Pieces of Interest from COMP for the week of June 16 – June 26 Lunch Byte/Executive Director Report/2025 COMP Award Winners
Lunch Byte: Implementing and treating VMAT TBI - Insights from Western Canada - On June 26, 2025, 12PM EDT join physicists from BC, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba in...
Pieces of Interest from COMP for the week of May 26 – LAST WEEK to register for the COMP ASM/Lunch Byte Recording/Executive Director's Report
It’s the LAST WEEK to register for the COMP Annual Scientific Meeting and Reirradiation Pre-Conference Workshop! In case you missed the last Lunch Byte or what to watch it...
Pieces of Interest from COMP for the week of May 19 – Exemplary leadership earns Ting-Yim Lee medical physics Gold Medal/Message from the CCPM President/ASM Welcome Reception
From humble beginnings to global impact, Dr. Ting-Yim Lee's pioneering work in medical imaging has revolutionized stroke care and shaped the next generation of physicists....
COMP 2025 Gold Medal
Congratulations to the 2025 recipient of the prestigious COMP Gold Medal Award, Dr. Ting-Yim Lee ! Dr. Lee’s extraordinary contributions to the field of medical physics have...
Pieces of Interest from COMP for the Week of May 12 – Lunch Byte: The Groundbreaking Varian Ethos Therapy System/Message from the COMP President/Student Activities at the COMP ASM
Lunch Byte: The Groundbreaking Varian Ethos Therapy System May 22, 2025 | 12:00 PM EDT | Zoom Join Dr. Amanda Cherpak from Nova Scotia Health for an exciting session...
The 2025 CAP-COMP Peter Kirkby Memorial Medal for Outstanding Service to Canadian Physics is awarded to Stephen Pistorius
"This award is a profound honour that reaffirms my belief in serving our community as physicists and champions of science, and like Peter Kirkby, I believe in a strong...
Pieces of Interest from COMP for the week of May 5 – Radiation Safety and Wellness Webinar/Know Before You Go – COMP ASM 2025/Early Bird Deadline – COMP ASM 2025
Join the Radiation Safety Institute of Canada on May 12, 2025, from 12:00–1:00 PM EDT for Hazard, Danger, Risk and Fear, a Radiation Safety and Wellness Webinar with Dr. R....
Pieces of Interest from COMP for the Week of April 28 – The Stochastics Live at the COMP ASM/RO Human Resource Crisis/Winter School 2026
Announcing the musical entertainment for the COMP ASM welcome reception in London! For their very first live performance: The Stochastics! Check out this band of...
Pieces of Interest from COMP for the week of April 21 – The COMP ASM Room Block is Filling Up!/One Week Left to Renew Your COMP Membership/Thought To Be Impossible: Scientists Break Century-Old Physics Barrier
Heading to the COMP ASM in London this June? The COMP hotel block is filling up fast - book your room today to take advantage of the special rate! Check out the latest COMP...
Pieces of Interest from COMP for the Week of April 14 – Lunch Bites - Radiation Oncology Human Resource Crisis/CUMPC/KHSC expands liver cancer treatment with cutting-edge Y90 therapy
Workforce issues continue to challenge the medical physics community—don’t miss Dr. Samantha Lloyd on April 17 at 12:00 PM ET for a timely Lunch Bite session on the Radiation...
Pieces of Interest from COMP for the week of April 7 – Lunch Bites/Faces of Nuclear Medicine: Experts from Tanzania on their journey, inspiration, and fighting social stigma
Lunch Bites: Radiation Oncology Human Resource Crisis: A review of the data Join Dr. Samantha Lloyd from BC Cancer as she shares insights from the CAPCA Oncology Strategic...
Pieces of Interest from COMP for the Week of March 31 – COMP Awards/Lunch Bites: The Groundbreaking Varian Ethos Therapy System : Learnings, discoveries, and future advancements/What makes medical students choose a career in radiology?
Pieces of Interest from COMP for the Week of March 31 – COMP Awards/Lunch Bites: The Groundbreaking Varian Ethos Therapy System : Learnings, discoveries, and future...
Pieces of Interest from COMP for the Week of March 10 – COMP Mammography Workshop/Hybrid imaging test combines antibody and radioisotope for early lung cancer detection/COMP Awards
Pieces of Interest from COMP for the Week of March 10 – COMP Mammography Workshop/Hybrid imaging test combines antibody and radioisotope for early lung cancer detection/COMP...
Pieces of Interest from COMP for the week of March 3 – COMP ASM 2025/COMP IDEA Student Travel Award/Transforming cancer care: MCTRC pioneers innovative research to bridge lab discoveries and patient treatment
Registration is open and abstracts are now being accepted for the COMP Annual Scientific Meeting in London, ON! A re you a student in medical physics looking for an...
Pieces of Interest from COMP for the Week of February 24 – COMP Student Council - Research Discovery Seminar Series: Medical Imaging/COMP Lunch Bites Series: COMP’s New Strategic Plan/Shattering Glass Ceilings: Celebrating Remarkable Physicists
The COMP Student Council (SC) is excited to announce the Research Discovery (RD) seminar series is back this month! The second session, happening February 26th, 10:00 am -...
Pieces of Interest from COMP for the week of February 17- COMP Reirradiation Pre-Conference Workshop/COMP ASM – Registration and Abstract Submission Open/BC Cancer Agency and Proton Dosimetry/IAEA Helps to Build Future Female Leaders in Nuclear Science an
Join us for the COMP Reirradiation Workshop on June 4, 2025, at RBC Place in London, ON. Driven by the rising demand for reirradiation due to advancements in cancer therapies...
Pieces of Interest from COMP for the Week of February 10 – Executive Director Report/COMP ASM – Registration and Abstract Submission Open/International Day of Women and Girls in Science
Read the Executive Director Report in the latest issue of InterACTIONS. Registration is open and abstracts are now being accepted for the COMP Annual Scientific Meeting in...
Pieces of Interest from COMP for the Week of February 3 – COMP ASM – Registration and Abstract Submission Open/Message from the CCPM President/COMP Mammography Workshop
Registration is open and abstracts are now being accepted for the COMP Annual Scientific Meeting in London, ON! Read the Message from the CCPM President in the latest issue...
Pieces of Interest for COMP for the Week of January 27 - COMP Lunch Bites Series 2: COMP’s New Strategic Priorities/COMP Career Catalyst Seminar - Transitioning to Industry/Message from the COMP President
Join Kathleen Surry at a COMP Lunch Bites webinar on February 27, 2025 at 12:00 PM ET to discover the exciting activities COMP has planned to support the new Strategic...
Pieces of Interest from COMP for the week of January 20 – LAST WEEK for COMP Winter School/Nuclear Medicine Upgrade at NBRHC/January InterACTIONS
It’s the LAST WEEK to register for the COMP Winter School in Calgary Alberta! Don’t miss out on this chance to be in-person with your Medical Physics colleagues across...