Items of Note

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

• AAPM Elections
  2024 AAPM Elections results are available.
  View the Results
• AAPM Global Medical Physics Career Path Survey
  In light of the growing importance of global health in the realm of medical physics, it is essential to assess the viewpoints of practicing medical physicists, trainees, residency program directors, and departmental leaders supporting physicists in this expanding academic field. We aim to gauge the emphasis placed on training, research, and support for both trainees and practicing physicists by institutions at the forefront of this field. It is crucial for medical physicists to cultivate a deeper understanding within our own community regarding the interest and involvement in global health. We cordially invite you to take part in the survey being conducted by the Global Needs Assessment Committee within the AAPM International Council.
  Take the Survey 
• AAPM Funding Opportunities
  • 2024 AAPM/Academy’s Council of Early Career Investigators Opportunity CECI²
    Deadline: July 19, 2024
    Learn More & Apply
  • 2025 AAPM Expanding Horizons Travel Grant Round
    Deadline: September 15, 2024
    Learn More & Apply
• Proposed Dues Changes
  • An important discussion will take place during the 2024 Annual Business Meeting (ABM) regarding a board-proposed membership dues increase.
    Learn More 
  • Q&A Virtual Session
    Wednesday, August 14, 2024 at 3:00PM ET
    Learn More & Register 
• AAPM Grand Challenges
  • 2024 Call for Grand Challenge Proposals
    Deadline: July 31, 2024
    Learn More & Submit
    
• Radiation Oncology Incident Learning System® (RO-ILS)
  RO-ILS Releases New Themed Report on Rushing: The latest RO-ILS education is a detailed exploration of where rushing and/or scheduling contributed to events being reported to the program since 2014. The new RO-ILS Themed Report contains aggregate analysis comparing rushing and non-rushing cohorts in the database, four case examples, and mitigation strategies. The findings related to problem type, treatment techniques, contributing factors, and more can inform areas requiring additional focus and improvement activities so don’t miss reading this report!
  View the Report
• National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements (NCRP) Publications
  • Commentary No. 034 - Recommendations on Statistical Approaches to Account for Dose Uncertainties in Radiation Epidemiologic Risk Models
    View NCRP Commentary No. 034 
• Comments Requested
  • Medical Physics Practice Guideline 10.b: Scope of Practice for Clinical Medical Physics
    Deadline: August 13, 2024
    View & Submit Comments for MPPG 10.b 
  • Comments Requested – AAPM-HPS Medical Physics Practice Guideline 16.a: Scope of Practice for Medical Health Physics
    Deadline: August 13, 2024
    View & Submit Comments for MPPG 16.a 
• AAPM Publications
  • AAPM Report No. 150 - Acceptance Testing and Quality Control of Digital Radiographic Imaging Systems
    View Report 150
  • AAPM WGVRTO Report 390: A Survey of Veterinary Radiation Oncology Equipment and Infrastructure in 2022
    View Report 390
  • AAPM WGPE Report 394: Simulated Error Training for the Physics Plan and Chart Review
    View Report 394
  • AAPM Task Group 334: A Guidance Document to Using Radiotherapy Immobilization Devices and Accessories in an MR Environment
    View Report 334
  • AAPM Task Group Report 261: Comprehensive Quality Control Methodology and Management of Dental and Maxillofacial Cone Beam Computed Tomography (CBCT) Systems
    View Report 261
• AAPM Webinars
  Missed any of our previous webinars? Archived webinars can be found here.
  
  • AAPM Webinar Series on Global Research and Scientific Innovation Committee: School on Research Excellence
    Topic: Securing Grants in Early Career
    Synopsis: This webinar is presented by AAPM’s Global Research and Scientific Innovation Committee (GRSIC) and the Global Early Career Research Subcommittee (GECRSC). Successful senior, mid-career, and early career academic medical physicists from around the world will share their experiences surrounding grant funding. Our early-career speakers are participating as part of the Global Rising Stars program, which aims to highlight and champion early career researchers and global research collaboration & initiatives. In this webinar, speakers will introduce their academic career pathways and discuss their insights and advice into successfully acquiring research funding early in their careers. This session will include a panel Q&A discussion where the audience is invited to ask their own questions surrounding early career research funding.
    Speakers/Panelists: Tess Reynolds, Grace Gang, Martin Fast, Konrad Nesteruk
    Tuesday, July 16, 2024 at 12:00 PM ET
    Register for Securing Grants in Early Career
    
  • Webinar #38 | AAPM Webinar Series on Advances in Medical Physics
    Topic: Dosimetry and Imaging Response to Optimize Use of Targeted Radiopharmaceutical Therapies
    Synopsis: Radiopharmaceutical therapies are increasingly impacting the clinical care of patients with metastatic cancers, with multiple agents demonstrating an ability to improve survival across several cancers. Radiopharmaceutical therapies are unique in that they can be imaged, and are thus often termed theranostic (therapeutic and diagnostic). The theranostic nature of these agents can be leveraged in several important ways to personalize therapy for cancer patients, including as a means to calculate absorbed radiation doses delivered to tumors and organs at risk, and as a means to monitor treatment response. This talk will focus on the clinical advances in radiopharmaceutical dosimetry and imaging response assessment of these therapies, and the implications of these advances for clinical research, clinical trials, and practice.
    Speaker: John Floberg
    Tuesday, August 6, 2024 at 12:00 PM ET
    Register for Dosimetry and Imaging Response to Optimize Use of Targeted Radiopharmaceutical Therapies 
    
• AAPM Global Needs Assessment Survey for Medical Physicists
  If you are a medical physicist working in a Low-to-Middle-Income Country (LMIC), the AAPM Global Needs Assessment Committee would appreciate your help in responding to this confidential survey. Responding to this survey is estimated to take about 15 minutes or less.
  Take the Survey
• AAPM Supports AIP DEIBA Strategy
  To spur collaboration and advance goals towards achieving diversity, AIP’s Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Belonging, & Accessibility (DEIBA) Strategic Plan addresses the continued under-representation of racial and ethnic minorities, women, LGBTQ+ people, and people with disabilities in STEM. It represents the collective thinking of the AIP Federation/Member Societies - including AAPM - and builds upon AIP’s existing programmatic efforts to improve diversity and create a culture of inclusion and belonging.
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• 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 
• Confex
  Confex, an abstract system is 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.
• 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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