When submitting an abstract, you must identify the submission as one of the following:

Proffered Submission

John R. Cameron Young Investigator Symposium

Junior Investigator Competition

Science Council Session - Advances in Imaging Technology

Innovation in Medical Physics Education

SPS Undergraduate Research & Outreach

Proffered Submission

Select the submission type: Proffered

Select the appropriate subject category

Select your preferred presentation mode

No support documentation for this submission type is required.

John R. Cameron Young Investigator Symposium

The 10 highest scoring Young Investigator submissions (as determined by abstract reviewers) will be selected for presentation in a special symposium.

A panel of judges will score the oral presentations according to criteria that include scientific merit, originality, and organization/presentation of the material. Awardees will be announced at the Awards Ceremony during the Annual Meeting. The top 3 awardees will receive a plaque and a cash award.

Young Investigators are not eligible for the Science Council Session.

All abstracts submitted to the YIS Competition that are NOT selected for the competition, will be considered for oral, SNAP oral, or poster presentation.

Young Investigator Definition: At the time of abstract submission, candidates for the Young Investigators' Symposium must be a graduate student OR within one year post-graduation, and if post-graduate, candidates must be in a medical physics residency program or a medical physics related postdoctoral position.

FINALISTS will be required to submit a letter of eligibility from the presenting author's thesis advisor identifying the institution. The letters are not to be submitted until the FINALISTS are identified in April, at which time the Finalists will be contacted with further instructions. Contact the AAPM Programs Manager with any questions regarding the Young Investigator Competition.

Only one submission from each Young Investigator can be submitted for consideration for the Young Investigator Award competition.

NOTE: The winner of the Young Investigator Award Competition is not allowed to participate in the Young Investigator Award Competitions of future AAPM Annual Meetings.

Authors interested in being considered for the Session MUST:

Select the submission type: John R. Cameron Young Investigator Symposium

Select a subject category

Select Oral Presentation mode

Submit REQUIRED support documentation not to exceed 2 pages in length.

Junior Investigator Competition

Two (2) awards for Junior Investigators have been established: the Jack Fowler Junior Investigator Award in honor of Dr. Jack Fowler, Emeritus Professor of Human Oncology and Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin, and the Jack Krohmer Junior Investigator Award, sponsored by the Krohmer Memorial Fund and Science Council through the AAPM Education and Research Fund. Each Awardee will receive a plaque and a cash award.

One Junior Investigator submission for each award will be selected from the highest scoring abstracts judged to be at the highest level of scientific innovation and impact, and the awardees will be announced at the Awards Ceremony during the Annual Meeting.

A single abstract cannot be submitted to both the Junior Investigator Competition and the Young Investigator Competition.

Abstracts submitted to the Junior Investigator Competition are eligible for the Science Council Session (provided, of course, that the abstract is appropriate to the topic of the Science Council Session).

All abstracts submitted to the Junior Investigator Competition that are NOT selected as the winner, will be considered for oral, SNAP oral, or poster presentation.

A Junior Investigator is defined as one of the following. (The junior investigator must be an APPROVED member of AAPM at the time of abstract submission):

Current medical physics resident, OR

Current postdoctoral fellow, OR

Staff/faculty member who is within 4 years of having obtained a graduate degree (at the time of abstract submission).

The AWARDEE will be required to submit a letter of eligibility from a Full Member of AAPM at the junior investigator's sponsoring institution. The letter is not to be submitted until the Awardee is identified in April. Contact the AAPM Programs Manager with any questions regarding the Junior Investigator Competition.

Only one submission from each Junior Investigator can be submitted for consideration for the Junior Investigator Competition.

Authors interested in being considered for the Session MUST:

Select the submission type: Junior Investigator Competition

Select a subject category

Select Oral Presentation mode

Submit REQUIRED support documentation not to exceed 2 pages in length.

Science Council Session

The topic selected for the 2018 Science Council Session is: Advances in Imaging Technology

Criteria for abstract evaluation include the novelty of the research, the emphasis on innovation in the development and application of Advances in imaging technology, including, but not limited to, PET-MR, whole body PET, and functional imaging.

Authors interested in being considered for the Science Council Session MUST:

Select the submission type: Science Council Session – Advances in Imaging Technology

Subject category will default to Advances in Imaging Technology

Select Oral Presentation mode

Submit a Structured Abstract as described in the Instructions to Authors

Submit a REQUIRED Supporting Document not to exceed 2 pages in length.

Innovation in Medical Physics Education

AAPM members are invited to submit an abstract describing innovative medical physics educational activities for radiology residents, radiation oncology residents, medical physicists, technologists or others. The abstract can describe novel teaching strategies such as team teaching or adult learning efforts, novel educational materials such as lectures, websites, educational videos or interactive media, novel program designs, or other innovations. Submissions will be judged on the following criteria: the level of innovation, the potential for educational use, the extent to which the innovation has already been implemented and assessed, and how readily the innovation could be implemented or used at a variety of other institutions.

The top six submissions will be invited to present their abstracts at the session during the Annual Meeting in Nashville. Each speaker will be allocated 15 minutes. The top presenting abstract will be announced at the Awards Ceremony during the Annual Meeting and presented a plaque and a $2,000 prize. The Award for Innovation in Medical Physics Education is made possible by a generous bequest of Harold Marcus.

Authors interested in being considered for the Session MUST:

Select the submission type: Innovation in Medical Physics Education

Select the subject category: Innovation in Medical Physics Education

Presentation mode will default to "Oral"

Submit REQUIRED support documentation not to exceed 2 pages in length.

All abstracts submitted to the Innovation in Medical Physics Education that are NOT selected for the session, will be considered for standard poster presentation.

SPS Undergraduate Research & Outreach

The Society of Physics Students (SPS) Undergraduate Research & Outreach poster session highlights the work of undergraduate students with an interest in medical physics. The first author (and presenter) of all posters in this session must be an undergraduate at the time of submission. Posters should reflect either research related to medical physics or outreach to promote the importance of and relationship between physics in medicine. All joint SPS-AAPM undergraduate members are invited to submit

Please note that submissions to SPS Undergraduate Research & Outreach will not be published in the Medical Physics Journal.

Authors interested in being considered for the Session MUST: