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Medical Physics & Health Physics Program

PROGRAM RESEARCH

The medical physics and health physics groups research the applications of radiation technology to the health-care, national defense, and nuclear energy industries. The Medical Physics and Health Physics Program presently offers the M.S. degree, which requires that the student complete a research thesis. The Program plans to expand to offer the Ph.D. degree in the near future. Presently, students seeking the Ph.D. degree in Physics and Astronomy or other related degrees, are eligible to perform their dissertation research in Medical Physics or Health Physics.

Research Faculty

• Gibbons, John P., Ph.D. - Adjunct Associate Professor
• Hogstrom, Kenneth R., Ph.D. - Professor and Director
• Matthews II, Kenneth L., Ph.D. - Associate Professor
• Isaac, Rose, Ph.D. - Adjunct Professor
• Sajo, Earno, Ph.D. - Associate Professor
• Polad, Shikhaliev, Ph.D. - Assistant Professor

Areas of Research Concentration

Medical Physics Research

• Intensity-modulated Radiotherapy
• Image-guided Radiotherapy
• K-edge Capture Therapy
• Prostate Brachytherapy Dosimetry
• Radioisotope Imaging Systems
• X-ray Imaging Systems

Health Physics Research

• Radiation Damage in DNA
• Aerosol Transport
• Radiation Detectors for Medical Physics, Health Physics and Security Applications

Research Facilities

• Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center
• CAMD Synchrotron Radiation Facility
• Animal Irradiation Facilities
• Nuclear Science Building
• Radiation Detector Development Lab
• Computing Facilities
• Shared Departmental Resources

 

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