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.
International Medical Physics Week (IMPW) 2022
International Medical Physics Week (IMPW) 2022 Monday, 9th May 2022 at 12 pm GMT [1 pm Nigerian Time]; Duration: 1 hourhttps://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_35YbwJ5iSyaEStGLGis_dA Topic:IOMP Webinar: Non-cancer effects associated with low to moderate doses radiation exposure: what we know so far from epidemiological studies Speakers:Marie-Odile Bernier & Sophie Jacob Tuesday, 10th May 2022 at 12 pm GMT [1 pm Nigerian Time]; Duration: 1 hourhttps://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_pVtW-st9Qba1pxnvbcWIPQ Topic:IOMP Webinar: Computational challenges in patient dose Speakers:Choonsik Lee & Manuel Bardiès Wednesday, 11th May 2022 [ 11 am Nigerian Time] – Local (NAMP) Webinarhttps://namp.ng/2022/04/29/namp_impw_webinar/TopicInvitation to the May Edition of NAMP webinars: Machine Learning-Based Computational Magnetic Resonance Strategies for Rapid Diagnosis of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-2019) Using Magnetic Resonance Fingerprinting Data Speaker:Dr. Michael O. Dada Wednesday, 11th May 2022 at 12 pm GMT [1 pm Nigerian Time]; Duration: 1 hourhttps://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_jQ3WePdhQqyoHQK8JhRXbQ TopicIOMP Webinar: GEANT4 for medical physics applications: an overview and latest updates & Overview of the Geant4-DNA project Speakers:Associate Professor Guatelli & Prof Sebastien Incerti Thursday, 12th May 2022 at 12 pm GMT [1 pm Nigerian Time]; Duration: 1 hourhttps://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_kn-HzrBaRSCBB55NwFcjRQ TopicIOMP Webinar: Virtual imaging trials in breast imaging Speaker:Hilde Bosmans Friday, 13th May 2022 at 12 pm GMT [1 pm Nigerian Time]; Duration: 1 hourhttps://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ogWPFxb4S_-F2cOBKQ26KA TopicIOMP Webinar: Relative biological effectiveness of protons – time for a change? Speaker: Liliana Toma-Dasu For further details of the above events, please see the underlisted websites: IMPW 2022 Webinars (IOMP) – https://www.iomp.org/impw/ NAMP Webinar (Scientific Committee) – https://namp.ng/2022/04/29/namp_impw_webinar/
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