Podcasts about Medical physics

Episode: 3014 Measuring Almost Nothing.  Today, we measure almost nothing.

Radiotherapy plays a vital role in cancer treatment. In Europe alone, incidents of cancer are projected to rise around 20% by 2040, mainly due to an increasingly aging population. It's numbers like these that emphasize the importance of pushing boundaries in radiotherapy. With AI-optimized workflows, it's possible to speed up treatment planning and ensure highly personalized therapies and technology like auto contouring can protect healthy organs during irradiation by means of AI. This implementation, however, is often met with challenges like staff shortages and inconsistencies with data collection, highlighting the need for more efficient implementation strategies. In this episode, experts in the fields of radiotherapy and cancer treatment address the amazing headway being made in the world of radiotherapy as well as some of the key roles that current technology can play in the future.Host Sasa Mutic, President of Radiation Oncology Solutions at the Varian Business Area of Siemens Healthineers, is joined by Valery Lemmens, a member of the Board of Directors at Maastro Radiotherapy Clinic in the Netherlands and creator of the Dutch Cancer Atlas; as well as Joost Verhoeff, radiation oncologist and professor of radiotherapy at Amsterdam University Medical Center; and Indrin Chetty, Vice Chair and Director of the Division of Medical Physics at Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles.What you'll learn in this episode:By using a digital twin, medical professionals can review existing health records and continually compare that information with patient dataWith adaptive radiotherapy, radiation dosages can be tailored to circumstances like tumor size, type, and position and proximity to vital organsThe Dutch Cancer Atlas interprets and publishes data in a context that increases awareness of regional differences in cancer incidentsThe unique role that data plays in the advancement of cancer careThe deep troves of data that already exist within radiotherapy departments can play a key role in the integration of AI into cancer treatmentsWidespread availability of data creates the opportunity for automated treatment planning and outcome predictionConnect with Sasa MuticLinkedIn Connect with Valery LemmensLinkedInConnect with Joost VerhoeffLinkedInIndrin ChettyLinkedIn Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Today our guest is Dr. Angie Laird, who trained as an imaging physicist, but has evolved into a cognitive neuroscientist and a true pioneer in meta-analysis of fMRI data. Dr. Laird has spent the bulk of her career developing novel data analysis algorithms, neuroscience informatics tools, and neuroimaging ontologies to yield analytic strategies for improving investigations into functional brain networks of healthy individuals as well as in populations with psychiatric and neurologic diseases and disorders. Early on she has seen the untapped value in meta-analysis, and has fostered growth in this fundamentally important area in functional brain imaging. Dr. Laird received her B.S. in Physics from Florida State University in 1998, and her Ph.D. in Medical Physics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2002. She was a faculty member at the Research Imaging Institute of the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio from 2004-2012, and currently she is Professor and Director for Imaging Science at Florida International University in Miami. Along with her development of meta-analysis tools and her own research, she plays a central role in the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) consortium which is the largest long-term study of brain development and child health in the United States. This was a great conversation that spanned the early culture of fMRI research, early efforts towards data sharing, to the current practices today where data sharing and analyzing data across studies and from large shared datasets is becoming the norm. We also spent time talking about the origin, logistics, and impact of the ABCD project. We hope you enjoy it! Episode producers: Omer Faruk Gulban Xuqian Michelle Li

Welcome to a very special episode of The Sports Docs Podcast. In celebration of our 101st episode, we are honoring Dr. Mark Price who passed away on August 16, 2024 following his battle with leiomyosarcoma. We wanted to pay tribute to Dr. Price, who mentored us both through our residency at Harvard. His death is an immeasurable loss to his family and the community. Dr. Price was the Head Team Physician and Medical Director of the New England Patriots since 2016 and a team physician for the Boston Red Sox since 2009. He was a Captain in the U.S. Navy Reserves and served in combat operations in Afghanistan, where he was awarded the Bronze Star Medal. Most importantly, he was a bright example of a physician who cared deeply for his friends and family, including his wife Stephanie and their children, Henry, Julia and Sarah. The words shared by family and friends at his memorial service in Wellesley last month demonstrated a life rooted in purpose and accomplishments aligned with his values.Mark was one of our first guests, coming onto the show for Episode #3 and #4 in March of 2021. Consistent with who he was, he was willing to take the time out of his busy schedule to help two of his mentees build something new. So, with that, we thank Mark Price for all that he taught us and the mentorship he provided to not only us, but our community.--On today's episode we're continuing our discussion on shoulder instability with Dr. Mark Price, Orthopaedic Surgeon at Massachusetts General Hospital and Head Team Physician for the New England Patriots. We have 5 great articles which we discuss over two episodes that really contribute well this conversation on how to best manage shoulder instability in athletes both in-season and post-season. We're very honored to have Dr. Mark Price join our discussion today. Dr. Price specializes in sports medicine, knee and shoulder surgery. He is an attending surgeon at Massachusetts General Hospital and Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Price earned his MD from Harvard Medical School and PhD in Medical Physics from MIT. He completed the Harvard Combined Orthopaedic Residency Program, where Catherine and I both attended as well, and then went on to complete a fellowship in sports medicine and shoulder reconstructive surgery at Mass General. Dr. Price is Head Team Physician and Medical Director for the New England Patriots and a Team Physician for the Boston Red Sox. He is a Captain in the US Navy Reserves and has served in combat operations in Afghanistan, where he was awarded the Bronze Star Medal for meritorious service. We begin with Dr. Hettrich of Brigham and Women's Hospital who recently investigated the question “Are there racial differences between patients undergoing surgery for shoulder instability?” We'll dive further into this topic and chat about how this impacts resident and fellow education. We will follow these articles up with a discussion on the surgical management of shoulder instability by reviewing two articles from the March issue of Arthroscopy. The first is a prospective randomized controlled trial titled Arthroscopic Bankart Repair With and Without Curettage of the Glenoid Edge. Desai and his team concluded that curettage of the glenoid edge reduced the incidence of postoperative recurrence of instability likely relating to improved healing of the capsulolabrum repair. Avramidis and colleagues contributed their cases on the management of recurrent anterior shoulder instability by All-Arthroscopic Modified Eden-Hybinette Procedure Using Iliac Crest Autograft and Double-Pair Button Fixation System. 

Welcome to a very special episode of The Sports Docs Podcast. In celebration of our 100th episode, we are honoring Dr. Mark Price who passed away on August 16, 2024 following his battle with leiomyosarcoma. We wanted to pay tribute to Dr. Price, who mentored us both through our residency at Harvard. His death is an immeasurable loss to his family and the community. Dr. Price was the Head Team Physician and Medical Director of the New England Patriots since 2016 and a team physician for the Boston Red Sox since 2009. He was a Captain in the U.S. Navy Reserves and served in combat operations in Afghanistan, where he was awarded the Bronze Star Medal. Most importantly, he was a bright example of a physician who cared deeply for his friends and family, including his wife Stephanie and their children, Henry, Julia and Sarah. The words shared by family and friends at his memorial service in Wellesley last month demonstrated a life rooted in purpose and accomplishments aligned with his values.Mark was one of our first guests, coming onto the show for Episode #3 and #4 in March of 2021. Consistent with who he was, he was willing to take the time out of his busy schedule to help two of his mentees build something new. So, with that, we thank Mark Price for all that he taught us and the mentorship he provided to not only us, but our community.--We have 5 great articles which we discuss over two episodes that really contribute well this conversation on how to best manage shoulder instability in athletes both in-season and post-season. We're very honored to have Dr. Mark Price join our discussion today. Dr. Price specializes in sports medicine, knee and shoulder surgery. He is an attending surgeon at Massachusetts General Hospital and Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Price earned his MD from Harvard Medical School and PhD in Medical Physics from MIT. He completed the Harvard Combined Orthopaedic Residency Program, where Catherine and I both attended as well, and then went on to complete a fellowship in sports medicine and shoulder reconstructive surgery at Mass General. Dr. Price is Head Team Physician and Medical Director for the New England Patriots and a Team Physician for the Boston Red Sox. He is a Captain in the US Navy Reserves and has served in combat operations in Afghanistan, where he was awarded the Bronze Star Medal for meritorious service. The first paper is from the February issue of AJSM, titled Incidence of Posterior Shoulder Instability in the United States Military. It is a descriptive epidemiology study by Brett Owen and his team which found the incidence is higher than previously reported. Then, from the January issue of Sports Health, we feature the publication Does Functional Bracing of the Unstable Shoulder Improve Return to Play in Scholastic Athletes? Tokish and colleagues found functional bracing did not result in increased success rates when compared to no bracing in adolescent athletes.

Dr. Miller MacPherson is the Head of Medical Physics at The Ottawa Hospital. In this conversation, he takes us behind the scenes to better understand the radiation medicine program at The Ottawa Hospital's Cancer Centre.  Throughout his career, he's seen significant advancements in the technology used to treat patients facing a cancer diagnosis. You'll find out why our hospital is described as one of North America's best-equipped radiation medicine facilities. He tells us about an exciting delivery that arrived this past summer and the impact it will have on patient care, and he talks about the vital role philanthropy plays in bringing the latest technology to our hospital for patients. (20:29)

Guest: David Henshall - Professor of Physiology and Medical Physics at RCSI and author of Fine-Tuning Life: A Guide to MicroRNAs, Your Genome's Master Regulators.

Deliver More Nutrients to Your Cells Cristina Matthewman Cristina Matthewman is the Innovation Team Leader in Research and Product Development at Life Extension. She has earned a Master's in Biophysics and Medical Physics from the University of Bucharest and a PhD in Neuroscience from the Miller School of Medicine at the University of Miami. Her interests include everything science, from basic science animal models to human clinical studies with a focus on natural bioactive molecules with healthspan and lifespan benefits.

Deliver More Nutrients to Your Cells Getting the nutrients you consume into your cells is not a simple process. There are many challenges to overcome and new technological advances to improve delivery. On this episode of Live Foreverish, Drs. Mike and Crystal sit down with Dr. Cristina Matthewman to discuss the difference between absorption and bioavailability, common delivery systems, and new strategies to maximize your systemic effects. Cristina Matthewman Cristina Matthewman is the Innovation Team Leader in Research and Product Development at Life Extension. She has earned a Master's in Biophysics and Medical Physics from the University of Bucharest and a PhD in Neuroscience from the Miller School of Medicine at the University of Miami. Her interests include everything science, from basic science animal models to human clinical studies with a focus on natural bioactive molecules with healthspan and lifespan benefits.

Saad Nadeem is an assistant attending computer scientist at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center with dual appointments in the Departments of Medical Physics and Pathology. He is also an adjunct assistant professor in the Department of Applied Mathematics & Statistics at Stony Brook University. Saad focuses on multimodal and multiscale analysis of biomedical data to improve patient outcomes. DeepLIIF

In this episode of Medsider Radio, we had a fun chat with Conor Cullinane, co-founder and CEO of Pirouette Medical. The company, founded by three rocket scientists, is developing a low-profile, disc-shaped injector designed to deliver medicines as easily as pushing a button.  Conor studied Aeronautical Engineering at Clarkson University and graduated with minors in Biomedical Engineering and Mathematics, followed by his PhD in Medical Engineering & Medical Physics at MIT and Harvard Medical School. He is also a mentor for Field X at Harvard Business School and a NASA Space Technology Research Fellow.In this interview, Conor shares learnings from launching a community fundraising round, insights on selective innovation, identifying different value propositions for diverse stakeholders, and building strong investor relationships.Before we dive into the discussion, I wanted to mention a few things:First, if you're into learning from medical device and health technology founders and CEOs, and want to know when new interviews are live, head over to Medsider.com and sign up for our free newsletter.Second, if you want to peek behind the curtain of the world's most successful startups, you should consider a Medsider premium membership. You'll learn the strategies and tactics that founders and CEOs use to build and grow companies like Silk Road Medical, AliveCor, Shockwave Medical, and hundreds more!We recently introduced some fantastic additions exclusively for Medsider premium members, including playbooks, which are curated collections of our top Medsider interviews on key topics like capital fundraising and risk mitigation, and a curated investor database to help you discover your next medical device or health technology investor!In addition to the entire back catalog of Medsider interviews over the past decade, premium members also get a copy of every volume of Medsider Mentors at no additional cost, including the latest Medsider Mentors Volume VI. If you're interested, go to medsider.com/subscribe to learn more.Lastly, if you'd rather read than listen, here's a link to the full interview with Conor Cullinane.

Send us a Text Message.Dr. Jack Hoppin, Ph.D. is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Ratio Therapeutics ( https://ratiotx.com/ ), a discovery through early clinical phase pharmaceutical company, employing a suite of innovative technologies to develop best-in-class targeted radiotherapeutics for the treatment of cancers. Dr. Hoppin holds a Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics from the University of Arizona and worked as an Alexander von Humboldt post-doctoral fellow at the Research Center Jülich, Germany. Previously, Dr. Hoppin was the President of Konica Minolta Precision Medicine, Co-Founder and CEO of Invicro, VP of Imaging Systems at Bioscan, Inc. and has a couple decades of experience in imaging research. As an active member of the imaging community, Dr. Hoppin is a member of the World Molecular Imaging Society Board of Trustees. Dr. John Babich, Ph.D. is Director, President, and Chief Scientific Officer of Ratio Therapeutics and has been an active researcher in the field of molecular imaging and targeted radionuclide therapy for the past three decades. He previously worked at Weill Cornell Medical College for several years as a Chief of Radiopharmaceutical Sciences in Radiology, was President & Chief Scientific Officer, Molecular Insight Pharmaceuticals, a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of innovative radiopharmaceuticals in the emerging field of molecular medicine, and Assistant Professor of Radiology at Harvard Medical School, and Principal Nuclear Pharmacist at Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. Babich has a Ph.D. with a focus in Biophysics, Medical Physics and Radiation Biology from University of London, an M.Sc., Radiopharmacy, University of Southern California and a B.Sc., Pharmaceutical Sciences from St. John's University. Support the Show.

On this episode of FYI, Director of Next Generation Internet Research Frank Downing and Analyst Ali Urman interview Dr. Issam El Naqa, the founding chair of the Department of Machine Learning at the Moffitt Cancer Center. Dr. El Naqa shares his journey from electrical engineering to spearheading innovative uses of artificial intelligence (AI) in medical physics and oncology. This episode explores how AI technologies not only support but significantly enhance diagnostic and treatment processes in healthcare, particularly in the complex field of oncology. Tune in as we examine the practical and potential applications of AI in transforming patient care and treatment efficiency."What the algorithm is going to do is going to look at the history of similar patients that went through that process. We recognize every patient is unique. Every patient needs may be different. And this is where there is a lot of uncertainty with the prediction that their algorithm is going to do it." - Dr. El NaqaKey Points From This Episode:Dr. El Naqa's transition from electrical engineering to medical physicsThe integration of AI in enhancing diagnostic imaging and treatment planningAI's role in medical physics, historically and presentlyDiscussion on the evolution of AI tools in medical applicationsExamining AI's effectiveness in non-invasive cancer treatmentsHow AI supports personalized patient care in oncologyAI in the optimization of medical processes and patient managementFuture perspectives on AI's role in healthcare from Dr. El NaqaThe balance between AI capabilities and human expertise in medicine

Kari Tanderup and Rob Chuter explain how the profession is reducing its carbon footprint

Hello! As we work hard behind the scenes to bring you Season 2 of New Wave, here's a bonus episode for you to devour in the meantime. This bonus episode is the full conversation between the host of New Wave, Taylor MacGillivary, and co-founder of Adaptiiv Medical Technologies, as well as Professor and Chief of Medical Physics at Dalhousie University's Department of Radiation Oncology, Dr. James Robar. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"Easy Physics" is a podcast that delves into the bizarre and fascinating world of this amazing science. Join us as we use humor and plain language to explore many foundamental principles, and learn about each one of them in a few minutes. From particles that exist in multiple places at once to the immensity of the cosmos, we'll take a lighthearted look at the most mind-bending concepts in physics.If you like this podcast, please consider buying me a coffee at https://ko-fi.com/jccrvn! Your donations allow me to continue this amazing project!Note: This podcast is generated and spoken by AI. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dr Alun Evans, Co-Founder of LAOS Network With over 20 years of experience leading and designing games and tech companies, Alun is well-versed in creating innovative products that tackle experiential and developer challenges. In addition to his stewardship of LAOS Network, he is CEO and Co-Founder of the company building LAOS, Freeverse, which focuses on building scalable blockchain infrastructure. His history as the co-founder of ‘Barcelona World Race - THE GAME', a cutting-edge video game enabling virtual participation in real-world events, and his wider passion for gaming, have fed into his vision for LAOS Network as a solution for Web3 game developers. Alun also led Shar3d.io, a pioneering company enabling collaborative 3D web applications, and served as CTO of Bodypal.com, a virtual garment services company. He holds a Ph.D. in Medical Physics from University College London. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/crypto-hipster-podcast/support

This episode is all about fat—both eating it and being it—and some of the many ways in which fat and fatness have highly complex effects on our psyches, our well-being, and our societies in general. The visibility (and invisibility) of fat in our worlds is a starting point, followed up with conversations with critical nutrition scholar Dr. Jennifer Brady, fat activist and educator Virgie Tovar, and naturopathic health consultant Deb Oleynik. (Yep, this is a longer-than-usual episode…) David and Maxime taste some unctuous hors d'oeuvres in the aperitivo edition of the ‘Stick This in Your Mouth' segment, and medical physicist John Schreiner responds rapid-fire style to the Food Questionnaire.Guests:Dr. Jennifer Brady is a professor of nutrition and dietetics at Acadia University in Wolfville, Nova Scotia. Her research focuses on the ways in which science and society come together to produce various effects in and on our bodies, including such themes as health justice, weight-neutral approaches to practice, and the intersectionality of gender, race, and class. She has written and edited many scholarly articles and books, including Conversations in Food Studies and Feminist Food Studies. Virgie Tovar is a writer, podcaster, Instagrammer, and public speaker who has a master's degree in sexuality studies with a focus on the intersections of body size, race, and gender. For more than a decade, she has been non-judgmentally teaching people about the harmful effects of weight-based discrimination and the benefits of celebrating body diversity. Virgie has been featured by the New York Times, Tech Insider, BBC, MTV, Al Jazeera, NPR, and Yahoo Health. She lives in San Francisco.Deb Oleynik is a naturopathic health and wellness consultant who helps clients find and adjust the lifestyle factors that contribute to chronic disease. She is committed to the reality that the food we eat and the environments that surround us contribute greatly to our wellbeing. Deb has a doctorate in Naturopathic Medicine from Bastyr University and a master's degree in Food Culture and Communication from the University of Gastronomic Sciences.John Schreiner is a medical physicist who served the Canadian medical physics community in many roles including as newsletter editor for the Canadian Organization of Medical Physicists and president of as Canadian College of Physicists in Medicine. In 2019, he retired as Chief of Medical Physics at the Cancer Centre of Southeastern Ontario in 2019, and he is now Professor Emeritus of Oncology and Physics, Engineering Physics & Astronomy at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario.Host/Producer: David Szanto Music: Story Mode@makingamealpodcast makingamealofit.com

In this episode, Jane Dacre talks to Dr Katherine Ordidge. Kate is a Consultant Radiologist at Barts Health NHS Trust, London and Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer at Queen Mary University of London, UK. She graduated from University College London (UCL) Medical School in 2007, with an intercalated BSc in Medical Physics and Bioengineering. Kate and Jane discuss radiology career paths and the barriers faced by female radiologists, plus the importance of finding a good mentor and having a strong support network in the medical field.For the transcript: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/medical-sciences/medical-women-talking-podcast   Date of episode recording: 2024-02-12T00:00:00Z Duration: 00:31:27 Language of episode: English Presenter: Professor Dame Jane Dacre Guests: Dr Katherine Ordidge Producer: Matt Aucott

Episode: 3014 Measuring Almost Nothing.  Today, we measure almost nothing.

In this episode, it's our pleasure to host Jack Wells who is a Wellcome Trust Career Development Fellow at the University College London Center for Advanced Biomedical Engineering. Dr. Wells received his Ph.D. in MRI in the Department of Medical Physics and Bioengineering at  at University College London in 2010, and since he began his scientific career, he's been working at the interface of MRI methodology and neurophysiology - focusing on understanding the Cerebral Spinal Fluid dynamics and how they may relate to the Glymphatic system. He and his colleagues have been among the leaders in using MRI to image and characterize the glymphatic system as well as the  brain - cerebrospinal fluid barrier. The glymphatic system is hypothesized to be the paravascular mechanism by which CSF is washed through brain tissue - typically during sleep - clearing out metabolic waste. It is an incompletely understood yet potentially profoundly important system where its dysfunction  may be at the root of  disorders that include Alzheimer's disease. In this wonderful conversation we hear all about Jack's and others' work imaging and understanding the hydrodynamics and spatial organization of neurofluids in the brain. We hope you enjoy this conversation as much as we did!

In this episode, Co-host Scott Mosley talks with Brian Pogue, Chair of the UW Madison Department of Medical Physics.  Innovate 608 is made possible by the generous support of the American Family Institute for Corporate and Social Impact and our media partner the Wisconsin State Journal.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ramya S. Kapadia is a Knoxville-based artist who wields her talents in Bharatanatyam dance, Carnatic music, Warli art, and children's fiction. With a background in Medical Physics and Neuroscience, Ramya has transitioned seamlessly into the world of art, captivating global audiences with her performances. As the founder of Natyarpana School of Dance & Music, she's dedicated to sharing the richness of Carnatic music and Bharatanatyam throughout the US. Beyond her artistic pursuits, Ramya is a passionate advocate for integrating traditional Indian arts into education, ensuring accessibility for all, including children with special needs. From receiving awards like the Emerging Artist to shaping compassionate communities through her art, Ramya's journey embodies the fusion of tradition and innovation. Join us as we uncover the inspiring narrative of Ramya S. Kapadia.

Rob Krauss, DMP, joins Out of the Gray (Gy) to chat about MPPGs and offer insights into what is right around the corner for Medical Physics as a field.

Jason Paisley joins Out of the Gray (Gy) to share his story and offer insights across a variety of topics relevant to today's Rad Onc leader.

Deliver More Nutrients to Your Cells Dr. Cristina Matthewman Cristina Matthewman is the Innovation Team Leader in Research and Product Development at Life Extension. She has earned a Master's in Biophysics and Medical Physics from the University of Bucharest and a PhD in Neuroscience from the Miller School of Medicine at the University of Miami. Her interests include everything science, from basic science animal models to human clinical studies with a focus on natural bioactive molecules with healthspan and lifespan benefits.

Medical Physics – what is it? My guest John Sadler is President of Radcom Associates - a diagnostic and medical nuclear physics consulting company, specializing in diagnostic radiological physics, nuclear medicine physics, and radiation safety. What does that mean to you and me?It means we are speaking to a gentleman with in-depth knowledge of the amazing technology utilized for diagnosing diseases and ailments.Don't miss this information as John shares the hope that comes from the medical technology that is currently available.

Deliver More Nutrients to Your Cells Getting the nutrients you consume into your cells is not a simple process. There are many challenges to overcome and new technological advances to improve delivery. On this episode of Live Foreverish, Drs. Mike and Crystal sit down with Dr. Cristina Matthewman to discuss the difference between absorption and bioavailability, common delivery systems, and new strategies to maximize your systemic effects. Dr. Cristina Matthewman Cristina Matthewman is the Innovation Team Leader in Research and Product Development at Life Extension. She has earned a Master's in Biophysics and Medical Physics from the University of Bucharest and a PhD in Neuroscience from the Miller School of Medicine at the University of Miami. Her interests include everything science, from basic science animal models to human clinical studies with a focus on natural bioactive molecules with healthspan and lifespan benefits.

Dr Akila Viswanathan and Medical Physicist Dr Weihua Mao discuss how physicists assist radiation oncologists in designing treatment plans for patients.

Editor-in-Chief Dr. Sue Yom and Physics Section and Executive Editor Dr. David Carlson, Professor, Vice Chair, and Director of Medical Physics at Yale University, host a discussion of current research frontiers in particle therapy. Our guests (calling in from PTCOG!) are Dr. Tracy Underwood, Senior Physicist at Leo Cancer Care and one of the supervising authors of Proposing a Clinical Model for RBE Based on Proton Track-End Counts, and Dr. Andrea Mairani, Group Leader of Biophysics at Heidelberg Ion Beam Therapy Center and supervising author of Commissioning of Helium Ion Therapy and the First Patient Treatment With Active Beam Delivery.

FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/453 Iona Varga talks about her personal life outside of Power Platform. She shares her love for Dutch food and her current project of rebuilding her house. She also talks about her family and what she likes to do for fun.  This podcast features Iona Varga, who shares her surprising journey to becoming a Power Platform expert. She talks about her background in physics and medical science. Iona's Experience with Power Platform Description. She talks about how her need to create applications quickly during the pandemic led her to discover Power Platform. She shares her experience working with Dynamics and how it evolved into her passion for PowerApps. Iona's Journey with Power Platform. Iona talks about how her experience with physics and medical science has influenced her approach to building applications using Power Platform. She shares her tips and tricks for creating useful apps quickly and efficiently. Iona discusses the challenges she faced when learning Power Platform. She talks about how she overcame these challenges and shares her advice with anyone who is new to the platform. Switching Careers – Iona's Journey from Medical Physics to Power Platform Consulting. Iona's story is a great example of how following your interests and being open to new opportunities can lead you down unexpected paths. Join us as we explore the exciting world of fusion development and the possibilities it holds for the future of energy. Iona also talks about her experience as an MVP and how it has opened up opportunities for speaking engagements. Iona's advice for people looking to get into the power platform is to start building and experimenting with the free Microsoft 365 plan. OTHER RESOURCES: Microsoft MVP YouTube Series - How to Become a Microsoft MVP  90-Day Mentoring Challenge - https://ako.nz365guy.com/ Sessionize - https://sessionize.com/iona-varga GitHub - https://github.com/Ionavoss AgileXRM AgileXRm - The integrated BPM for Microsoft Power PlatformSupport the showIf you want to get in touch with me, you can message me here on Linkedin.Thanks for listening

In this podcast celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, Dr Akila Viswanathan speaks to Dr John Wong, Professor Emeritus and former Director of Medical Physics, about the 20th Anniversary of the Department of Radiation Oncology and Molecular Radiation Sciences at Johns Hopkins and the significant scientific achievements he has overseen throughout his tenure.

Joshua joins us to share his perspective on Medical Physics learning from his Master Level coursework in Romania and shares plans for authoring Medical Physics resources for future students.

Professor of Medical Physics at University College London and Director of the Near Infrared Spectroscopy Group Clare Elwell on her breakthrough advances using non-invasive brain imaging technology.

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Today, my guest is Dr. Todd Constable, a Professor in the Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging at Yale University. He is also director of MRI Research in the Department of Diagnostic Radiology in the Yale School of Medicine. Todd received his PhD in 1990 in Medical Physics from the University of Toronto, then moved to Yale for his post-doc and has been there ever since. While his training was in physics, he has clearly become a neuroscientist as well - having been working in fMRI since the early 90's. He still is active in both the physics development and neuroscience applications of MRI, working on low cost MRI strategies as well as working on more insightful ways to use fMRI data for clinical use. Specifically, he has mentored some outstanding students, including Emily Finn and Monica Rosenberg, who have helped pioneer the use of fMRI for predictive modeling of individual traits. Here we talk about, among other things, about the benefits, power, and potential clinical applications of predictive modeling in fMRI. I hope you enjoy our conversation.

Dr. Teboh joins Out of the Gray (Gy) to share his story of finding medical physics from an international perspective and offers advice for all from students, to seasoned members of the field on learning and helping others learn. The video format of this interview is now available on our YouTube channel!

Medical imaging technologies have revolutionized healthcare in America and around the world. We talk with a Professor of Medical Physics and Biochemical Engineering about what we'll see next.

Rainor Connor joins Out of the Gray (Gy) from ECU with insights into the Radiation Oncology / Medical Physics world from the view of the Medical Physics Resident

Dr Akila Viswanathan speaks with Dr Xun Jia, Director of the Medical Physics Division at Johns Hopkins, on how physicists help create and execute radiation treatments for patients with cancer.

Brian Pellegrini, CEO with Aspekt Solutions, joins us to discuss current trends in staffing, the future of Medical Physics and options for maintaining a healthy team. Brian@aspektsolutions.com 240-503-1259 website: www.aspektsolutions.com Blog post : https://aspektsolutions.com/resources/where-have-all-the-medical-physicists-gone/

Rajen joins Out of the Gray (Gy) onsite from AAPM 2022 in Washington DC to initiate a conversation around additional forward pathways for students of Medical Physics and members of the Medical Physics field in general.

Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Kidney stone pain as a potential cause area, published by Dan Elton on May 3, 2022 on The Effective Altruism Forum. This is a cross-post from my Substack (original post here). Note: At the Effective Altruism Global: San Francisco conference in 2017, Prof. Will MacAskill implored the audience to “keep EA weird”. As the EA movement grows, it's important to keep EA's original spirit of exploration alive. To help do that, I'm planning to write several articles on potential new — and weird — cause areas. Effective altruists want to figure out how to do the most good per dollar spent. “Good” is often cached out in terms of deaths prevented or quality-adjusted life years saved (QALYs). QALYs attempt to adjust life-years for different states of health. However, the very method of QALY calculation, which typically involves surveys asking about trade-offs, might have some blind spots. For instance, if a disease state is rare, than most likely the requisite survey data for it has never been collected. The surveys themselves may have blind spots too. Consider these points from Andrés Gómez Emilsson (emphasis mine): “Someone described the experience of having a kidney stone as ‘indistinguishable from being stabbed with a white-hot-glowing knife that's twisted into your insides non-stop for hours'. It's likely that the reason why we do not hear about this is because (1) trauma often leads to suppressed memories, (2) people don't like sharing their most vulnerable moments, and (3) memory is state-dependent (you cannot easily recall the pain of kidney stones .. you've lost a tether/handle/trigger for it, as it is an alien state-space on a wholly different scale of intensity than everyday life).” Andres Gomez Emilsson As Daniel Kahneman describes in his book Thinking Fast and Slow, the remembering self is different than the experiencing self. People have trouble describing and conceptualizing extreme events, either positive or negative. People also don't like thinking about extreme negative events generally, whether they experienced them or others did. I personally sometimes notice my brain flinching away when thinking about kidney stone pain, even though I haven't experienced it myself. In the first part of this post I'll go over the evidence for extreme pain events. Then, I'll focus on kidney stones. The main reason for focusing on kidney stone pain is that over the past two years I've worked off-an-on on automated deep learning based software for detecting and measuring kidney stones in CT scans (see my paper in Medical Physics). So I have some expertise on the subject. Currently I am working with a radiologist at Massachusetts General Hopsital who is an expert on stone disease, Prof. Avinash Kambadakone. Background - suffering focused ethics “In my opinion human suffering makes a direct moral appeal, namely, the appeal for help, while there is no similar call to increase the happiness of a man who is doing well anyway.” “Instead of the greatest happiness for the greatest number, one should demand, more modestly, the least amount of avoidable suffering for all.”— Karl Popper, The Open Society and Its Enemies (1945) The idea that we should focus on eliminating suffering over increasing pleasure is intuitive to many people. See this recent Twitter poll from Robin Hanson: So, I don't think I need to spend much time here convincing people that reducing suffering should take precedent over increasing happiness. Note what I have in mind here is what is called “weakly-negative utilitarianism” which is quite different than pure negative utilitarianism, which focuses only on eliminating suffering. Readers interested in diving further into these topics should check out Lukas Gloor's essay “The Case for Suffering-Focused Ethics”. Background - long-tailed distributions of pleasure and pain “...

Kelly Paradis PhD, Elizabeth Covington PhD and Dennis Stanley PhD, join us to discuss the challenges faced by parents in today's fast-paced and demanding RadOnc and MedPhys fields, and offer potential solutions for improvement.

Rajen joins us for a second time to discuss the repercussions and potential healing opportunities for burnout in the medical physics/ radiation oncology / healthcare fields.

Rajen joins us to chat about the development and implementation of soft skills across RadOnc and Medical Physics.

In Episode 49 of The MINDset Game® Podcast, Vered Kogan speaks with Dr. Nancy Rizzo, an expert on holistic medicine and biophysics. You will learn about energy medicine, how your perceptions influence your physiology, and how the electromagnetic field around the body (known as the Human Biofield) directs the processes and functions throughout the body. Nancy Rizzo has a bachelor's Degree in Medical Physics, a master's degree in Radiological Therapeutic Physics. She received the Diplomat of the American Board of Radiology honor and went on to pursue additional post-graduate studies and research, earning her Ph.D. in holistic medicine and biophysics. She has held clinical positions at prestigious medical centers, including the University of Michigan, Royal Oak Beaumont, and the Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale. She served as the founding cochair for the program of integrative medicine in Scottsdale before leaving to pursue her passion for biophoton imaging. In 2006, she founded EPIC Research and Diagnostics to research and develop biophotonic imaging technology. In 2016 the technology now called HealthECircuits, Biofield Energy Systems Technology (BEST) scan, was granted FDA clearance as an electrophysiological measurement tool. To learn more about Dr. Nancy Rizzo and the Biofield Energy Systems Technology (BEST) scan, visit www.healthecircuits.com or email Info@healthecircuits.com For more information and to SUBSCRIBE to The MINDset Game® podcast, visit www.TheMINDsetGame.com You are welcome to join our private Facebook group to learn even more evidence-based tools to transform your life by visiting www.TheMINDsetGameGroup.com

This week, we have the pleasure of hanging out with Tyler's former physics professor Dr. Allan Thomas! Allan is a gifted physics professor leaving his mark at several universities around the country before finally settling down at MD Anderson to finish up his fellowship in medical physics!  In this episode, we talk about his experiences as a physics professor, his collegiate golf career, and life in general!  Follow us!Twitter: twitter.com/wbperspectiveInstagram: instagram.com/wbperspectiveMicah: instagram.com/piker_7Tyler: instagram.com/j.t.goodMusic by Augusto DinizLogo by Scott Bailey: instagram.com/scottabailey