2026 Harmattan School The 2026 Harmattan school is here! Are you an undergraduate or postgraduate student and would you like to know the role of physics in medicine? Are you interested in a career in medical physics? Would you like to know what it takes to become a medical physicist and how you can prepare well to succeed as a medical physicist? If yes, the apply for the 5th medical physics harmattan school and be inspired! Share with your friends and colleagues. Theme: The Physics of Lasers, Ultrasound and more… Date: April 7 – 9, 2026 Time: 9:00 am daily (WAT) Certificate of attendance will be awarded to participants Check out videos from the previous harmattan schools via the YouTube channel below. For further enquiries, please send an email to medphyschoolng@gmail.com and follow the official social media handles for updates. Register Here Click here to download the 2026 programme Watch videos from previous editions Facebook Twitter Youtube Instagram
Invitation to the September edition of NAMP webinars: Total Skin Electron Irradiation Treatment Techniques: How best can it be Clinically Achievable?
Speaker: Mr Adebayo Abe, Medical Physicist, Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH)/NSIA-LUTH Register Here Mr Adebayo Abe, had his B.Sc in Physics and Electronics at the Adekunle Ajasin University and M.Sc in Medical Physics at the College of Medicine, University of Lagos. He has 14 years experience as a Clinical Physicist at the Departments of Radiotherapy and Diagnostic Radiology, Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH). He has worked and consulted for various Diagnostic centres in South Western Nigeria. His main area of interest in Medical Physics is Dosimetry as well as the design and fabrication of QA accessories.
Nigerian Medical Physicist receives the prestigious FIOMP award
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.
