American Nuclear SocietyBiology & Medicine

Division

Presentation to the

ANS Board of Directors

by

Rolf Zeisler, Chair-Elect

Albuquerque, NM

History and Mission of BMD

• The Biology and Medicine Division (BMD) of the American Nuclear Society focuses on the biological applications and medical uses of the atom.

• Members focus on the application and development of nuclear technology for the life sciences, as well as the impact of such technology on society. Areas of interest include neutron, photon, and charged-particle applications, dosimetry, radiographic and radioisotope imaging, radionuclide production, bone and tissue dosimetry, biological effects of radiation exposure, and other related subjects.

2006-2007BMD Governance

Officers (1-yr term)Officers (1-yr term)Chair

Sam GloverVice-Chair

Rolf ZeislerSecretary/Treasurer

Sheldon LandsbergerBoard Liaison

Ann Bisconti

Executive Committee (3-yr term)Executive Committee (3-yr term)Elisabete A. DeNadai FerandesRobert R. GreenbergStephen P. LaMontSheldon LandsbergerNicholas M. SpyrouAlbert L. Wiley, Jr.Rolf Zeisler

BMD Membership Trend

Bio & Med Annual Membership

392416 430

452 456 463

300

350

400

450

500

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

BMD Budget

• In 2005 and 2006, 100% of expenditures supported students

• 2006, a distribution of 5k to the Vogt Award was to have been made. Two travel awards for students (one each by IRD and BMD) in memoriam of Hevesy Award winner Jeroen de Goeij

2005

2005 ANS Student Conference $200

2005 BMD-track winner travel grant

$800

MARC V Income (2nd distribution)

$1057

2006

MARC VII student travel award

$500

Vogt Award transfer $5000

Uncommitted funds (mostly from MARC conference)

~$5000

BMD Contributions to ANS

• Position Statements– Food Irradiation: active– Radon in Homes: under review

• Newly formed Computational Medical Physics Working Group with MCD

• Participation with Other Professional SocietiesANS members also members in – AAPM (American Association of Physicists in Medicine)– HPS (Health Physics Society and local chapters)– ACS (American Chemical Society)– AOAC (Association of Official Analytical Chemists)

BMD Services to Membership

• New technical subcommittees planning sessions

• Newsletter Spring 2005• Web Site updated periodically• Scholarships

– Endowment for Vogt Award– Student Conference support– Special travel grant to best paper in BMD-track– Special travel grant to student presenter at MARC

Computational Medical Physics Working Group

• Formed in 2005 and co-sponsored by BMD and MCD, the CMPWG is a multidisciplinary group which served to promotes the advancement of computational tools, experimental data, and enabling technologies which are applicable to clinical problems in medical and health physics

• The applications include computational benchmarks on phantoms and detectors, large scale optimization, deterministic and stochastic approaches to radiation therapy and diagnostic problems.

Computational Medical Physics Working Group

• Website: http://cmpwg.ans.org. • Joint program development with sponsoring

Divisions• Held sessions at RPSD’s Topical in Carlsbad,

April 2-6, 2006.• Held one session at the Annual meeting:

Computational Medical Physics Benchmarks, Tuesday - June 6, 2006

• Planned Workshop: CMPWG Workshop II – University of Florida, Gainesville October 2007

• Safeguards (Class I)

• International Topical(Class IV/II)Meeting on Industrial Radiation and Radioisotope Measurement Applications (IRRMA)

• MARC VII (Class I)April 7-11, 2006

BMD-Sponsored Meetings

BMD-Sponsored Meetings

• Modern Trends in (Class IV)Activation Analysis (MTAA)

• Pacific Basin (Class I)Nuclear Conference

• Nuclear Analytical (Class IV)

Methods in the Life Sciences (NAMLS)

2006 Winter Meeting Sessions

• General Session• Nuclear Methods in Assessing Trace

Element Status in Chronic Human Disease

• Nuclear Methods in Support of Nano- to Micro-Domain Sciences

• Recent Developments in Metrological and Quality Assurance Aspects of Nuclear Analytical Methods

BMD Metrics & Measures 2005Division

MeetingsDivision Governance Division

Contributions to Society

Division Services to Membership

NationalMeeting

Participation2005: 0session 0panel/4session 0panel)

SuccessionPlanningNone submitted

ANS Position Statements

19 Radon in Homes (Overdue), 28 Food Irradiation (Current)

41 Health Effects of LL Radiation (Action)

ProfessionalDevelopment

BMD has no Professional Development Activities

Class IClass IITopicals

+/- 25 % attendance MARC (237/239).

MembershipTrends

456/453 members +1.5% change 2005

Participation withOutside Professional

SocietiesBMD has liaison with ACMP, ISMRM and

NCRP, AAPM, HPS

Scholarships

Vogt Scholarship – NOT fully funded(joint scholarship with IRD)

Class IIITopicals

BMD has not supported a Class III Topical in the last 6 years

Communications

1 newsletter in 20050 website update in 2005

SocietyLeadership

4 of 4 PDC Mtgs., 50% Exec. Comm. , 2 of 4 NPC Presented to the Board of Directors

Nov 2005

Peer Recognition/Awards

No Awards in 2004

DivisionPlanning

No Strategic Plan submitted to PDC Chair

Non-MeetingPublications

BMD does not support non-mtg pubs

StudentSupport

2005 0 Student Conference, 0 Student Travel

Summary and Future Goals

• Maintain support for student activities and professional development

• Coordinate with Young Members Technical Group– Joint program development– Mentoring opportunities

• Issue newsletter and update website• Coordinate with other professional societies (ie.

AAPM, HPS)• Possible Topical meeting on Production and

Application of Medical and Industrial Isotopes