Announcements: AAPM 2024 Fellows Include Nine ABR Volunteers
August 2024;17(4):12
Nine ABR medical physics volunteers have been named Fellows by the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) for 2024: Tyler Blackwell, MS; Richard Castillo, PhD; Yusung Kim, PhD; Mi-Ae Park, PhD; Jennifer Pursley, PhD; Vikren Sarkar, PhD; Jiajian Shen, PhD; Matthew Studenski, PhD; and Christopher Tien, PhD.
AAPM is one of the world’s leading medical physics organizations with a mission to advance medicine through excellence in the science, education, and professional practice of medical physics.
The AAPM established the category of Fellow to honor members who have made significant contributions through one or more of the following:
- Service to AAPM.
- The advancement of medical physics knowledge based on independent original research or development.
- Medical physics educational activities, especially regarding the education and training of medical physicists, medical students, medical residents and allied health personnel.
- Leadership in the practice of medical physics.
Of approximately 10,000 AAPM members, only 767 (6.8%) have been awarded the prestigious Fellow distinction.
