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Women in Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering: past, present and future.

Monique FrizeVirginia TsapakiLenka LhotskaAna Maria Marques da SilvaFatimah IbrahimEva BezakMagdalena StoevaGilda BarabinoSierin LimEleni KaldoudiPeck Ha TanLoredana G Marcu
Published in: Health and technology (2022)
Women in Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering (WiMPBME) is a Task Group established in 2014 under the International Union of Physical and Engineering Scientists in Medicine (IUPESM). The group's main role is to identify, develop, implement, and coordinate various tasks and projects related to women's needs and roles in medical physics and biomedical engineering around the world. The current paper summarizes the past, present and future goals and activities undertaken or planned by the Task group in order to motivate, nurture and support women in medical physics and biomedical engineering throughout their professional careers. In addition, the article includes the historical pathway followed by various women's groups and subcommittees from 2004 up to the present day and depicts future aims to further these professions in a gender-balanced manner.
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