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NIH

Sign Petition to Increase NIH Funding -- Please take a moment to sign a petition to increase support for NIH funding.  

AAPM Reports

The use and QA of biologically related models for treatment planning: Short report of the TG-166 of the therapy physics committee of the AAPM

ABR

ABMS to publicly report MOC status of diplomates; ABR to provide online clarification for lifetime certificate holders

FDA

FDA investigating illegal online sale of handheld dental X-ray units

funding opportunities

2012 AAPM Fellowship for Graduate Study in Medical Physics

2012 - 2013 AAPM Support for Clinical Residency in Imaging Medical Physics

U.S. Budget

Organizations blast imaging cuts in Obama’s budget

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Meetings Calendar

Chapter Meetings: March 2012 - May 2012

AAPM Spring Clinical Meeting: Full Meeting Program Available

World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering: May 26 - 31, 2012, Beijing, China

2012 AAPM Summer School - Medical Imaging Using Ionizing Radiation: Optimization of Dose and Image Quality- June 24-29, 2012

2012 AAPM Annual Meeting: July 29 - August 2, 2012

AAPM Website Updates

The NIH Early Career Reviewer (ECR) Program will help prepare you to participate in the NIH peer review process

AAPM member Norbert Pelc named to the National Academy of Engineering

AAPM Newsletter - New Edition Now Available

Survey on ethics and professionalism in medical physics

Career Services & Committee Classifieds

Career Services Ads as of March 1, 2012

AAPM Committee Classifieds as of March 1, 2012

NIH FUNDING

Sign Petition to Increase NIH Funding

Please take a moment to sign a petition to increase support for NIH funding. If this petition gets 25,000 signatures by March 18, 2012, the White House will review and respond. For more information and to participate, go to:

https://wwws.whitehouse.gov/petitions/!/petition/increase-nih-budget-33-billion-dollars-next-fiscal-year-flat-307-billion-will-kill-jobs-and-hurt/2q2m6Rdc

NOTE:  You must have a whitehouse.gov account to sign petitions.  For more information go to:

https://wwws.whitehouse.gov/petitions#!/how-why/terms-participation

FDA

FDA investigating illegal online sale of handheld dental X-ray units

The U.S Food and Drug Administration is warning dental and veterinary professionals to not purchase or use certain potentially unsafe hand-held dental X-ray units... [see full article]

U.S. Budget

Organizations blast imaging cuts in Obama’s budget

The Access to Medical Imaging Coalition (AMIC), American College of Radiology (ACR) and the Medical Imaging & Technology Alliance (MITA) have protested the Obama Administration’s proposed budget for 2013, which contains imaging cuts projected to save $820 million over 10 years.. [see full article]