Michelle delivers an outreach talk on medical and health physics careers
In November, Michelle Lis, OMA fellow and Medical Physics PhD student at Louisiana State University delivered an outreach presentation at her Alma Mater, Loyola University Chicago. Her presentation “Careers in Health and Medical Physics” was warmly received by the students and faculty of the physics department. The event was organised with several members of Loyola’s physics faculty, including Dr. Rasinariu and Dr. McNees, as part of a physics seminars series held every Thursday.
Michelle’s talk was devoted to enlightening interested students on the educational and exam requirements for a variety of career paths within medical physics and health physics in the USA. She began by describing the roles and responsibilities of each profession, then broke down steps to becoming a practicing physicist. Finally, she described research opportunities, fellowships, and her personal efforts to stand out. She also shared some information on ongoing research, including her own, and ended by providing a variety of resources on more information for these opportunities. The information presented at this talk will be influential to both the students and professors.
The audience was very interested in the information and eager to apply it in the future. Loyola University’s Department of Physics is currently developing a 5 year BS – MSc combined program in medical physics, and valued the input and resources that Michelle provided. Michelle will be continuing to collaborate with the department to help structure the program and share additional opportunities.