Health Physics Society
Abbreviation | HPS |
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Formation | 1955 |
Region | United States |
Membership | 5,500 |
Official language | English |
Affiliations | International Radiation Protection Association |
Website | http://hps.org/ |
The Health Physics Society (HPS) is a nonprofit scientific professional organization whose mission is excellence in the science and practice of
The Society was formed in 1955, with an organizational meeting in June, 1955 at
Activities
It publishes
It holds its annual meeting in July, and a mid-year meeting in January or February.[3]
The society's archives are held at the
Organization
The society has 37 geographically based chapters, all in the United States, except for one chapter in the
Awards
- Robley D. Evans Commemorative Medal
- Distinguished Scientific Achievement Award
- Elda E. AndersonAward
- Founders Award
- Fellow Award
- Distinguished Public Service Award
- Geoffrey G. Eichholz Outstanding Science Teacher Award
- National Student Science Award
- Health Physics Honor Roll
- G. William Morgan Lectureship Award
- Robert S. Landauer Sr., Lectureship Award
- Dade Moeller Lectureship Award
Meetings
The first annual meeting was held in 1956 at the University of Michigan[3] and these meetings have been held every year since in different US cities.
History
A new national scientific organization for
Presidents of the Health Physics Society
- 1955 Karl Z. Morgan
- 1956 Karl Z. Morgan
- 1957 Frederick P. Cowan
- 1958 Lauriston S. Taylor
- 1959 Elda Emma Anderson
- 1960 John S. Laughlin
- 1961 Walter D. Claus
- 1962 C. Maurice Patterson
- 1963 William T. Ham, Jr.
- 1964 Howard L. Andrews
- 1965 Merril Eisenbud[6]
- 1966 John R. Horan
- 1967 Walter S. Snyder
- 1968 Wright H. Langham
- 1969 J. Newell Stannard
- 1970 Claire C. Palmiter
- 1971 Dade W. Moeller
- 1972 Robley D. Evans
- 1973 Niel Wald
- 1974 James C. Hart
- 1975 Paul L. Ziemer
- 1976 John C. Villforth
- 1977 John A. Auxier[7]
- 1978 Carl M. Unruh
- 1979 Melvin W. Carter
- 1980 William C. Reinig
- 1981 Charles B. Meinhold
- 1982 Roger J. Cloutier
- 2015 Nancy P. Kirner
- 2016 Robert Cherry
- 2017 Eric Abelquist
- 2018 Nolan E. Hertel
- 2019 Eric M. Goldin[8]
- 2020 Eric M. Goldin
- 2021 John Cardarelli
- 2022 John Cardarelli
- 2023 Elizabeth Brackett[9]
See also
- American Academy of Health Physics, open only to those certified by the American Board of Health Physics.
- American Radium Society
- Radiation Research Society
References
- ^ "Member Societies". www.aip.org. 4 March 2013.
- Joxel Garcia; Howard Dickson; Richard Vetter; Louis Wagner; Kathryn Higley; Bernard Cohen; Robert Peter Gale; Robert Emery (2013). Radiation and Risk: Expert Perspectives (SP001 - 0)(PDF). Health Physics Society. p. 60. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
- ^ a b c d Baes, Fred. "hps.org". Health Physics Society.
- ^ "Georgian Health Physics Association". Georgian Health Physics Association.
- PMID 17751437.
- ^ "Human Radiation Studies: Remembering the Early, Oral History of Merril Eisenbud". ehss.energy.gov. 1995-01-26. Retrieved 2023-10-19.
- ^ "In Memoriam: John A. Auxier". Health Physics Society. Retrieved 2023-10-20.
- ^ "HPS's Eric Goldin: On health physics". www.ans.org. Retrieved 2023-10-20.
- ^ "Meet Incoming President Elizabeth Brackett". Health Physics Society. Retrieved 2023-10-20.
External links
- Official website
- Radiation Answers, an information web site for the general public operated by the society
- American Institute of Physics