Dr Taofeeq A. Ige, the immediate past president of the Federation of African Medical Physics Organisations (FAMPO) and the immediate past Secretary-General of the Nigerian Association of Medical Physicists (NAMP), becomes the second African to be awarded with the prestigious Fellowship of the International Organisation of Medical Physics (FIOMP). The award ceremony took place at the World Congress on Medical Physics and Bio-Medical Engineering, which held at the Sands Expo and Convention Centre, Marina Bay Sands, Singapore on the 15th of June 2022. The triennial conference is organised by the International Union of Physical and Engineering Scientists in Medicine (IUPESM) and brings together one of the largest gathering of Medical Physicists and Biomedical Engineers in the world. This year’s congress was held from the 12th – 17th, June. Dr Ige was also recognised with another award for his distinguished service to FAMPO. Presenting the awards to him at the ceremony were the newly installed President of the IOMP, Professor John Damilakis (Greece) and the new Professional Relations Committee (PRC) Chair and outgone Chair of the Awards and Honours Committee of the IOMP, Dr Simone Kodulovich Renha from Brazil.
Invitation to the July Edition of NAMP webinars: Advancing Medical Physics Profession through Training, Research’ & Innovation
Speaker: Dr Rachel I. Obed Registration link: https://bit.ly/NAMPwebinarJuly Dr. Rachel I. Obed is currently an Associate Professor at the Department of Physics, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria. Her areas of research include imaging techniques and patient dosimetry in diagnostic and therapeutic radiological procedures. She has about 25 years of expertise in radiation protection and dosimetry for patients undergoing medical procedures. Her research work involves the estimation of radiation dose from medical exposures in order to generate reliable dosimetry data for use in epidemiological studies of ionizing radiation and cancer risk. In 2010, Dr. Obed was awarded with the prestigious Taqi Binesh award at the international College on Medical Physics, for her significant contribution to Medical Physics research under the Training and Research in Italian Laboratory (TRIL) program at the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Trieste, Italy. She was the Best TRIL research fellow for the past 5 years in 2010. Dr. Rachel Obed was an IAEA fellow at National Physical Laboratory UK (Sept – Dec, 2001), a Junior Associate of ICTP (2005 – 2012), a Regular Associate of ICTP (2014 – 2019). She is currently a member of the Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World (OWSDW), a member of the Nigeria Institute of Physics (NIP) and also a member of the Nigerian Association of Medical Physicists (NAMP). Dr. Obed teaches Radiation and Health Physics topics at the University level. She is also involved in Medical Physics Education program. She has successfully supervised quite a number of Ph.Ds, Masters and Bachelors students, some of whom are currently working as Medical Physicists in both private and government institutions locally and internationally. Dr. Obed is also currently a Nigerian Nuclear Regulatory Authority (NNRA) accredited Radiation Safety Consultant/Adviser.
Invitation to the June edition of NAMP webinars: What do Medical Physicists do? – helping management understand our role in healthcare.
Still in commemoration of the International Medical Physics Week (IMPW), please find details of the June webinar below. Speaker: Ms Olusola Osunsami (Clinical Scientist UK, Medical Physics Expert, Member of IPEM) Ms Olusola Osunsami is a recently retired Medical Physicist with many years of experience in clinical medical physics, who has spent her entire career working with the NHS and the private sector. REGISTER HERE
