{"id":60921,"date":"2019-10-31T13:47:52","date_gmt":"2019-10-31T17:47:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsroom.carleton.ca\/?p=60921"},"modified":"2025-08-19T09:36:33","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T13:36:33","slug":"carleton-to-host-30th-anniversary-celebration-of-the-ottawa-medical-physics-institute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/2019\/carleton-to-host-30th-anniversary-celebration-of-the-ottawa-medical-physics-institute\/","title":{"rendered":"Carleton to Host 30th Anniversary Celebration of the Ottawa Medical Physics Institute"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Carleton to Host 30th Anniversary Celebration of the Ottawa Medical Physics Institute\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<p>Carleton University will host a celebration of a milestone anniversary of the <a href=\"https:\/\/physics.carleton.ca\/ompi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ottawa Medical Physics Institute<\/a> (OMPI) with the event <a href=\"https:\/\/science.carleton.ca\/cu_event\/ompi30-symposium\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>OMPI30 Symposium: Celebrating 30 Years of Collaboration and Innovation in Medical Physics<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><em>\n<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><\/em>The symposium will bring together OMPI members, graduate students, alumni and all others with an interest in applications of physics to medicine for an afternoon of networking, collaboration and celebration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>When<\/strong>: Thursday, Nov. 7, 2019, at 1 p.m.<br>\n<strong>Where<\/strong>: Rooms 270, 272, 274, Residence Commons, Carleton<br>\n<strong>Info<\/strong>: This event is free and open to the public.<br>\n<strong><br>\nMedia are invited to attend the event.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>OMPI is a research centre at Carleton and a regional network of clinical, research and academic medical physicists tied together by a passion for research. It connects three essential facets of medical physics in Ottawa: unique federal government labs, comprehensive clinical facilities for imaging and cancer therapy, and Carleton\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/physics.carleton.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Department of Physics<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The half-day symposium will celebrate the anniversary on the International Day of Medical Physics and the birthday of pioneering physicist, Marie Curie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Media Contact<br>\n<\/strong>Steven Reid<br>\nMedia Relations Officer<br>\nCarleton University<br>\n613-520-2600, ext. 8718<br>\n613-265-6613<br>\n<a href=\"mailto:Steven_Reid3@Carleton.ca\">Steven_Reid3@Carleton.ca<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Carleton Newsroom:&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.carleton.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/newsroom.carleton.ca\/<\/a><strong><br>\nFollow us on Twitter:&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/Cunewsroom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.twitter.com\/Cunewsroom<\/a><br>\n<strong>Need an expert?<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>Go to:<\/strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.carleton.ca\/newsroom\/experts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.carleton.ca\/newsroom\/experts<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Carleton University will host a celebration of a milestone anniversary of the Ottawa Medical Physics Institute (OMPI) with the event OMPI30 Symposium: Celebrating 30 Years of Collaboration and Innovation in Medical Physics. 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