Items of Note
Important notices, upcoming deadlines, and events happening in the Medical Physics community.
COVID-19 UPDATE
Notice as of Wednesday, January 5, 2022, 7:30PM Eastern Time.
- COVID-19 Information for Medical Physicists »
- Beginning August 1, 2021, AAPM will allow in-person meetings and AAPM-funded travel for those fully vaccinated, with the understanding that individuals may participate virtually if they do not feel comfortable traveling. Meetings at AAPM HQ must follow guidelines established by EXCOM as appropriate to circumstances at the time of the meeting.
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- 2022 AAPM Dues
AAPM dues became payable on the first day of January. If you pay before March 1st, you can avoid a lapse in membership and a $50 reinstatement fee.
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- AAPM Newsletter
January/February 2022 Edition
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- ACR-AAPM
Revised ACR-AAPM Radiation Safety Officer Resources Available
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- MIDRC
On Tuesday, January 18, 2022 at 2pm CT, join MIDRC investigator Dr. Judy Gichoya for the January MIDRC seminar entitled "Reading Race: AI Recognizes Patient’s Racial Identity In Medical Images". REGISTRATION IS FREE!
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- National AI Initiative
National AI Initiative Office launches the AI Researchers Portal that connects AI researchers to Federal resources that can support their research, including data, computing, and testbeds, as well as AI-relevant grant funding programs. It also provides searchable repositories of approximately 140 current Federal grant programs relevant to AI, and around 40 Federally-funded testbed resources, in addition to a wide variety of data and computing resources useful for AI research. This portal is one of many tools and approaches for advancing the Nation’s leadership in AI research and development – the first goal of the National AI Initiative.
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- AAPM Webinars
- Episode #28 | AAPM Webinar Series on Advances in Medical Physics
Thoughts on the Implementation of AI in Clinical Practice
Artificial intelligence (AI) is changing the world and will likely transform healthcare. In the past several years, a lot of research has been done in the field of AI in medicine in general, and also, specifically, in radiation oncology. We have seen a lot of exciting research work published, however, very few of these tools have been used in routine clinical practice. In this talk, I will discuss these challenges and present some thoughts and work on potential solutions.
Speaker: Steve Jiang | Moderator: Amit Sawant
Tuesday, January 11, 2022 at 12:00 PM ET
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- Episode #1 | AAPM Webinar Series on Inertia or Excellence: Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion within AAPM
EDI in AAPM: Why Should I Care?
Over the last 2 years, AAPM has ramped up several of our equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) efforts. This webinar will provide a taxonomy and vocabulary for AAPM members who are interested in understanding EDI concepts and desire to be more equitable and inclusive in their daily life and workplace. Also, this webinar will be used to introduce 3 of our new affinity groups, the Black and African American Physicist Subcommittee (SC), the Hispanic and Latin-x Physicist SC and the Sexual and Gender Minority SC.
Speakers: Julianne Pollard-Larkin, Stephen Avery, Rick Castillo, Angélica Pérez-Andújar, Toni Roth, Sunshine Osterman, Victoria Ainsworth, Mahadevappa Mahesh | Moderator: Julianne Pollard-Larkin
Thursday, January 27, 2022 at 12:00 PM ET
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- Episode #13 | AAPM Webinar Series on MP3.0 Transformational Medical Physics
Revisiting the Clinical Role of Physicists in Imaging Care in 2022 and Beyond
Medical imaging is becoming increasingly advanced and heterogeneous. This progression entails new challenges and opportunities. This webinar explores how the foundational physics expertise of medical physicists can visit these challenges and opportunities.
Speaker: Ehsan Samei | Moderator: Todd Pawlicki
Thursday, February 10, 2022 at 12:00 PM ET
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- MPLA Journal Club
January’s topic is Strategic Planning. Check out the website for more information on how to get involved.
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- CodeX
- Advancing Health Equity in Cancer Research, Care, and Surveillance White Paper
Achieving health equity in cancer care would reduce morbidity and improve quality of life for many. HL7 CodeX, which AAPM joined as a founding member, has released a paper examining how real-world data standards in electronic health records (EHRs) could advance health equity in cancer care, research, and surveillance.
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- CodeX Health Equity Webinar
Why are data standards important to advancing health equity? Be sure to attend “Leveraging Interoperability to Drive Health Equity in Cancer Care, Research, and Surveillance”, a webinar being held by CodeX on January 27 at 1pm ET. This event will explore how real-world data standards could advance health equity for cancer patients and their families.
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- AAPM Funding Opportunities
- 2022 DREAM - Diversity Recruitment Recruitment through Education and Mentoring Program
Deadline: February 2, 2022
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- 2022 Summer Undergraduate Fellowship Program
Deadline: February 3, 2022
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- ASTRO-AAPM Physics Resident/Post-Doctoral Fellow Seed Grant
Deadline: February 11, 2022
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- 2022 Research Seed Funding Grant
Deadline: April 1, 2022
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- 2022 AAPM / RSNA Doctoral and Masters Graduate Fellowships
Deadline: April 20, 2022
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- 2022 AAPM / RSNA Imaging Physics Residency Grant
Deadline: May 3, 2022
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- 2022 AAPM BEST Award
Deadline: May 3, 2022
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