POI for the Week of March 20 – New Linac-MR Machine at the Cross Cancer Institute/Women in Physics Canada Conference/Curietherapies 2023
Exciting news for the Cross Cancer Institute! After 15 years of work, the Linac-MR machine has entered clinical trials. Congrats to COMP member and President of CCPM, Gino...
Pieces of Interest from COMP for the week of March 13 –Curietherapies 2022 Meeting/Growing Electrodes Inside the Body/COMP Mammography Workshop
Read up on the 2022 Curietherapies meeting “Moving Brachytherapy Forward” in the latest issue of InterACTIONS. Researchers in Sweden have found a way to generate...
Pieces of Interest from COMP for the Week of March 6 – Happy International Women’s Day!/Updates from the Odette Cancer Centre/COMP Career Catalyst Seminar
Happy International Women’s Day! Let’s celebrate the successful women around us, reminding today’s youth and girls that their dream is within reach. “It is a...
Pieces of Interest from COMP for the week of February 27 – Mammography Workshop Registration is Open!/Caring for Patients and Charts/New Practice Guideline from the SNMMI
Registration for the Mammography Workshop is now open! The first session will be March 31, 11am – 3:45pm ET. Topics include: Hardware and software considerations for...
Pieces of Interest from COMP for the Week of February 20 – IDEAs at Home February: Inclusive, Equitable, and Accessible Hiring in Medical Physics/2021 COMP EDI Survey Results/COMP Executive Director Report
Attention COMP members! Are you interested in learning how to navigate the complexities of bias and disclosure in the hiring process? Do you want to gain tools and...
Pieces of Interest from COMP for the week of February 13 – Message from the CCPM President/GRSIC Webinar series on Global Research Excellence & Rising Stars/Abstract Submissions Open for CARO-COMP JSM
Read the Message from the CCPM President in the January Issue of InterACTIONS. The AAPM Global Research and Scientific Innovation Committee (GRSIC) is excited to invite...
Pieces of Interest from COMP for the Week of February 6 - IDEAs at Home February: Inclusive, Equitable, and Accessible Hiring in Medical Physics/AAPM Summer School/Message from the COMP President
Attention COMP members! Are you interested in learning how to navigate the complexities of bias and disclosure in the hiring process? Do you want to gain tools and...
Pieces of Interest from COMP for the Week of January 30 – January 2023 InterACTIONS!/Ultrasound 'Tornado' Technique to Treat Blood Clots/Grant Writing Mentoring Program
The January 2023 Issue of InterACTIONS is now available! Researchers from North Caroline State University have found that the “vortex ultrasounds” method could break...
Pieces of Interest from COMP for the Week of January 23 – Embracing Equity, Diversity, and Inclusivity in Cancer Care: Starting at the Surface/Digital Chest X-ray Technique Improves Detection of Lung Lesions/LAST WEEK to Register for COMP Winter School
Learn more about the gaps in education surrounding radiation-induced skin reactions amongst patients of different skin tones through the CWC-IDEA article in...
Pieces of Interest from COMP for the Week of January 16 – Novel PET Radiotracer Reduces Number of False-Positive Cancer Findings After COVID-19 Vaccination/Communications Committee Update/Two Weeks Left to Register for COMP Winter School!
A novel PET radiotracer can reduce the number of false-positive cancer findings after the COVID-19 vaccination. Wondering what the Communications Committee gets up to?...
COMP Pieces of Interest for the Week of January 9 – Call for Abstracts – CARO-COMP JSM/8 ways to reduce musculoskeletal pain from the radiology workstation/2022 Innovation Grant Competition - Re-launch!
The call for abstracts is now open for the 2023 CARO-COMP Joint Scientific Meeting! According to a recent survey published in Academic Radiology, there are at least eight...
Pieces of Interest from COMP for the Week of January 2 – COMP Awards Recipients/Keto and Brain Imaging/Happy New Year!
Some incredible Medical Physicists were honoured at this year’s COMP Awards Ceremony is Quebec City. Read about all the COMP award recipients in the last issue of...
