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Institute of Medical Physics

The Institute of Medical Physics (IMP) within the School of Physics, University of Sydney, draws together research and teaching expertise across the University and its affiliated hospitals and research institutes. Our research is highly multidisciplinary and involves the application of fundamental physics to challenging problems in medicine and biology. Key aspects of our research include: the application of radiation dosimetry and radiobiology to cancer treatment; the development, application and quantitative analysis of novel imaging techniques for diagnosing human disease; the application of biological physics concepts to better understand living matter.

Professor David Thwaites

Professor David Thwaites
Director, Institute of Medical Physics, Professor of Medical Physics
Research interests: radiation oncology physics, radiation dosimetry, radiation protection, imaging in oncology, image-guided radiotherapy

Assoc. Prof. Zdenka Kuncic

A/Prof Zdenka Kuncic
Associate Professor of Physics
Research interests: theoretical and computational modelling, with application to biomedical imaging, biological physics, radiation biophysics, nanodosimetry, nanomedicine. www

A/Prof. Yves DeDeene

A/Prof Yves De Deene
Senior Research Fellow

Research interests: Quantitative MRI, hyperpolarized MRI, MR elastography, NMR spectroscopy, 3D dosimetry.

Dr Kathy Willowson

Dr Kathy Willowson
Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Research interests: quantitative SPECT

Dr Jonathan Sykes

Dr Jonathan Sykes
Senior Research Fellow
Research Physicist - Nepean and Westmead Hospitals
Research interests: radiation oncology physics, imagining in oncology, image-guided radiotherapy, image segmentation and registration

Dr Aimee McNamara

Dr Aimee McNamara
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Research interests: Electronic portal imaging, PET, nanodosimetry

Professor Jacob Van Dyk

Professor Jacob Van Dyk
Visiting Professor
Emeritus Professor Western University Ontario

Christian Ronn Hansen
Research Associate

 Prof. Anatoly Rozenfeld

Prof. Anatoly Rozenfeld
Director, Centre for Medical Radiation Physics, University of Woollongong
Research interests: dosimetry, detectors, radiotherapy www

Dr Phil Vial

Dr Phil Vial
Honorary Lecturer
Liverpool & Macarthur Cancer Therapy Centres
Research interests: clinical dosimetry in radiotherapy, image guided radiotherapy

Prof. Dale Bailey

Professor Dale Bailey
Honorary Associate
Dept. Nuclear Medicine, Royal North Shore Hospital
Research interests: quantitative SPECT, nuclear medicine

Dr Jeremy Booth

Dr Jeremy Booth
Honorary Associate
Deputy Head, Dept. Radiation Oncology, Royal North Shore Hospital
Research interests: image guided radiotherapy

Dr Lois Holloway
Honorary Senior Lecturer
Liverpool & Macarthur Cancer Therapy Centres
Research interests: radiobiology, CT, clinical radiotherapy

A/Prof. Peter Greer

A/Prof Peter Greer
Newcastle Mater Hospital
Research interests: electronic portal imaging and dosimetry

Dr Mark Reinhard
Honorary Lecturer
Leader, Detector Research Lab, ANSTO
Research interests: radiation detectors, microdosimetry

A/Prof. Roger Fulton

A/Prof Roger Fulton
Honorary Associate
Brain & Mind Research Institute and Westmead Hospital
Research interests: motion tracking in PET, image reconstruction

Prof. Paul Keall

Professor Paul Keall
NHMRC Australia Fellow
Director, Radiation Physics Laboratory
Sydney Medical School - Central
Research interests: image-guided radiotherapy; audiovisual biofeedback; ventilation imaging

Professor Steve Meikle
Brain & Mind Research Institute
Research interests: biomedical imaging, PET

Adj A/Professor Lyn Oliver
The University of Sydney

Dr Elaine Ryan
Discipline of Medical Radiation Science, University of Sydney
Research interests: x-ray imaging

Contact the IMP

Prof. David Thwaites (Director)
Institute of Medical Physics
School of Physics
University of Sydney
NSW 2006
Australia
Ph: +61 2 9351 8731
Fax: + 61 2 9351 7726
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