Brian Napolitano named recipient of the 2024 AAMD Outstanding Achievement Award!
10 May 2024We are thrilled to share that, Brian Napolitano, MHL, CMD , has been selected to receive the 2024 Outstanding Achievement Award from the American Association of Medical Dosimetrists (AAMD). Brian will accept this award at the AAMD 49th Annual Meeting in St. Louis next month. The Outstanding Achievement Award is the highest award an individual can receive from the AAMD. It recognizes awardees for their significant contributions to the field of Medical Dosimetry. Brian has been a member of the...
Dr. Konrad Nesteruk Awarded Prestigious NIH MERIT Award (R37)
05 March 2024Konrad Nesteruk, PhD, received a prestigious National Institutes of Health MERIT Award (R37) for the project “A compact beam delivery system enabling ultra-fast dose delivery for upright proton therapy” by the National Cancer Institute (NCI). The Method to Extend Research in Time (MERIT) R37 Award provides longer-term grant support to Early Stage Investigators (ESI) who submitted exceptionally promising R01 research proposals. Investigators may not apply for an ESI MERIT Award. Most...
Now accepting applications for the 2024 Karen Doppke Award
05 March 2024The Division of Physics in the Department of Radiation Oncology at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School invites applications for The 2024 Karen Doppke Award for Women in Medical Physics , in honor of Karen P. Doppke, MS, DABR, FAAPM, FACR, for her many contributions to the field of medical physics during her illustrious 50-year career. The deadline for applications is April 12, 2024 . Karen Doppke earned an M.S. in Radiation Physics from the University of Wisconsin Medical...
Apply Now! 2024 Undergraduate Summer Fellowship Program
19 January 2024Join our undergraduate summer fellowship program in medical physics. The Radiation Oncology Physics Division at Mass General is recruiting an undergraduate student from a diverse background for a 10-week medical physics fellowship program this summer. The selected candidate will work with a Harvard faculty Physicist on a research and development project that is designed to motivate the student to continue to pursue a career in medical physics. The student will also have opportunities to get...
2023 Karen Doppke Award Winner
25 October 2023
Congratulations to Amy Yu, PhD, recipient of the 2023 Karen Doppke Award for Women in Medical Physics ! Dr. Yu visited the Mass General of Radiation Oncology on Thursday, October 19. and gave a lecture titled "From translational research to clinical implementation" exploring the process of translating research findings into concrete practices to improve workflow efficiency, treatment quality, and the overall safety of the clinical environment. Thank you, Dr. Yu, for a wonderful visit, and...
