Early last year Board members from MPWB submitted a publication for Medical Physics International (the official publication of the IOMP) outlining the Vision and Mission of our organization. You can access the article on their website or download a copy here. 

Please see our latest Newsletter for updates on MPWB activities

• Annual General Membership meeting in Nashville TN
  
• AGM election details at Nashville
• Renewing your membership!
• Information meeting at COMP-CARO in Montreal
• Updates from the World Congress meeting at Prague

Annual membership meeting MPWB will hold its annual membership meeting on Tuesday 31 July 2018 from 12:15 to 1:45 in room Music Row 6 on Level Two in the Omni Nashville Hotel at the annual meeting of the AAPM in Nashville, TN. This is the hotel that is the AAPM Headquarters and hosts all the AAPM committee meetings. The meeting will be open to all people interested in MPWB and its activities; however, any formal voting will be restricted to members only. 

The Iranian Society of Clinical Oncology, in scientific collaboration with ESTRO is organizing: 

Perspectives of Advanced Radiotherapy in Middle Income Countries

26-28 September 2018 • Tehran • Iran

For more details, please see their website.

Please see our latest newsletter on the activities of MPWB on our website.

Membership renewal deadline is fast approaching: March 31, 2018. Please see our website to renew or join.

ICTP and the University of Trieste offers a two-year advanced training in medical physics, co-sponsored by the IIAEA, IOMP and the European Federation of Organization for Medical Physics (EFOMP) in collaboration with Trieste University Hospitals. See here to apply online (register first) and here for more details on the program. 

Application deadline: 22 April 2018.

"The story of women's struggle for equality belongs to no single feminist nor to any one organisation but to the collective efforts of all who care about human rights." - Gloria Steinem

Are you ready to #PressforProgress? 

The #MeToo and #TimesUp movements highlight the fact still, in 2018, gender equality remains a global issue. International Women's Day is a day to recognize these challenges, shift away from complacency, and start thinking about solutions. 

MPWB proudly supports the #PressforProgress movement and gender equality. It is up to all of us to find ways to make a difference and #PressforProgress in our communities. #IWD2018 belongs to all of us. On March 8, 2018 we challenge ourselves, our members, and our communities to find a way to #PressforProgress.

it is time to renew your MPWB membership! Please update your profile and renew your membership before March 31, 2018. Visit here start the process! 

For World Cancer Day,  Dr Jake Van Dyk (President of MPWB) will be one of several presenters live-streaming messages.

To go here to access the live-stream or archives of the event. or visit the iaea page for more details:  https://www.iaea.org/events/world-cancer-day-2018

World Cancer Day is an initiative of the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC). 

#WorldCancerDay #WeCanICan