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Pieces of Interest from COMP for the Week of March 18 - C3 Seminar: Frontiers in Medical Physics/COMP Awards/Sylvia’s Travels

Pieces of Interest from COMP for the Week of March 18 - C3 Seminar: Frontiers in Medical Physics/COMP Awards/Sylvia’s Travels

Registration for the next COMP Career Catalyst (C3) Seminar on Frontiers in Medical Physics is now open! The seminar will take place virtually on March 27th, 2024 at 2:30 PM...

March 18, 2024

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Pieces of Interest from COMP for the week of March 11 – March 12 Resident Seminar Series/InterACTIONS Article/ASM Abstract Deadline Extended!

Pieces of Interest from COMP for the week of March 11 – March 12 Resident Seminar Series/InterACTIONS Article/ASM Abstract Deadline Extended!

The COMP Residency Committee is excited to present the 26th Session of the Medical Physics Resident Seminar Series, on  Tuesday, March 12th, 2024, at 12:00 PM EST which...

March 11, 2024

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Pieces of Interest from COMP for the week of March 4 – Don't Forget to Submit Your Abstract!/A Personal Reflection on Promoting IDEA at COMP-CARO 2023 JSM/ Investigating Breast Cancer Podcast

Pieces of Interest from COMP for the week of March 4 – Don't Forget to Submit Your Abstract!/A Personal Reflection on Promoting IDEA at COMP-CARO 2023 JSM/ Investigating Breast Cancer Podcast

Join COMP June 5-8, 2024 in-person at the Delta Hotel in Regina, Saskatchewan for the 70th COMP Annual Scientific Meeting:  New Horizons: Emerging Roles in Medical Physics...

March 4, 2024

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Pieces of Interest from COMP for the week of February 26 – Ultrahigh-Dose Rate X-Ray Platform Lines Up for FLASH Radiobiological Research/Women in Radiation Medicine Luncheon/Can Your Breath Be Used to Detect Lung Cancer?

Pieces of Interest from COMP for the week of February 26 – Ultrahigh-Dose Rate X-Ray Platform Lines Up for FLASH Radiobiological Research/Women in Radiation Medicine Luncheon/Can Your Breath Be Used to Detect Lung Cancer?

Researchers in Canada have characterized an X-ray irradiation platform for radiobiological studies of FLASH radiotherapy – an emerging cancer treatment technique that uses...

February 26, 2024

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Pieces of Interest for COMP Week of February 19 - Update! Harold E. Johns Travel Award Applications due April 12, 2024/Aaron Fenster Interview with Jake Van Dyk/Executive Director Report

Pieces of Interest for COMP Week of February 19 - Update! Harold E. Johns Travel Award Applications due April 12, 2024/Aaron Fenster Interview with Jake Van Dyk/Executive Director Report

Update! Applications are due April 12, 2024 for the Harold E. Johns Travel Award, given annually by the Canadian College of Physicists in Medicine to an outstanding CCPM...

February 19, 2024

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Pieces of Interest from COMP for the Week of February 12 - IC3Ddose 13, Aarhus, Denmark/Message from the COMP President/Registration and Abstract Submission is Open for the COMP Annual Scientific Meeting!

Pieces of Interest from COMP for the Week of February 12 - IC3Ddose 13, Aarhus, Denmark/Message from the COMP President/Registration and Abstract Submission is Open for the COMP Annual Scientific Meeting!

The IC3Ddose scientific committee is happy to announce that the 13th edition of the International Conference on Three Dimensional Dosimetry will be held in Aarhus, Denmark,...

February 12, 2024

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Pieces of Interest from COMP for the week of February 5 – COMP ASM Registration and Abstract Submission Open/COMP Career Catalyst/Message from the COMP President

Pieces of Interest from COMP for the week of February 5 – COMP ASM Registration and Abstract Submission Open/COMP Career Catalyst/Message from the COMP President

Registration and abstract submission is now open for the COMP ASM 2024! The second COMP Career Catalyst session of the year is happening on March 1st at 1 PM EST. This...

February 5, 2024

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Pieces of Interest from COMP for the week of January 29 – January 2024 InterACTIONS/True Tales of Medical Physics Book Review/Underrepresented Groups in Physics Take Montreal by Storm

Pieces of Interest from COMP for the week of January 29 – January 2024 InterACTIONS/True Tales of Medical Physics Book Review/Underrepresented Groups in Physics Take Montreal by Storm

The January 2024 Issue of InterACTIONS is now available! Read the latest book review by Geoff Ibbott on The True Tales of Medical Physics: Insights into a Life-Saving...

January 29, 2024

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Pieces of interest from COMP for the week of January 22 – COMP Career Catalyst/New Cancer Therapy Approach Slows Growth of Advanced Gastrointestinal Tumours/Medical Students Gain Confidence In Radiology Boot Camp

Pieces of interest from COMP for the week of January 22 – COMP Career Catalyst/New Cancer Therapy Approach Slows Growth of Advanced Gastrointestinal Tumours/Medical Students Gain Confidence In Radiology Boot Camp

Attention students! The next  COMP Career Catalyst seminar: Global Development of Medical is taking place on January 24 at 1 PM EST / 10 AM PST. Click here to register...

January 22, 2024

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Pieces of Interest from COMP for the Week of January 15 – Reirradiation Advancement Forum/VR Assessment Distinguishes Between Beginner and Advanced Ultrasound Users/COMP Award Nominations Open!

Pieces of Interest from COMP for the Week of January 15 – Reirradiation Advancement Forum/VR Assessment Distinguishes Between Beginner and Advanced Ultrasound Users/COMP Award Nominations Open!

Building on the enthusiasm generated at COMP’s Reirridiation Advancement Forum held virtually on December 15, 2023 COMP is looking for a few enthusiastic volunteers to...

January 15, 2024

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Pieces of Interest from COMP for the week of January 1 –   Happy New Year!/Imaging Committee Update/ New PET Tracer

Pieces of Interest from COMP for the week of January 1 – Happy New Year!/Imaging Committee Update/ New PET Tracer

Happy New Year! Don’t forget to renew your COMP membership to continue receiving member benefits in 2024! Looking back on a busy year in the COMP Imaging Committee . New...

January 1, 2024

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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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