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
- From the President: January 2019
- IRPA Meeting in Conjunction With HPS Midyear
- January CHP Corner
- New HPS Publications Style Guide
- 52nd HPS Midyear Meeting Program
- Watch Out for Annual Meeting Hotel Scam
- Call for Papers: 2019 HPS Annual Meeting
- Recommended Online Reads
- Disney Discounts: 2019 HPS Annual Meeting
- Newly Elected Officer and Board Members
- Health Physics Journal February Editor's Pick
- Short Course Listings January 2019
- Apply for Student Scholarships and Fellowships
- See Orlando During 2019 Annual Meeting
- ANSI N43.2-1991 to Be Revised or Withdrawn
- Ask the Experts Update
- PEP and CEL Call for Abstracts
- 2019 Midyear AAHP Courses
- December SAFRON Update
- Upcoming HPS Meetings
Upcoming Events
- HPS Midyear Meeting
17-20 Feb 2019
San Diego, CA - NCRP 2019 Annual Meeting
1-2 Apr 2019
Bethesda, MD - 2019 Council on Ionizing Radiation Measurements and Standards Annual Meeting
Strengthening the Economy and Homeland Security with Radiation Measurements and Standards
8-10 Apr 2019
Gaithersburg, MD - 2019 Canadian Radiation Protection Agency's (CRPA) Conference
Connecting with Communities
27-30 May 2019
Ottowa, Canada - International Conference on Radiation in Various Fields of Research (RAD 2019)
10-14 June 2019
Herceg Novi, Montenegro - HPS Annual Meeting
7-11 July 2019
Orlando, FL - 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 - 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