    Thursday, June 26, 2025 at 12:00 PM ET
    Register for AAPM Webinar: Radiation Risk and Public Trust: Ethics, Transparency, and Inclusion
    
  • Global Research and Scientific Innovation Committee: School on Research Excellence (2025)
    Topic: How to Start a Lab/Research Program
    Moderators: Joseph Weygand PhD | Dartmouth College
    Rachael Hachadorian PhD |University of California San Diego
    Speakers: Waddington, Whitney, Paganetti, Holloway
    CE/CAMPEP credits not available for this series.
    Tuesday, July 8, 2025 at 12:00 PM ET
    Registation link is coming soon!
    
  • Bridging the Communication Gap in Radiation Risk
    Topic: Radiation Risk Communication: Looking Ahead, from Strategy to Impact
    Speakers: Dahstrom, Kapadia, and Scanderbeg
    CE/CAMPEP credits not available for this series.
    Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 12:00 PM ET
    Registation link is coming soon!
    
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• 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.
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