Announcements about EURAMED
The 11th edition of the International Euratom research and training conferences on fission safety of the reactor systems (FISA) and radioactive waste management (EURADWASTE) will take place on 12–16 May 2025 in Warsaw. Its organisation will be under the auspices of the Polish Presidency of the Council of the EU together with the National Centre … Read more
In 2022, the PIANOFORTE partnership surveyed a diverse range of stakeholders, including researchers, regulators, medical professionals, and representatives from international organizations, from 34 countries to gather their insights on the future of radiation protection research. Results are now available, and the project website contains detailed information along with the associated publication in Radiation and Environmental … Read more
Once again recognising outstanding medical radiation protection research, EURAMED announces they will grant the EURAMED award at the award ceremony on November 13 during European Radiation Protection Week 2024 in Rome. If you submitted an abstract under the topic of patient exposure regarding medical applications or if your research relates to medical uses of ionising … Read more
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