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Medical Physics

CAMPEP accredited MSc in Medical Physics

Academic Year	Number of Applications	Numbers Offered Admission	Numbers Enrolled in Program	Numbers Graduated
2015/16	48	13	9	8
2016/17	61	25	16	14
2017/18	50	33	22	22
2018/19	63	35	25	23
2019/20	53	30	19	20(inc 1 repeat)
2020/21	56	40(inc 6 deferrals)	20	20
2021/22	51	45	19	19
2022/23	38	31	12	12
2023/24	43	36	13	8
2024/25	73	50	26	25
2025/26			20	tbd

MSc in Medical Physics research publication scholarship awardees have successfully completed research projects with collaborations nationally and internationally (including Canada, Europe, UK and USA). These have been disseminated widely via conference presentations, articles and publications.

Selection of scholars and dissemination below;

MSc in Medical Physics Scholars

McLaughlin, Owen, Michael Martyn, Christoph Kleefeld, and Mark Foley. "Investigation of temperature dependence of inorganic scintillators using the HYPERSCINT research platform." Radiation Measurements 164 (2023): 106936.

O'Shea, Katie, Linda Coleman, Louise Fahy, Christoph Kleefeld, Mark J. Foley, and Margaret Moore. "Compensation for radiotherapy treatment interruptions due to a cyberattack: An isoeffective DVH‐based dose compensation decision tool." Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics 23, no. 9 (2022): e13716.

Shaharuddin, Shahirah, Alexander Hart, Daniel D. Cecchi, Magdalena Bazalova-Carter, and Mark Foley. "Real-time dosimetry of ultrahigh dose-rate x-ray beams using scintillation detectors." In 2021 IEEE sensors, pp. 1-4. IEEE, 2021.

Byrne, Kevin, Skye Conlan, Magdalena Bazalova-Carter, and Mark Foley. "Optimizing novel inorganic scintillation detectors for applications in medical physics." In 2020 IEEE SENSORS, pp. 1-4. IEEE, 2020.

Byrne, Kevin, Majed Alharbi, Nolan Esplen, Peter Woulfe, Sinead O’Keeffe, Magdalena Bazalova-Carter, and Mark Foley. "Initial evaluation of the performance of novel inorganic scintillating detectors for small animal irradiation dosimetry." IEEE sensors journal 20, no. 9 (2020): 4704-4712.

PhysicsWorld article: Plastic scintillation detectors prove a win-win in clinical physics research and education. click here

PhysicsWorld article: Decision-making tool helps replan radiotherapy after a cyber attack. click here

MSc in Medical Physics graduate Kevin Byrne was awarded a Best Abstract Award for the Flash Radiotherapy and Particle Therapy Conference which took place in Toronto on 5^th -7^th December 2023.

IEEE best paper award

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NUI Galway Celebrates 20 Years of Medical Physics Education

The University’s MSc in Medical Physics has received re-accreditation until 2030 from the Commission on Accreditation of Medical Physics Education Programmes....more

Academic director - Dr Mark Foley