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
- Upcoming HPS Meetings
- Keeping the ICRP Recommendations Fit for Purpose
- Radon (and More) Around the World - August Health Physics Journal
- Articles Added to Women Leadership of the HPS
- Hybrid 2021 HPS Annual Meeting Starts Next Week
- Thank You From IRPA
- Seeking Nominations to the Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health
- Southeast Compact Commission Search for Executive Director
- July 2021 CHP Corner
- Nonionizing Radiation Section: HPS and IRPA Meetings
- Call for Nominations for the John D. Boice, Jr. Young Investigator Award
- National Academies Report on Astronaut Health
- July Short Course Listing
- Time to Start Planning for 2022 HPS/IRPA
- NRC Awards $10.7 Million in Academic Grants
- NRC-FDA Workshop: Targeted Alpha-Emitting Radiopharmaceuticals
- IRPA Bulletin 30 Available
- IAEA Announces Job Opening
- ICRP 2021 Postponed
- 2021 Health Physics Society Awards
- Meet 2021-2023 HPS President John Cardarelli
- In Memoriam: Krista Kay Wenzel
Upcoming Events
- Australian Radiation Protection Society
Legacy and Innovation in Radiation Protection
13 - 16 September 2021
Canberra Rex Hotel, Australia - FDA-NRC Workshop
Targeted Alpha-emitting Radiopharmaceuticals, Focus on Actinium-225
22 September 2021, 9:00 - 4:30 PM ET
Virtual - 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
Budapest Congress Centre, Hungary - 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