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Graduate Program Updates

Fall 2021 Graduate Program Admissions

The UF Medical Physics Graduate Program is now accepting MS and PhD applications for Fall 2021! Our application deadline is December 15, 2020. Please access our Graduate Program Applicant page for more information on admissions, requirements, and applications. *Note that after careful review and consideration, we have waived the…

New Graduate Faculty – Dr Perry Johnson

Please join us in welcoming Dr Perry Johnson to our graduate program’s faculty. Dr Johnson is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Radiation Oncology at the University of Florida in Jacksonville. He is also a graduate of the program (PhD 2011). Subsequent to obtaining his PhD from UF, Dr…

SHMPS Mtg – 1PM Fri Nov 20

The next UF Society of Health and Medical Physics (SHMPS) General Body Meeting is scheduled at 1PM on Friday, November 20 via Zoom. Contact SHMPS President Bonnie President for more info.

Future Medical Physicist!

Please join us in congratulating Dan Ciarleglio (2020 MS Graduate) and his wife Jessica on the birth of their beautiful baby girl! Claudia Margaux Ciarleglio was born on Saturday, October 17, 2020. Welcome to the world, baby Claudia!…

GRE Requirement Waived for Fall 2021 Admissions

Please note that after careful review and consideration, the UF Medical Physics Graduate Program has decided to waive the GRE requirement for Fall 2021 applicants. For additional application information, please access our Admissions page.

UF MP Alumna – Deanna Pafundi, PhD

UF Medical Physics Alumna Dr Deanna Pafundi (UF PhD 2009), Radiation Oncology Medical Physicist at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, gave an excellent presentation titled “Imaging for Treatment Response Assessment in Radiation Oncology” at the Fall 2020 Annual Meeting of the Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the American Association of Physicists in…

Virtual Demo Labs!

One of the favorite elements of our Diagnostic Physics I course (ENU 6657) with Dr Lynn Rill, Assistant Professor, has always been the hands-on demonstration lab, which takes place in the x-ray room with phantoms, radiation meters, images and graduate student participation. This year, the course is being taught…

PhD Proposal – Cameron Kofler

Please join us at 1:00PM on Friday, September 25 via Zoom for Cameron Kofler’s PhD Proposal: “The Development of an Age-Dependent Newborn/Infant Mesh Phantom Library and a Pre-Computed Monte Carlo Dose Library for Computed Tomography.”…

Advisory Board Update

Join us in welcoming Dr William S Properzio to the Advisory Board! Lindsey K Berkowitz, PhDDirector of Imaging PhysicsMaine Medical CenterUF MS 2007/UF PhD 2009 Priscilla F Butler, MSSenior Director and Medical Physicist (Retired)American College of RadiologyUF MS 1976 Thomas Griglock, PhDChief…

Advisory Board

We are excited to announce that we have re-established a UF Medical Physics Graduate Program Advisory Board. As the program continues to establish itself as one of the premier Medical Physics graduate programs in the country, advice and support from our alumni will be essential in ensuring positive growth and…