Welcome to the Health Physics Society
Find information and answers to your questions about radiation and radiation safety/protection. For many years radiation has been beneficial to human beings for medical diagnosis and therapy, scientific research, and generating electrical power. However, when used in unsafe ways, radiation can harm people. Care must be taken to properly use radiation and to minimize unnecessary radiation exposures. The health physicist's job is to manage the beneficial use of radiation. Learn more
Radiation Safety Information
Current News
- Radiochemist Elizabeth Rona Recognized
- Call for Abstracts: HPS 2020 Midyear Meeting
- Midyear CEL and PEP Presenters Needed
- Events Listing September 2019
- Short Course Listing September 2019
- HPJ Editor's Pick: Health Physics Around the Globe
- HPS Members in the News: Steve Sugarman
- Communication Advances in Radiation Education for Shielding (CARES)
- Student Fee Waivers for HPJ and ORS Publishing
- Pioneer in Radiation Studies Liane Russell Dies
- August CHP Corner
- NNSA Administrator Lisa E. Gordon-Hagerty Interviews, Part II
- Homeland Security Section 2019 Service Award
- Health Physics Managing Editor Position Opening
- Upcoming HPS Meetings
- 2019 Superior Civilian Service Award
- 2019 Young Military Health Physicist of the Year Award
- 2019 John C. Taschner Leadership Award
- HP Brothers at 2019 HPS Annual Meeting
- Health Physics Society Board at 2019 HPS Annual Meeting
- 2019 HPS Fellows
- Illinois Tech Health Physics Program at 2019 HPS Annual Meeting
- Chelation Special Session at 2019 HPS Annual Meeting
- Public Information Committee at 2019 HPS Annual Meeting
- Interview With NNSA Administrator Gordon-Hagerty
Upcoming Events
- 9th Int'l Symp on Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material
23-27 Sep 2019
Denver, CO - 5th Int'l Symp on the System of Radiological Protection
Mines. Medicine. Mars
19-21 Nov 2019
Adelaide, South Australia - HPS Midyear Meeting
26-29 Jan 2020
Bethesda, MD - IRPA15
Bridging RP Culture and Science - Widening Public Empathy
11-15 May 2020
Seoul, Korea - HPS Annual Meeting
5-9 July 2020
National Harbor, MD - IRPA16
Radiation Harmonization - Standing United for Protection
6-12 Jul 2024
Orlando, FL - NRC Meeting Webcasts
- Worldwide Radiation Protection Meetings
- IAEA Nuclear Safety & Security Meetings