Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine
The Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine (IPEM) is UK's professional body, learned society and registered charity, for physicists and engineers in the field of medicine. The institute was founded in 1995 as a hybrid of the Hospital Physicists’ Association (1943), the Hospital Physics Technicians' Association (1952) and the Biological Engineering Society (1960) under the name, the Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine and Biology (IPEMB). It changed its name to IPEM in 1997.
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People
Board members 2013-14
- Prof Stephen Keevil, President
- Dr David Brettle, President Elect
- Dr Joanna Barraclough, Honorary Secretary
- Paul Robbins, Honorary Treasurer
- Claire Hardiman, Director, Professional & Standards Council
- Wendy Waddington, Director, Science, Research & Innovation Council
- Prof Colin Gibson, Vice President - Professional
- Dr Anna Barnes, Vice President - External
- Dr Dimitris Visvikis, Vice President - International
- Dr Azzam Taktak, Vice President - Engineering
- Prof Paul White, Vice President - Industry
- Prof Nicholas Stone, Vice President - Academic
- Prof Mark Tooley, Member Trustee
- Dr Simon Ryde, Member Trustee
- Siobhan McVey, Member Trustee
- Danielle Ross, Independent Trustee
- Dr Kathryn Allton, Independent Trustee
Affiliations
Supported organisations
On their website, it is stated that IPEM is a sponsor or funder of several initiatives that "meet [their] charitable objectives," including:[1]
- Sense About Science (since 2012)[2]
- Voice of Young Science
- The Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine is a donor to the Science Media Centre. [3]
- Science in Parliament magazine
- Smallpiece Trust
Partner organisations
Association of Renal Technologists (ART) | British Institute of Radiology (BIR) | British Nuclear Medicine Society (BNMS) | British Society for the History of Radiology | Consortium for the Accreditation of Sonographic Education (CASE) | Engineering Council | Engineering UK | Institute of Physics | Royal College of Physicians (RCP) | Royal College of Radiologists (RCR) | Science Council | Society for Radiological Protection (SRP) | Society of Radiographers | Society for Vascular Technology (SVT)
Affiliated Societies
- Association of Renal Technologists (ART), formal partnership since 2003
- Engineering the Future alliance member
Contact
- Address:
- Fairmount House
- 230 Tadcaster Road
- York
- YO24 1ES
- Tel: 0044 (0)1904 610821
- Fax: 01904 612279
- E-mail: office AT ipem.ac.uk
- Wesite: http://www.ipem.ac.uk/
Notes
- ↑ IPEM, Partners and Connections, accessed 25 Oct 2013.
- ↑ SMC, Funding, copy of webpage at Herbogéminis website, accessed 25 Oct 2013.
- ↑ SMC, Funding, accessed 29 September 2013. See also Science Media Centre - Funding
