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Department of Health Physics and Diagnostic Sciences News

The department of health physics and diagnostic sciences within the School of Integrated Health Sciences provides a high-quality educational experience for undergraduate and graduate students in the areas of health physics; medical physics; comprehensive medical imaging; radiochemistry; and radiography.

Current Health Physics and Diagnostic Sciences News

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Physical therapy and radiography students collaborate to get a crystal-clear vision for better patient care.

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The associate dean of research in Integrated Health Sciences leans into his own immigrant story to provide others with opportunities.

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Three-year grant from U.S. Dept. of Energy will highlight AI-based and experimental learning to understand effects of occupational and medical radiation.

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Sparked by the connection of two alumni, the partnership is key to 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ being the top producer of radiologic technologists in Nevada.

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Working in the field of immunotherapy, Amani Makkouk’s career was set in motion by her time as a master’s student in the School of Integrated Health Sciences.

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At 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ, Haven Searcy gains two degrees and experience analyzing the effects of radiation on the environment.

Health Physics and Diagnostic Sciences In The News

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51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ recently received a $1.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to study the effects of radiation exposure and the risk of breast cancer in occupational and medical radiation.

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A Radiology Partners affiliate has teamed with a local university to bolster its talent pipeline. Desert Radiology Chief Operating Officer Matt Grimes, MBA, earned his degree in radiography administration from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, in 1996. Twenty years later when he joined the practice, one of his top priorities was reinstituting a collaboration allowing 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ second-year radiography students to gain experience at DR facilities.

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The approach even goes further, with trips to more distant areas.

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Seven years after the end of WWII, the US detonated the world's first hydrogen bomb.

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The world's first nuclear weapon — the atom bomb — devastated the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945.

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With its depiction of the first atomic bomb explosion, the new film, "Oppenheimer," highlights the massive destructive power of these early nuclear weapons.

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