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
Current News
- HPS Professional Development School: Nonionizing Radiation Protection
- May Day, May Day
- Call for PEPs and CELs for 70th HPS Annual Meeting
- Check Out the Madison Annual Meeting Website
- Applications Open for Student Scholarships, Fellowships, and Grants
- CRS Chapter Virtual Meeting on Three Mile Island
- 70th HPS Annual Meeting: Medical and Early-Career Joint Special Session
- Volunteers Needed for New IRPA Task Group on Education and Training
- CSU Student Branch Participates in Little Shop of Physics
- New HP Book Donations Needed
- 2024 HPS Salary Survey
- In Memoriam: Frank Masse
- East Tennessee Chapter Honors James E. Turner and Howard Dickson
- ALERT! CECs Approved for the Fusion Workshop!
- Central Rocky Mountain Chapter and CSU Student Branch Hold Meetings
- Public Information Committee Celebrates National Women's History Month!
- March Course Listings
- Accredited Standards Committee N13 Highlights
- Decommissioning Section News and Call for Abstracts
- Health Physics Editor's Note: Winter Redux
- Remember to Submit Nominations Soon for 2025 HPS Awards
- AIRRS Section Call for Officer Nominations
- 2025 AIRRS Section Travel Grant
- In Memoriam: Edward F. Maher
- HPS President Emeritus Hertel Receives CIRMS Caswell Award
- Share Your Extra HP Professional Books
- ACGIH Physical Agents Committee Seeks Volunteer
- CSU Student Branch Visits Idaho National Laboratory
- Central Rocky Mountain Chapter Meeting on Accelerator Health Physics
- Newly Elected HPS Officer and Board Members to Take Office in July
- San Diego Chapter Holds Meetings
- NCRP 2025 Annual Meeting
- IRPA 16/69th HPS Annual Meeting Highlights: IRPA 16 Young Professionals
- IRPA 16/69th HPS Annual Meeting Highlights: US Delegation to IRPA 16
- IRPA 16/69th HPS Annual Meeting Highlights: Women in Radiation Protection Section Social
- IRPA 16/69th HPS Annual Meeting Highlights: Opening Ceremony and Monday Plenary
- IRPA 16/69th HPS Annual Meeting Highlights: Publications Booth Book Drawing
- IRPA 16/69th HPS Annual Meeting: Lessons Learned - Potential Changes for HPS Meetings Moving Forward
Upcoming Events
- NCRP Annual Meeting
The Million Person Study: Current Results and Vision for Radiation Epidemiology and Protection
24-25 March 2025
Hyatt Regency, Bethesda, MD - NRC Meeting Webcasts
- Worldwide Radiation Protection Meetings
- IAEA Nuclear Safety & Security Meetings
Various locations