Happy International Day of Medical Physics! #IDMP2019 is about bringing together communities and celebrating excellence in #medphys. Let us build on our #partnerships in the pursuit of equal access to #globalhealth, and celebrate the legacy of Marie Skłodowska Curie. 

Learn more about IDMP activities on the IOMP website!

The Global Oncology Committee of the Canadian Association of Radiation Oncologists (CARO) is sponsoring a webinar series with the goal of disseminating knowledge, discussing issues, spreading interest, and advocating for more impact in Global Oncology. The following is the information on speaker number 3 in this series:

Speaker: Dr. Jacob Van Dyk.

Time: 29 October 2019, 6:00-7:00 pm eastern time.

Title: Global Challenges in Radiation Oncology: A Medical Physics Perspective. 

Join Zoom Meeting: https://zoom.us/j/538502700

Meeting ID: 538 502 700 

One tap mobile : +1 647 558 0588, 538502700# Canada 

Dial by your location: +1 647 558 0588 Canada

Find your local number: https://zoom.us/u/airZROBPl  

All interested in Global Oncology activities are invited to join.

On August 21, starting 8 AM the Medical Physics for World Benefit website will be offline for 24 hours  annual servicing and updates to make the website more mobile friendly. The website will be up on August 22 at 8 AM.

Please contact  medphyswb@gmail.com for any inquiries.

Thank you,

The MPWB Team

In the latest edition of COMP InterACTIONs (the organization's quarterly newsletter), MPWB provided an article outlining some of the challenges in delivering radiation therapy in the developing world. You an access a copy of the article here.

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.

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.