Support for Students, Postdoctoral Fellows and Trainees to Attend Radiochemistry-Related Symposia at Pacifichem 2015
- Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA (United States). Dept. of Radiation Oncology
This project was undertaken to meet the growing need for training personnel who will be involved in professional careers requiring knowledge of radiochemistry, such as those working in radionuclide production, and in biological, industrial, medical and environmental fields that use radionuclides in their work. The goal of the project was to provide financial assistance to students and trainees from academic and government institutions (US preferred) to attend selected radiochemistry-related symposia at the Pacifichem 2015 meeting held in Honolulu, Hawaii in December 2015. The funding, meant to provide a portion of an awardee’s travel cost, was specifically directed at attendance to the following symposia: #363, Isotope production- Providing Important Materials for Research and Applications; #215, Chemistry of Molecular Imaging, and #11, Chemistry for Development of Theranostic Radiopharmaceuticals. Those symposia were held December 16th (am & pm: #11, #363), December 17th (am: #11, #363; pm: #275) and December 18th (am & pm: #275). Pacifichem meetings are held every 5 years in Honolulu, Hawaii. The meetings are joint sponsored by a number of Chemistry Societies from Pacific Rim countries. The meetings are composed of a large number of symposia (>300) on a wide variety of topics, which make them similar to small meetings within the larger overall meeting. Therefore, attendance at the three symposia within Pacifichem 2015 was similar to attending a meeting focused entirely on radiochemistry-related topics. To obtain the financial assistance, the student/trainee: (a) had to be an undergraduate student, graduate student or Postdoctoral Fellow in a physical science department or National Laboratory; (b) had to submit a letter from their supervisor indicating that he/she will be enrolled as a student/trainee at the time of the meeting, and were committed to attending the meeting; and (c) had to submit a resume or curriculum vitae along with a brief statement of why they wanted to attend the symposia. The Bursary Selection Committee reviewed the applications and selected awardees from the students that applied. Attendance of the students/trainees to the Pacifichem 2015 symposia provided information on the role radiochemistry and radionuclides can have in the development of future diagnostic and therapeutic agents. It is very likely that attending the symposia stimulated student interest in radiochemistry, and thus, will provide support for their decision to enter the field, or an impetus to make this technical area a career choice. This stimulus will ultimately help to fill the future workforce needs for professionals trained in radiochemistry needed within US, and in particular the Department of Energy.
- Research Organization:
- Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Nuclear Energy (NE), Office of Radioisotope Power Systems (NE-34); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP)
- DOE Contract Number:
- SC0014342
- OSTI ID:
- 1345868
- Report Number(s):
- DE-SC0014342
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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