From September 29 to October 3, the UK Health Security Agency welcomed all radiation protection professionals to London to attend the 9th European Radiation Protection Week. The conference took place at the centrally located Cumberland Hotel on Hyde Park.
The final conference programme remains online, but a highlight was EURAMED’s collaboration in three sessions focusing on important issues in medical radiation protection: a PrISMA roundtable on quality & safety of medical applications, risks and patient protection in medical applications, and radiation protection for novel molecular imaging and therapies. All presentations were greatly appreciated for illuminating recent and future developements in medical radiation protection, and the discussions added much insight from the audience.
EURAMED also held its annual General Assembly, a meeting of its membership, in which we presented the year’s activities and conducted society business. Most of all, we gave a farewell to our departing president, Dr. François Paris, and two members at large, Prof. Guy Frija and Dr. Ursula Nestle. They were thanked for their years of leadership. Please note the new Executive Board composition, and EURAMED looks forward to another year of leading vital research in medical radiation protection!
For all relevant details, view the conference homepage.
EURAMED awardThe European Alliance for Medical Radiation Protection would like to once again recognise relevant research in medical radiation protection or the use of ionising radiation. EURAMED invites you to apply for the EURAMED award by submitting an extended abstract for consideration by the EURAMED Scientific Committee, with EURAMED’s Executive Board awarding the top application.
The applicant shall not be a current member of the EURAMED Scientific Committee.
The award is intended for students and early-career researchers (up to 6 years after attaining your highest degree). You may choose to submit an application under one of the following ERPW topics.
- Risks and patient protection in medical applications
- Non-cancer diseases: Risks and mechanisms at low doses/dose-rates
- Radiation protection for novel molecular imaging and therapies
The award is designed to support the continued interaction of the winner with the European radiation protection community. Thus, EURAMED will grant one award, consisting of a certificate, free registration to ERPW 2026, and corresponding travel costs up to a maximum of €500. The award winner will be chosen from those authors who submit an informal application consisting of a 2–3 page extended abstract, featuring more content than the abstract submitted to ERPW2025, and a 1-page CV of the lead author.
Two runners-up will also be recognised and granted a certificate of achievement during the conference awards session on Wednesday, October 1.
We have extended the submission deadline! Please send extended abstracts and CVs to Nathan Peld of the European Institute for Biomedical Imaging Research, the administrator of EURAMED, by the new deadline of 23:59 on Monday, July 21.
The winner and runners-up will be notified by the end of August.