Announcements about EURAMED
The final SINFONIA training course will be held on 19-21 August 2024 at Ghent University, Belgium. It will focus on personalised dosimetry and radiation risk estimation. A description and programme are available in the PDF below. This course is organised and hosted by Klaus Bacher at the Multimedia room of Ghent University (Campus Sterre, Building … Read more
The IMAGEOMICS project, selected for funding under the PIANOFORTE initiative’s 2023 call, has established a PhD position in physics at the University of Pavia, Italy, beginning in October 2024. Research activities are oriented towards artificial-intelligence applications in medical physics. The title of the position is “Optimizing benefit/risk ratio in breast cancer diagnosis and radiotherapy: using … Read more
On June 18th, a new call for tenders “SAMIRA study on criteria for acceptability of medical radiological equipment” was announced by the EC. Revision of the publication Radiation Protection Series 162 Criteria for Acceptability of Medical Radiological Equipment Used in Diagnostic Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Radiotherapy will be accomplished over 24 months. Applications may be submitted … Read more
The PIANOFORTE partnership has launched its 2nd open call, with online submission open from April 30 until June 23. Official texts, guidelines and templates are available on this project webpage. With advocacy from EURAMED, medical radiation protection is strongly represented among the 4 topics of this call. Project proposals should address multidisciplinary and transnational research, and … Read more
On May 13 and 14, early career researchers in radiation protection from across Europe will network and discover career opportunities at the ECRad event at the Helmholtz Forschungszentrum Auditorium in Munich, Germany. The event is co-organised by the German Federal Office for Radiation Protection (BfS); Tampere University, Finland; Hasselt University, Belgium; and Belgian Nuclear Research … Read more
The European Union has published the Medical Applications of Ionising Radiation for Better Patients’ Lives: a European Research Roadmap, a major outcome of the EURAMED Rocc-n-Roll project that also builds on the challenges and research needs identified in its Strategic Research Agenda. Based on a patient-centric approach, the roadmap presents 8 potential breakthroughs that may … Read more
MEENAS represents six European radiation protection research platforms: MELODI, EURADOS, EURAMED, NERIS, ALLIANCE and SHARE. Each of these platforms has developed and is constantly updating its own Strategic Research Agenda (SRA). These SRAs are embedded into a Joint Roadmap in radiation protection research, and sometimes they are also part of larger SRAs. MEENAS has decided … Read more
Keep up to date on all the activities of the PIANOFORTE European Partnership for Radiation Protection Research with the March newsletter below. Interested radiation protection professionals are encouraged to consider the three upcoming events, which carry registration deadlines of March 24, 25 and 27. Links are included in the newsletter.
The European Cancer Imaging Initiative’s flagship project, EUCAIM, will host a webinar on Thursday, March 14 from 10:00-11:30 CET. The project is developing a federated cancer image repository, which will be demonstrated after an introduction to the project and Cancer Image Europe platform. Please note registration is required. The webinar is intended for AI innovators … Read more
The PIANOFORTE project will sponsor an intensive course on the molecular, cellular and tissue effects of particle irradiation, which will take place from June 8–12 in Caen, France. An informational brochure is located below. The course is intended for young researchers, students, radiation protection officers and medical doctors. Space is limited, and applications should be … Read more