Pieces of Interest from COMP for the week of August 18 – New IAEA Video Tutorials on Computed Tomography for Medical Physicists/Executive Director Report/COMP Winter School 2026
IAEA’s has on quality and dosimetry in computed tomography, designed to help hospitals and specialists worldwide meet safety standards. This e-learning resource will enhance...
Pieces of Interest from COMP for the week of August 4th - COMP Imaging Lecture Series 2025-26/Women Emerging in Medical Physics and Radiology Seminar Series (WEMPRSS)/ Message from the COMP President
The 2025-2026 COMP Imaging Lecture Series will begin October 27th! Stayed tuned for updates on the . Join the Department of Oncology, University of Alberta – Cross Cancer...
Pieces of Interest from COMP for the week of July 28 – Carleton University Developing Personalized Radiation Dose Predictors/ Medical Physics Residency Program Preps Future Generation of Experts?/Breakthrough: How radiation helps the immune system kill ca
is advancing portable radiation sensitivity testing, allowing clinicians to tailor radiation doses to individual patients. Using Raman spectroscopy and machine learning, this...
Pieces of Interest from COMP for the week of July 21 – Jaryd Christie Receives Collip Medal for Top PhD Graduate/Luc Beaulieu, Ambassador of the Year and Leader in Radiation Oncology/Carleton University researchers developing personalized radiation therap
Congratulations to COMP Member Jaryd Christie, PhD, on receiving the – presented annually to the top graduating PhD student from the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry....
Pieces of Interest from COMP for the week of July 14 – July InterACTIONS/COMP Student Programming Survey/Groundbreaking Biological “Artificial Intelligence” System Could Make Impossible Medicines Real
The is out, read it here now! Have Your Say: Help Shape Student Programming at COMP ASM! The COMP Student Council wants to hear from you! Whether or not you attended this...
Pieces of Interest from COMP for the week of July 7 – Call for Applications: 2025–2026 COMP Student Council/Dr. Tim Whelan Named to the Order of Canada/Targeted Radiation Before Surgery May Improve Pancreatic Cancer Outcomes
Interested in shaping the student experience in medical physics across Canada? Applications are now open for the 2025–2026 COMP Student Council! From organizing events to...
Pieces of Interest from COMP for the Week of June 30 – Call for Abstracts: 3rd Canadian Undergraduate Medical Physics Conference (CUMPC)/EGSnrc/Strengthening Canadian physics and medical physics through service and innovative leadership
The 2025 CUMPC will be held virtually from August 21–22! This free conference offers undergraduate students the chance to present their medical physics research, connect with...
Pieces of Interest from COMP for the week of June 23 – Communities of Practice/Generative AI speeds medical image analysis without impacting accuracy/COMP ASM Awards
Learn about in the January issue of InterACTIONS. Artificial intelligence is increasingly being applied to data-intensive healthcare tasks like cancer detection and adaptive...
Pieces of Interest from COMP for the week of June 16 – June 26 Lunch Byte/Executive Director Report/2025 COMP Award Winners
Lunch Byte: Implementing and treating VMAT TBI - Insights from Western Canada - On June 26, 2025, 12PM EDT join physicists from BC, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba in...
Pieces of Interest from COMP for the week of May 26 – LAST WEEK to register for the COMP ASM/Lunch Byte Recording/Executive Director's Report
It’s the LAST WEEK to for the COMP Annual Scientific Meeting and Reirradiation Pre-Conference Workshop! In case you missed the last Lunch Byte or what to watch it again, you...
Pieces of Interest from COMP for the week of May 19 – Exemplary leadership earns Ting-Yim Lee medical physics Gold Medal/Message from the CCPM President/ASM Welcome Reception
From humble beginnings to global impact, Dr. Ting-Yim Lee's pioneering work in medical imaging has revolutionized stroke care and shaped the next generation of physicists....
COMP 2025 Gold Medal
Congratulations to the 2025 recipient of the prestigious COMP Gold Medal Award, Dr. Ting-Yim Lee ! Dr. Lee’s extraordinary contributions to the field of medical physics have...
Pieces of Interest from COMP for the Week of May 12 – Lunch Byte: The Groundbreaking Varian Ethos Therapy System/Message from the COMP President/Student Activities at the COMP ASM
Lunch Byte: The Groundbreaking Varian Ethos Therapy System May 22, 2025 | 12:00 PM EDT | Zoom Join Dr. Amanda Cherpak from Nova Scotia Health for an exciting session...
The 2025 CAP-COMP Peter Kirkby Memorial Medal for Outstanding Service to Canadian Physics is awarded to Stephen Pistorius
"This award is a profound honour that reaffirms my belief in serving our community as physicists and champions of science, and like Peter Kirkby, I believe in a strong...
Pieces of Interest from COMP for the week of May 5 – Radiation Safety and Wellness Webinar/Know Before You Go – COMP ASM 2025/Early Bird Deadline – COMP ASM 2025
Join the Radiation Safety Institute of Canada on May 12, 2025, from 12:00–1:00 PM EDT for Hazard, Danger, Risk and Fear, a Radiation Safety and Wellness Webinar with Dr. R....
Pieces of Interest from COMP for the Week of April 28 – The Stochastics Live at the COMP ASM/RO Human Resource Crisis/Winter School 2026
Announcing the musical entertainment for the COMP ASM welcome reception in London! For their very first live performance: The Stochastics! Check out this band of...
Pieces of Interest from COMP for the week of April 21 – The COMP ASM Room Block is Filling Up!/One Week Left to Renew Your COMP Membership/Thought To Be Impossible: Scientists Break Century-Old Physics Barrier
Heading to the COMP ASM in London this June? The COMP hotel block is filling up fast - today to take advantage of the special rate! Check out the latest COMP ASM . One week...
Pieces of Interest from COMP for the Week of April 14 – Lunch Bites - Radiation Oncology Human Resource Crisis/CUMPC/KHSC expands liver cancer treatment with cutting-edge Y90 therapy
Workforce issues continue to challenge the medical physics community—don’t miss Dr. Samantha Lloyd on April 17 at 12:00 PM ET for a timely Lunch Bite session on the Radiation...
Pieces of Interest from COMP for the week of April 7 – Lunch Bites/Faces of Nuclear Medicine: Experts from Tanzania on their journey, inspiration, and fighting social stigma
Lunch Bites: Radiation Oncology Human Resource Crisis: A review of the data Join Dr. Samantha Lloyd from BC Cancer as she shares insights from the CAPCA Oncology Strategic...
Pieces of Interest from COMP for the Week of March 31 – COMP Awards/Lunch Bites: The Groundbreaking Varian Ethos Therapy System : Learnings, discoveries, and future advancements/What makes medical students choose a career in radiology?
Pieces of Interest from COMP for the Week of March 31 – COMP Awards/Lunch Bites: The Groundbreaking Varian Ethos Therapy System : Learnings, discoveries, and future...