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  AAHP Salary Surveys   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
The 2004 Salary Survey Results appear in the December 2004 CHP News
The 2002 Salary Survey Results appear in the December 2002 CHP News
The 2001 Salary Survey Results appear in the December 2001 CHP News
www.hps1.org /aahp/surveys.htm   (60 words)

  
 Health Physicist   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Health physicists may specialize in nuclear power, environment and waste management, laws and regulations, and medicine.
Health physicists work in nuclear power facilities, regulatory agencies, hospitals, research centers, universities, government agencies, or free standing radiation oncology centers.
Medical physicists must be board certified by the American Board of Radiology, the American Board of Medical Physics, the American Board of Health Physics, depending on the specialty in which the applicant applies to practice.
www.flahec.org /hlthcareers/HEALTHPH.HTM   (214 words)

  
 February EPA meeting, public discuss Ciba
Health physics personnel are also identified as Radiological Control Personnel in some of the procedures used on this project.
The CHP (or designee) shall be notified to reassess the situation.
The CHP (or designee) is responsible for ensuring that personnel (employees, vendors, contractors, and visitors) are appropriately monitored for exposure to ionizing radiation.
www.tr-teach.org /resources/bomarc/rad1.html   (2147 words)

  
 Nat' Academies Press, Exposure of the American Population to Radioactive Fallout from Nuclear Weapons Tests: A Review ...
Boecker is also a certified health physicist and an emeritus member of the Radiation Research Society, Health Physics Society, and American Academy of Health Physics and an honorary member of the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements.
She is a member of the Health Physics Society, the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, and BIOMOVs II (Biospheric Model Validation Study).
She is a certified health physicist, and has been at Oregon State University since 1994.
www.nap.edu /openbook/0309087139/html/65.html   (3256 words)

  
 Laws, Acts, and Legislation
(A) "The practice of industrial hygiene" means the anticipation, prevention, recognition, evaluation, elimination, and control of environmental, biological, chemical, physical, and ergonomic factors and stresses arising in or from the workplace that may cause sickness, impaired health and well-being, or significant discomfort among workers or the general public.
(G) "The practice of health physics" is that science and art devoted to the anticipation, recognition, evaluation, and control of radioactive material releases and potential radiation hazards in or from the workplace that may cause impaired health and well-being or injury among workers, and may also impact the general community and the environment.
"ASP," "CHP," or "RRPT" unless the person has been awarded the title by the American board of industrial hygiene or the board of certified safety professionals the American board of health physics or the national registry of radiation protection technologists as specified in section 4777.03 of the Revised Code.
www.legislature.state.oh.us /bills.cfm?ID=126_HB_82   (826 words)

  
 About the Instructors
He is active as a member of the board of directors for the Health Physics Society's RSO and Medical Sections and is past-president of the WNY Chapter of the HPS.
He is a Certified Health Physicist and has a M.S. in nuclear engineering from the University of California at Berkeley, as well as a B.S. in Nuclear Engineering from the University of Mississippi.
is a Certified Health Physicist and is the RSO for Oak Ridge Associated Universities.
www.ntanet.net /instructors.html   (1063 words)

  
 Environmental and Occupational Health Careers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Industrial Hygiene includes protecting the health of employees, as well as the health of those in the community, by sampling and monitoring for exposure to hazardous substances or activities arising in or from the work place.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration employs inspectors to ensure that American workers are not exposed to hazards in the workplace.
The goal of OSHA is to protect the health of workers and allow them to work their entire lifetime without any adverse health effects (caused by working).
www.csun.edu /~vchsc00b/EOH/EOHcareers.html   (2084 words)

  
 Qualification Standards for GS-0018
Applying safety and occupational health laws, regulations, principles, theories, practices, and procedures to advise on or resolve technical matters dealing with occupational safety and health requirements.
Developing safety and occupational health standards, regulations, practices, and procedures to eliminate or control potential hazards.
Certification as a Certified Safety Professional (CSP), Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH), or Certified Health Physicist (CHP), or similar certification that included successful completion of a written examination meets the requirements for GS-5.
www.opm.gov /qualifications/SEC-IV/B/GS0000/0018.HTM   (339 words)

  
 1999 CHP Salary Survey
For example, if a CHP marked the salary range $50,000 to $54,999, their salary was rounded to the midpoint value of $52,500.
Responses from CHPs who were either part time or retired were not analyzed, since the data did not appear to allow meaningful comparisons to be made.
Many CHPs were concerned with exam consistency from year to year, the value of certification, the future of our profession, reciprocity agreements with other safety certifying organizations, and the job market.
www.hps1.org /aahp/chpnews/news9912.htm   (540 words)

  
 What The Bleep?
His investigations have taken him from intimate discussions with physicist David Bohm to the magical and mysterious jungles of Peru, from master classes with Nobel Laureate Richard Feynman to the high deserts of Mexico, from a significant meeting with Werner Heisenberg to the hot coals of a fire walk.
He was an associate director of the Neuroscience Section for the consensus conference on Scientific Research on Spirituality and Health sponsored by the National Institute of Healthcare Research and was a member of the advisory board for the American Association for the Advancement of Science Program on Science and Religion.
After 1975, she held a variety of research positions with the National Institutes of Health, and until 1987, served as Chief of the Section on Brain Biochemistry of the Clinical Neuroscience Branch of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH).
www.whatthebleep.com.au /scientists.asp   (3269 words)

  
 Certified Pre Owned   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Certified Public Accountant 2: and is maintained by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), and have subsequent 5: and is maintained by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, and is administered by the 43: de: Certified Public Accountant
Certified first responder 5: A certified first responder is a person who has completed for 19: A certified first responder can be seen either as an advanced
Certified Health Physicist 3: A Certified Health Physicist is designated by the letters CHP
www.witchware.com /File/33525-Certified.Pre.Owned.Html   (735 words)

  
 American Academy of Health Physics
The AAHP is an organization that advances the profession of Health Physics, encourages the highest standards of ethics and integrity in the practice of Health Physics, enhances communications among Certified Health Physicists and provides a means for Active CHPs to participate in the certification program.
All Certified Health Physicists are eligible for membership in the AAHP.
CHP News and "CHP Corner" are inserts in the Health Physics Newsletter that contains materials of interest to Certified Health Physicists and persons wishing to become certified.
www.hps1.org /aahp   (549 words)

  
 Nat' Academies Press, Exposure of the American People to Iodine-131 from Nevada Nuclear-Bomb Tests: Review of the ...
He was a member of the NRC Committee on the Health Effects of Radon and Other Internally Deposited Alpha Emitters (BEIR IV) and served on several scientific committees of the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements.
His undergraduate degree is in physics and he received the MPH (1961) and Ph.D. (1965) degrees in radiological health from the University of Michigan.
He is a certified Health Physicist (ABHP) and his research, teaching, and service is in radiation protection, radiation physics, radioactive waste management, radiological assessment, radioanalytical measurements, internal radiation dosimetry, and radiation protection standards.
books.nap.edu /books/030906175X/html/269.html   (848 words)

  
 PNNL News and Publications
He is a medical physicist with experience in nuclear science, environmental science, radiological protection, radiation biology and radiochemistry.
He is certified by the American Board of Health Physics as a certified health physicist, and teaches a course on behalf of the Columbia Chapter of the Health Physics Society for those preparing for the certification exam.
The Health Physics Society (www.hps.org) is an international professional scientific organization dedicated to promoting the practice of radiation safety.
www.pnl.gov /news/2003/03-21.htm   (384 words)

  
 Certified Health Physicist - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A person accredited by the American Board of Health Physics, the certification board for health physicists in the United States.
A Certified Health Physicist is designated by the letters CHP or ABHP after his or her name.
This page was last modified 22:28, 3 October 2004.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Certified_Health_Physicist   (71 words)

  
 NSLS Staff Biography
Bob is a health physicist by training and received his Bachelors and Masters in physics from Vanderbilt University.
He is a Certified Health Physicist and a Fellow of the Health Physics Society.
In 1988, he was a member of a working committee which wrote the DOE Health Physics Manual of Good Practices for Accelerator Facilities.
www.nsls.bnl.gov /organization/staff/bios/Casey_Bob.html   (307 words)

  
 Larry Luckett
Luckett is a Certified Health Physicist with 29 years experience in the assessment and management of radiological conditions in occupational, environmental, medical and emergency situations in the United States, the Western Pacific, Europe, and the Former Soviet Union.
Directed a staff of five health physicists and two technicians conducting on-site radiation safety evaluations of health care and industrial facilities using nuclear material, x-ray, laser, and microwave radiation sources.
Health Physicist for 650-bed teaching hospital, responsible for all aspects of health and safety in the utilization of radiation sources in diagnostic and therapeutic patient care and in medical research.
www.bnl.gov /bgrr/Project/People/Luckett.html   (1430 words)

  
 Corwin Health Physics Inc. - Radiation Safety Consultant   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
His career as a Captain was completed after several years as a medical health physicist at Madigan Army Medical Center in Tacoma, Washington, assisting with the health physics management of the large x-ray, nuclear medicine and radiation therapy departments.
Jeremy is certified by the American Board of Health Physics.
He is listed as a "qualified expert" with Washington State Department of Health Radiation Protection Division, and he meets the stringent qualifications as a medical physicist for the performance of MQSA-related mammography system evaluations.
www.corwinhp.com /about.htm   (179 words)

  
 The RSH NEWSLETTER: Health Benefits of Low-Dose Radiation (LDR): The Science and Medical Applications   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
They contend "itês time to tell the truth about the health benefits of low-dose radiation." They have been organizing sessions at ANS conferences since 1994 on the health effects data of low dose radiation, and participating in many conferences to communicate the large amount of scientific information on this subject.
They have challenged DOEês false reports on radiation health effects in workers to the DOE Inspector General, and most recently to the Fraud Unit of the U.S. General Accounting Office, and have introduced this data in Congressional hearings that are anticipated to continue in the next sessions.
This was followed by a short presentation by Roger Shaw, a certified health physicist, attached to McCarter & English, Attorneys at Law, who are representing a nuclear utilities group organized to defend against workers lawsuits alleging radiation exposure as a cause of cancers based on the unscientific regulatory policies.
www.imakenews.com /rsh/e_article000010444.cfm   (1881 words)

  
 UK health physicist
I am an English health physicist (BSc, MSc, MSRP) and was wondering (a) what the employment prospects would be for someone like me in the United States or Canada and (b) what is the process of becoming an accredited/chartered health physicist in the United States?
There is however, a very good certification process under the auspice of the American Board of Health Physics which can solidify your professional credentials in the United States.
If only one part is passed, then one may become an Associate member of the Academy of Health Physics for a period not exceeding seven years, or until the second part is passed.
www.hps.org /publicinformation/ate/q1636.html   (902 words)

  
 Boston University School of Public Health - Administration and Faculty   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Areas of interest: urban environmental health; lead poisoning prevention; asthma; indoor air in public housing; urban land use and urban community gardens; and the health effects of war on women.
Areas of interest: the organization, delivery, and financing of health care; international health; health manpower and medical education; population aging and health services in resource-constrained environments; public-private sector interactions; and bioterrorism.
Areas of interest: chronic noncommunicable diseases; health promotion; social policy analysis; quantitative techniques for population analysis for health; and health economics from the perspective of developing countries.
www.bu.edu /bulletins/sph/item21.html   (6057 words)

  
 Indian Point Energy Center: Vital Energy
I am a board-certified health physicist with 32 years of professional experience in radiation safety, industrial hygiene, environmental programs, and emergency planning.
I hold a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry from Carnegie Mellon University and a Master of Science degree in Radiation Health from the Graduate School of Public Health of the University of Pittsburgh.
Because radioactivity released from a nuclear power plant does not move in all directions at once, but travels in a plume that covers a small fraction of the emergency planning zone, it is possible to move out of the plume by traveling a short distance perpendicular to the downwind direction of the plume.
safesecurevital.com /vital/mSlobodien.html   (3874 words)

  
 HB353.html
(4) 'Board of Certified Safety Professionals' means the nonprofit corporation established to improve the practice and educational standards of the profession of safety by certifying individuals who meet its education, experience, examination, and maintenance requirements.
(11) 'Health physics' means that science and art devoted to the anticipation, recognition, evaluation, and control of radioactive material releases and potential radiation hazards in or from the workplace that may cause impaired health and well-being or injury among workers and may also impact the general community and the environment.
The organization shall be accredited by the National Commission of Certifying Agencies, the Council of Engineering and Scientific Specialty Boards, or a nationally recognized accrediting body which uses certification criteria equal to or greater than that of the National Commission of Certifying Agencies or the Council of Engineering and Scientific Specialty Boards.
www.legis.state.ga.us /legis/2005_06/fulltext/hb353.htm   (2192 words)

  
 ORAU Briefs
She is a Certified Public Accountant, Certified Fraud Examiner, and a Certified Internal Auditor.
Nancy M. Daugherty, a certified health physicist and life scientist at ORAU, has been elected to serve a three-year term as secretary of the National Health Physics Society.
He is a certified health physicist and recently won a National Partnership for Reinventing Government Hammer Award for his contributions to the development of the Multiagency Radiation Survey and Site Investigation Manual, or MARSSIM.
www.orau.org /invest/Releases/FY00/fy00-18.htm   (404 words)

  
 Bevelacqua, Dr Joseph J
Directed a staff as large as 88 [health physics technologists (21 - 66), health physics supervisors (4 - 6), health physics specialists (3), a field operations manager, radioactive waste supervisors (1), radioactive waste technologists (4 - 12), and dosimetry (2) staff] to implement Point Beach Units 1 and 2 health physics programs.
Served as chief physicist for evaluating the engineering and scientific feasibility of the DOE laser and centrifuge isotope separation programs.
Evaluated the health physics and safety aspects of isotope separation equipment (high voltage power supplies, microwave generators, laser components, and superconducting magnets).
www.acj-associates.com /Services/ACJ-CAN/Bevelacqua.htm   (2856 words)

  
 Certified Nurses Aide   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
A nurse is a health care professional, who is engagedin the practice of nursing.
Nurses are responsible (with others) for the safety andrecovery of acutely ill or injured people, health maintenance of the healthy, and treatment of life-threatening emergencies in awide range of health care settings.
They are advocates and health educators for patients,families, and communities.
www.elusiveeye.com /side1683-certified-nurses-aide.html   (853 words)

  
 ThinkQuest : Example Topic Categories
Physicist and former NASA scientist Mark Prado is founder of a proposal called “Permanent,” which calls for the creation of orbiting space settlements constructed out of materials already in space – such as asteroids near Earth and/or lunar material – instead of expensively transporting building materials from Earth into space.
The health care system in many African countries is aggravated by a chronic shortage of African physicians and health care professionals, many of whom do not receive adequate continuing training.
Approaches to the maintenance of health and the prevention, alleviation, and/or cure of disease have varied over time and throughout the world, making this a broad and exciting topic for exploration.
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