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Pieces of Interest from COMP for the week of December 25 – Innovation Grant Winner/QARSAC 2023 Committee Update/Radiology, AI, and the Cloud

Pieces of Interest from COMP for the week of December 25 – Innovation Grant Winner/QARSAC 2023 Committee Update/Radiology, AI, and the Cloud

COMP is pleased to announce the winner of the 2023 Innovation Grant is Dr. Andrew K. H. Robertson , PhD, from BC Cancer Vancouver for his project titled Radiation Shielding...

December 25, 2023

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Pieces of Interest from COMP for the Week of December 18 – COMP Career Centre/Science Committee Update/Sylvia’s Travels

Pieces of Interest from COMP for the Week of December 18 – COMP Career Centre/Science Committee Update/Sylvia’s Travels

New year new job? Check out COMP’s Career Centre job postings today! Read the Science Committee Update in the latest issue of InterACTIONS! Sylvia’s latest travels: a...

December 18, 2023

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Pieces of Interest from COMP for the week of December 11 – Membership Renewal/16 Days of Activism Against Gender-based Violence and CWC Statement on Gender-based Violence/ASM 2024 Theme

Pieces of Interest from COMP for the week of December 11 – Membership Renewal/16 Days of Activism Against Gender-based Violence and CWC Statement on Gender-based Violence/ASM 2024 Theme

COMP membership renewal is now open! Renew today to continue receiving your Member Benefits such as Sosido! November 25 marked the start of the 16 Days of Activism Against...

December 11, 2023

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Pieces of interest from COMP for the week of December 4 – First International Guidelines Emphasize Benefits of Digital Monitoring in Medical Imaging for Radiation Exposure/CCPM Chief Examiner Report/#AroundCanadaInMedPhysWays

Pieces of interest from COMP for the week of December 4 – First International Guidelines Emphasize Benefits of Digital Monitoring in Medical Imaging for Radiation Exposure/CCPM Chief Examiner Report/#AroundCanadaInMedPhysWays

The IAEA is encouraging medical professionals to optimize patient protection by shifting from manual to digital processes of monitoring ionizing radiation in imaging...

December 4, 2023

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Pieces of Interest from COMP for the week of November 27 – IDEAs@Home/New Radiation Therapy Machines in Nova Scotia/Executive Director Report

Pieces of Interest from COMP for the week of November 27 – IDEAs@Home/New Radiation Therapy Machines in Nova Scotia/Executive Director Report

Remember when we all thought we'd be returning to some level of normalcy after the Covid-19 pandemic? Instead many of us still bear the scars from a pandemic while operating...

November 27, 2023

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Pieces of Interest from COMP for the week of November 20 – COMP IDMP Contest Re-cap/ Do women prefer female radiologists to perform breast ultrasound?/ #AroundCanadaInMedPhysWays

Pieces of Interest from COMP for the week of November 20 – COMP IDMP Contest Re-cap/ Do women prefer female radiologists to perform breast ultrasound?/ #AroundCanadaInMedPhysWays

This year, in honour of International Day of Medical Physics on November 7, the COMP Communications Committee invited the COMP membership to submit their best photos...

November 20, 2023

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Pieces of Interest from COMP for the week of November 13 – Japan Celebrates IDMP 2023/Message from the CCPM President/MCCPM and Mammography Exams

Pieces of Interest from COMP for the week of November 13 – Japan Celebrates IDMP 2023/Message from the CCPM President/MCCPM and Mammography Exams

Find out how Japan celebrated IDMP2023 ! Read the Message from the CCPM President in the latest issue of InterACTIONS! MCCPM exam applications are due December 1, 2023 and...

November 13, 2023

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Pieces of Interest from COMP for the week of November 6 – Celebrating the International Day of Medical Physics!/Message from the COMP President/CAP Medals 2024

Pieces of Interest from COMP for the week of November 6 – Celebrating the International Day of Medical Physics!/Message from the COMP President/CAP Medals 2024

Happy Birthday to Maria Salomea Skłodowska-Curie and Happy International Day of Medical Physics! This year, COMP celebrated by honouring the 2023 theme “Standing on the...

November 6, 2023

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Pieces of Interest from COMP for the week of October 30 – ONE WEEK LEFT for Innovation Grant/InterACTIONS/PET Reveals Patient Responses to New Alzheimer’s Disease Drug

Pieces of Interest from COMP for the week of October 30 – ONE WEEK LEFT for Innovation Grant/InterACTIONS/PET Reveals Patient Responses to New Alzheimer’s Disease Drug

ONE WEEK left to submit your intent to apply application for the CNSC Innovation Grant ! The October issue of InterACTIONS is out for your reading pleasure! Patients with...

October 30, 2023

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Pieces of Interest from COMP for the Week of October 23 – COMP IDMP Contest/IDEAS at Home – A Year in Review/Students Prefer MSK, Body, Breast Imaging

Pieces of Interest from COMP for the Week of October 23 – COMP IDMP Contest/IDEAS at Home – A Year in Review/Students Prefer MSK, Body, Breast Imaging

International Day of Medical Physics (IDMP) is approaching, and we want to celebrate with the COMP community through a photo contest! The theme of IDMP this year is “...

October 23, 2023

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Pieces of Interest from COMP for the week of October 16 – CNSC Innovation Grant/COMP Professional Report/Frontiers Planet Prize

Pieces of Interest from COMP for the week of October 16 – CNSC Innovation Grant/COMP Professional Report/Frontiers Planet Prize

The CNSC Innovation Grant intent to apply deadline is coming up on October 27th! Read more, including how to apply, here . The 2023 COMP Professional Report is now available...

October 16, 2023

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Pieces of Interest from COMP for the week of October 9 – IDMP 2023/COMP Imaging Lecture Series/MP-FIRE Research Partnerships Group

Pieces of Interest from COMP for the week of October 9 – IDMP 2023/COMP Imaging Lecture Series/MP-FIRE Research Partnerships Group

International Day of Medical Physics (IDMP) is approaching, and we want to celebrate with the COMP community through a photo contest! The theme of IDMP this year is “...

October 9, 2023

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