Flyer: 2023-BMP-flyer_v1

The Stanford Biomedical Physics (BMP) PhD Program is now accepting applications!

The BMP Program is a PhD training program hosted by the Departments of Radiology and Radiation Oncology within the Stanford University School of Medicine. The objective of the PhD in BMP is to train students in research focused on technology translatable to clinical medicine, including radiation therapy, image-guided therapy, diagnostic, interventional, and molecular imaging, and disease detection and characterization with molecular diagnostics.

Thanks to the efforts of faculty in these departments and the support of department chairs Dr. Quynh Le and the late Dr. Sam Gambhir, we created the BMP program in 2021 to train doctoral students within the world-class research environment at Stanford.

In fall 2023 we are soliciting applications for our third class of incoming students. The deadline for new applicants isDecember 1, 2023. Admitted students will begin their doctoral studies in fall 2024 taking courses spanning traditional and emerging topics in medical physics as well as performing original research under the mentorship of experts in this evolving discipline. This is the first PhD program at Stanford housed in clinical departments and students will be immersed in a unique translational environment at the intersection of basic and clinical science.

We hope this program will be of interest to your university, we have attached a flyer with a summary of the program for you to share with your students. We are looking for talented and motivated students completing or having completed a bachelor’s degree in engineering or physical science. We believe you have many qualified and potentially interested students at your institution and would appreciate your help in spreading the word about Stanford BMP.

For more information about the BMP PhD Program visit our website (https://med.stanford.edu/bmp.html).

If you have additional questions or would like to contact us directly to learn more, please contact us via email at bmp-contact@stanford.edu.

Thank you for taking the time to read this email, we look forward to having your students join our incoming Class of 2024!

Sincerely,

Drs. Ennis, Graves, Pitteri, and Spielman

BMP Program Directors

[see attached flyer … ]

We invite your senior undergraduate students to join us for a Virtual Open House on Tuesday, October 31 from 12 – 2 pm to learn more about our PhD programs.

The Biophysics and Chemical Physics graduate programs at the University of Maryland are unique in that they bring together renowned faculty members doing cutting-edge research at the intersections of numerous disciplines, including Biology, Biochemistry, Chemistry, Engineering, Mathematics, and Physics. The programs have partnerships and connections with several nearby national laboratories, including the National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), National Cancer Institute (NCI), and Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

Our curriculum is flexible and tailored to each student’s background and research interests. We encourage applications from students with diverse scientific and engineering backgrounds and an enthusiasm for interdisciplinary research. The application deadline is Friday, January 5, 2024 with Friday, December 15, 2023 being the preferred application deadline to be considered for fellowship nominations.

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Dear Prospective Ph.D. Student,

The Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Oklahoma is seeking highly qualified and motivated applicants for our Physics or Astrophysics PhD graduate program, who are interested in experiment or theory in four broad areas of study:

Astronomy and Astrophysics
Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
Condensed Matter Physics
High Energy Physics
Engineering Physics

Our department is home to the newly established Center for Quantum Research and Technology located in the newly constructed Lin Hall, which contains 18,000 sq. ft. of world class research space for experimental AMO and Condensed Matter Physics that meets NIST-A requirements for vibration, temperature, and humidity.  We also have institutional access to the Apache Point Observatory 3.5m telescope located in Sunspot, NM.

Information on our graduate program and research projects can be found at:
https://www.ou.edu/cas/physics-astronomy/students/graduate
https://www.ou.edu/cas/physics-astronomy/research

Requirements:
•       Applicants with the US equivalent of a BS in Physics, Astronomy, or in a closely related field are encouraged to apply.
•       We do NOT require the general or physics GRE exam scores.
•       TOEFL/IELTS scores are generally required from international applicants for whom English is their second language. (See link to FAQ below)

Deadlines:
Our application deadline is January 15. Late applicants run the risk that we may have filled the entire program slots for this year.

Application Fee:
There is NO FEE to apply to our program, if applicants send their materials directly to the department

How do I apply:
Follow the instructions at:
https://www.ou.edu/cas/physics-astronomy/students/graduate/apply

If you choose the NO FEE (Free) application process (“option 2”), please send all application materials by email to:
PA-Grad@ou.edu

For more information, see our FAQ, in the lower portion of the application page. https://www.ou.edu/cas/physics-astronomy/students/graduate/apply

Should you have any questions concerning our department, do not hesitate to contact us. We look forward to hearing from you in the near future.

If you have questions regarding specific areas of study, please contact the representative in the respective areas:
Astrophysics: Prof. Xinyu Dai <pa-grad@ou.edu>, <xdai@ou.edu>
Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics: Prof. Robert Lewis-Swan <lewisswan@ou.edu>
Condensed Matter Physics: Prof. Alisa Javadi <alisa.javadi@ou.edu<mailto:alisa.javadi@ou.edu>>
High Energy Physics: Prof. Chung Kao <chung.kao@ou.edu<mailto:chung.kao@ou.edu>>
Engineering Physics: Prof. Mike Santos <msantos@ou.edu<mailto:msantos@ou.edu>>

attachment: UAF Physics Graduate Program Flyer

From: UAF Physics Department <uaf-physics@alaska.edu>

Subject: Graduate Assistantships Available in Alaska

Date: December 5, 2022 at 1:57:51 PM CST

To: undisclosed-recipients:;

Dear SPS Advisors, Mentors and Officers,

We would like to make the SPS members and the rest of the undergraduate physics students at your school aware of the Graduate Physics and Space Physics programs at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. We offer a PhD in Physics, a PhD in Space Physics, an MS in Physics, and an MS in Physics with concentrations in Computational Physics or Space Physics.

Attached is an electronic version of our Graduate program poster (~1MB in size), which we would greatly appreciate if you could print out and post somewhere appropriate for the students.  We are still accepting applications for fall 2023 admission, though anyone interested in a teaching assistantship should apply quickly.  Contact information is on the poster or you can contact Professor Martin Truffer (the Graduate Program Coordinator and Department Chair) at mtruffer2@alaska.edu.

Many people are not aware of a Physics Graduate program in Alaska, but we do offer a variety of interesting research opportunities ranging from Space Physics (with the only university-owned rocket range in the US) to Arctic Science and Nonlinear Physics; and all that in an unparalleled natural setting.

Sincerely

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Martin Truffer

Professor of Physics

UAF Physics Department

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Department of Physics

University of Alaska Fairbanks

1930 Yukon Drive, Room 102

P.O. Box 755920

Fairbanks, Alaska 99775-5920

907-474-7339

uaf-physics@alaska.edu

http://www.uaf.edu/physics

UAF is located at Troth Yeddha’, on the traditional homelands of the Tanana Dene People.

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attachment: UAF Physics Graduate Program Flyer

On November 19th at 10AM California time the Department of Physics and Astronomy at UC Davis will be hosting a 2-hour online open house to introduce prospective graduate students to our PhD program. Students will be able to meet with faculty and current graduate students to learn about our graduate program, research, and life at UC Davis. Additional information about the event, and to register, can be found at the following link:

https://sites.google.com/ucdavis.edu/ucd-grad-open-house/home?authuser=2

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This year we have an application fee waiver program for prospective students for whom the fee is a substantial hardship. Information about this program and other application information is available at the following link:

https://physics.ucdavis.edu/graduates/application-information

UC Davis is a highly ranked public university (#5 according to the 2022 WSJ/Times Higher Education College Rankings). Our Department of Physics and Astronomy provides a dynamic and diverse environment for the training of graduate students. The department has large and active research programs in the core areas of condensed matter, high energy physics, and cosmology, and also includes a number of vibrant smaller programs, in areas such as fields/strings/gravity, nuclear physics, high energy astrophysics, biophysics, complexity, computational science, and quantum information science. The opportunities for our students are almost limitless, and our PhD graduates go on to prestigious postdoctoral positions and excellent industry placements.

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

From Gabrielle Gannon
Director of Graduate Admissions
The Office of Graduate Student Affairs
The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science
Columbia University

Every year, the Columbia Engineering Road Show team travels the world visiting top universities and meeting with students face-to-face. While we can’t do that this year, we have planned a robust schedule of events and we were hoping you could help us in spreading the word. Please see the details below, and share the information with prospective graduate students who you feel would be qualified applicants to Columbia Engineering.

• Road Show Information Sessions (for select schools)*
• Information Sessions
• Virtual Campus Tours

Goldwater Information Session

The Goldwater Scholarship is intended for those planning to go to graduate school en route to a career in science. The scholarship pays up to $7,500 per year for up to two years (if you apply as a sophomore, one year if you apply as a junior).

The Barry Goldwater Scholarship supports undergraduates in becoming highly qualified scientists, mathematicians, and engineers by awarding scholarships to students interested in those fields. If you are strongly considering graduate work and research these areas, please join the Center for Civic Leadership for an information session on Tuesday, October 19th at 12pm on Zoom. Funding is available for sophomores and juniors.

Zoom session link: bit.ly/CCLGold

See flyer at this link: JH Medical Physics Webinar

—– Forwarded message from MedPhysMS <MedPhysMS@jhmi.edu> —–
Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2021 02:49:30 +0000
From: MedPhysMS <MedPhysMS@jhmi.edu>
Subject: Live Webinar-Johns Hopkins Master of Science in Medical Physics
To: MedPhysMS <MedPhysMS@jhmi.edu>

Dear Department Chair,

I am reaching out on behalf of the Johns Hopkins Radiological Physics Division which is offering an opportunity to pursue a Master of Science in Medical Physics. This two-year program is designed to prepare for a career as a medical physicist either in research, clinical, or industry settings and also introduces students to newly emerging fields in need of medical physics expertise, such as Radiopharmaceutical Therapy.

If any of your students might be interested in this opportunity, please feel free to share out the attached flyer promoting a live webinar with the program director and faculty on Tuesday, April 6th. Further details are available online at hopkinsmedicine.org/radiology/education/ms_medical_physics/<https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/radiology/education/ms_medical_physics/> and you or any students are welcome to reach out directly with questions to MedPhysMS@jhmi.edu<mailto:MedPhysMS@jhmi.edu>.

We look forward to hearing from you,

Dr. George Sgouros, Director, Radiological Physics Division
Debra Race, Administrative Specialist

Radiological Physics Division
Department of Radiology and Radiological Science
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
601 N. Caroline St., Suite 4263
Baltimore, MD 21287
443-287-2425 (office)
410-614-1060 (fax)

—– End forwarded message —–

The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine plans to offer an M.S. in Medical Physics beginning in August 2021.

The M.S. in Medical Physics will prepare students for a career as a medical physicist, either as a researcher, as a certified clinical professional, or in industry. The program will require successful completion of a minimum of 36 credits for Master’s degree and completion of a research thesis (in conjunction with one or more of the faculty). Full-time master’s students will complete the program in two years.

Sincerely,
-George

George Sgouros, Ph.D.
Professor of Radiology &
Radiological Science,
Director, Radiological Physics Division
CRB II 4M.61, 1550 Orleans St.
Department of Radiology
Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine
Baltimore MD 21231
410 614 0116 (voice) 413 487 3753 (FAX)
https://sgouroslab.jhu.edu/
https://hopkinsmedicine.org/radiology/research/divisions/radiological-physics

flyer:  Med Physics MS (2021)