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
- Women in Radiation Protection Section Elections
- Director Mahathy: Thank You and a Call to Service
- From the President: Phoenix in July? I'll Be There
- Back to the Future - July Health Physics Journal
- ICRP 2020 Annual Report Now Available
- In Memoriam: Francis Joseph Bradley
- June Short Course Listing
- Hybrid Midyear Workshop Was a Resounding Success
- Updating the HPS In Memoriam Web Page
- 2021 HPS Conference Swag Store
- The 66th Annual Meeting Is Just Around the Corner!
- PEP Sessions From 2020 Virtual Workshop Still Available
- Upcoming HPS Meetings
- DVSRS 8th Annual Robert Forrest Memorial Medical Health Physics Symposium
- The Lost Year
- Support the HPS and Win a Bucket List Vacation - Win/Win!
- ICRP Publication 148 Now Available
- State of Texas Chapter Spring Meeting
- National Academies Seeking Nominations to Committee Reviewing Analysis of Hanford
- IAEA Releases E-learning Courses on Radiation Protection of Workers
- In Memoriam: Franz Schoenhofer
- National Academies to Plot Course for DOE Low-Dose Radiation Research Program
- IAEA Publication on RP During Decommissioning of Nuclear Installations
- Foster Speaks at Webinar on Microwaves at Havana Embassy
- HPS History Corner: Madam Curie in America 100 Years Ago
- May 2021 CHP Corner
- IAEA Publication on Protection Against Radon and Gamma Radiation Exposure
- ICRP 2021 Accepting e-Posters
- Western New York Chapter News
- Medical Health Physics Section News
Upcoming Events
- Australian Radiation Protection Society
Legacy and Innovation in Radiation Protection
13 - 16 September 2021
Canberra Rex Hotel, Australia - 2022 IRPA North American Regional Congress
Meeting the Challenges in the Practice of Radiation Protection
20-24 February 2022
St. Louis, MO - 6th European Congress on Radiation Protection
Radiation Protection for Everyone
30 May 2022
3 June 2022 - IRPA 16
Radiation Harmonization - Standing United for Protection
6-12 July 2024
Orlando, FL - IAEA Nuclear Safety & Security Meetings
Various locations - NRC Meeting Webcasts
- Worldwide Radiation Protection Meetings