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2024 AAPM Spring Clinical

Congratulations to Ben Heggie, PhD Student, who is a finalist for the Early-Career Investigator Symposium at the 2024 American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) Spring Clinical Meeting. The meeting is scheduled to take place in Saint Louis, Missouri from March 23-26, 2024. Ben’s abstract is titled “Accuracy and Reproducibility…

New Radiology Chair

Join us in welcoming Dr Evelyn Anthony as the new Chair of Radiology! Evelyn Y Anthony, MD, FACR, has been named the Chair of the Department of Radiology effective March 1. Dr Anthony joins us from Wake Forest University, where she was a Professor of Radiology, with secondary faculty…

SHMPS Alumni Spotlight

Join us at 7:00PM on Tuesday, March 19, for a UF Medical Physics/SHMPS alumni spotlight featuring Dr Izabella Barreto and Dr Perry Johnson. Drs Barreto and Johnson will lead us through their journeys in the field of medical physics. At the end of the session, we will open the floor…

Assistantships Available

As part of our continued growth and expansion, the University of Florida’s Medical Physics Graduate Program (a concentration under Medical Sciences in the College of Medicine) is currently recruiting MS and PhD students for Fall 2024 admission. Five incoming students will be funded as graduate assistants – three in Diagnostic…

PhD Defense – Doug Goddard

Join us at 10:00AM on Monday, May 13 in C1-003 Communicore for Doug Goddard’s research presentation titled: “Photon Counting Slot Scan Radiographic System Integration for Image Guided Equine Surgery”.

PhD Defense – TJ Moretti

Join us at 1:00PM on Tuesday, May 14 in C1-003 Communicore for TJ Moretti’s research presentation titled: “Assessment of, and Improvements to, Dosimetric Methods for Yttrium-90 Microsphere Radioembolization Patients for both Imaging and Therapy”.

PhD Defense – Jingxi Weng

Join us at 10:30AM on Thursday, March 28 in the small conference room of the Davis Cancer Pavilion for Jingxi Weng’s research presentation titled: “AI-Based Cine MR Image Prediction Model for Image Guided Radiotherapy”.

SHMPS Alumni Spotlight

Join us at 7:00PM on Tuesday, February 27, for a UF Medical Physics/SHMPS alumni spotlight featuring Dr Edmond Olguin and Dr William Godwin. Drs Olguin and Godwin will lead us through their journey in the field of medical physics. At the end of the session, we will open the floor…

MS Research Presentation – Tom Jakubowski

Join us at 10:30AM on Friday, March 29 via Zoom for Tom Jakubowski’s MS research presentation titled: “7T MRI Use in the Characterization and Differentiation of Multiple Sclerosis”.

PhD Proposal – Naipy Perez

Join us at 1:00PM on Monday, April 29 via Zoom for Naipy Perez’s PhD Proposal titled: “Lattice Radiotherapy: A Novel Approach for the treatment of Advanced Cervical cancer: Physics, Biology and Clinical Implementation”.