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.
For the first time the five medical societies joined forces and agreed on a collaboration to improving the application of ionising radiation in medical care by developing and exploring common research strategies and by actively promoting the translation of results into clinical practice. The first major step to overcome the fragmentation and lacking visibility of radiation protection the medical field was the development of a strategic research agenda (SRA) for medical radiation protection, which has been approved by the boards of the five societies in November 2015 and published in July 2016.
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)
Structure
The EIBIR General Meeting at ECR 2016 approved EURAMED as a Joint Initiative of EIBIR. The long-term goal of EURAMED is to establish an independent sustainable platform in order to increase its visibility and to become eligible for participation in European and international projects.
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
The EURAMED Joint Initiative is chaired by Prof. Christoph Hoeschen from Magdeburg/DE, who can be contacted via the EIBIR office.
EURAMED Working Group Members as of May 2016:
Christoph Hoeschen, Uni Magdeburg/DE, Chair
John Damilakis, EFOMP
Wolfgang Doerr, ESTRO
Guy Frija, ESR
Gerhard Glatting, EANM
Hans Langendijk, ESTRO
Kristoff Muylle, EANM
Graciano Paulo, EFRS
Wolfram Stiller, ESR
Virginia Tsapaki, EFOMP
Jonathan McNulty, EFRS
Monika Hierath, EIBIR (Support)