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Brenda Tieden

PhD Proposal – Keaton Reiners

Join us at 10:00AM on Tuesday, July 22, 2025, for Keaton Reiners’ PhD proposal titled Advancements in Proton Therapy for Head and Neck Cancer: LETd Optimization, CBCT-Based Adaptive Planning, and Imaging Dose Refinement. The defense will take place at the UF Health Proton Therapy Institute in Jacksonville.

Alumni Job Connection – University of Michigan

One of our graduates (Liana Mulet – MS 2023) has notified us of the below employment opportunity. It’s great to be a Florida Gator! The University of Michigan is seeking a health physicist: https://careers.umich.edu/job_detail/263494/health-physicist This Health Physicist vacancy is within Environment, Health and Safety / Radiation Safety Service and…

SHMPS Alumni Spotlight

Join us at 7:30PM on Tuesday, May 27, for a UF Medical Physics/SHMPS virtual alumni spotlight featuring Jessica Clements (MS 2005) and Brian Wichman (MS 1996). Our alumni will lead us through their journeys in the field of medical physics. At the end of the session, we will open the…

PhD Defense – Jared Baggett

Please join us for Jared Baggett’s PhD Defense titled “The Development of Pediatric Mesh-Based Computational Phantom Library and Applications for Computed Tomography and Tumor Volume Dosimetry” at 1:00PM on Tuesday, June 3 in BME JG32.

Landauer Fellowship Award – Carrasco-Rojas

Congratulations to Natalia Carrasco-Rojas, PhD student, on being selected as the recipient of the 2025-2026 Robert S Landauer Fellowship Award for graduate studies in health physics by the Health Physics Society. Natalia was awarded $5,000 in academic support. She was also awarded a travel grant of up to $800…

2025 SHMPS Leadership

Excited to announce the 2025-2026 SHMPS Officers! Under the leadership of Dr Wes Bolch, Faculty Advisor, the Society of Health and Medical Physics Students (SHMPS) provides students interested in radiation protection and the medical uses of radiation with multiple educational opportunities and community service involvement. President: Stefan Wehmeier Vice President: Ryleigh Chandler…