Please find below an interesting opportunity regarding a MS program in medical physics at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.
Hello - I am currently an assistant professor of radiological physics at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, working on theoretical soft matter and biophysics approaches to predicting radiation toxicity in cancer patients, with an eye towards real-world application to clinical treatment planning of future patients. Additionally, I would like to mention that we at Hopkins have just started a Master's program in Medical Physics (https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/radiology/education/ms_medical_physics/application.html). Our first incoming cohort this past fall was two students, but we are looking to grow and add more! I was hoping that you could please share this with Rice undergraduate majors in physics. In particular, if there are any students who know for sure that they do not want to do a PhD or have a research-oriented career, our MS program (which is accredited by CAMPEP, the medical physics accreditation organization) would provide them with a route towards a clinical medical physics residency. As for students who ARE interested in research and might want to eventually do a PhD (but may not be sure yet), one thing we are trying to do here at Hopkins, in contrast to many other MS programs in medical physics, is really emphasize research and innovation. We are particularly strong in radiopharmaceutical therapy, which is a state-of-the-art emerging new treatment modality for metastatic cancers. Additionally, I myself am working on a number of grants, and I foresee a number of MS thesis projects that would showcase medical physics applications of soft condensed matter. I expect that by the end of the MS program, an interested student who wanted to pursue a PhD in physics/medical physics instead of going to a direct clinical route would be well-prepared to do so. If any of your undergraduates are interested in learning more, please feel free to have them reach out to me. Yours sincerely, Tahir Yusufaly