EURAMED - European Alliance for Medical Radiation Protection Research

EURAMED- The European Alliance for Medical Radiation Protection Research (EURAMED) represents a consortium of associations involved in the application of ionising radiation in medicine, namely the European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM), the European Federation of Organisations for Medical Physics (EFOMP), the European Federation of Radiographer Societies (EFRS), the European Society of Radiology (ESR) and the European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology (ESTRO) with the goal of jointly improving medical care and its radiation protection issues through sustainable research efforts.
A group of representatives nominated by the medical associations dealing with ionising radiation has worked together to identify the most important topics in radiation protection research in medical applications. This has been used to form a common strategic research agenda (SRA) in this field, which has been approved by the boards of EANM, EFOMP, EFRS, ESR, and ESTRO. 

Context
EURAMED complements existing established European platforms in several other fields of radiation protection and will thus create visibility for the medical field in this context. The other platforms are namely:
Multidisciplinary European Low Dose Initiative (MELODI)
European Radiation Dosimetry Group (EURADOS)
European Platform for nuclear and radiological emergency response and recovery (NERIS)
European Radioecology Alliance (ALLIANCE)
Social Sciences and Humanities (SHARE)

Vision
To lead the European research activities in medical RP and to assume an umbrella function for the harmonisation of practice to advance the European RP safety culture in medicine.

Mission
To jointly improve medical care through sustainable research efforts in medical radiation protection
Identification of common research areas defined in a common strategic research agenda
To serve as a platform for medical radiation protection research, linking researchers and clinicians, adopting a harmonised approach to lobbying at European level to impact the European research funding landscape
To develop an aligned approach and response to European research calls

Contact
mhierath@eibir.org