by Larry A. DeWerd PhD, FAAPM, FABS & Ahtesham U. Khan, PhD
The overall goals of the University of Wisconsin Medical Radiation Research Center (UWMRRC) are to 1) educate members of the medical physics community, 2) perform cutting-edge research in radiation metrology and dosimetry, and 3) provide calibration services to the global community. The UWMRRC occupies space in the Medical Physics department at the Wisconsin Institutes for Medical Research (WIMR). Part of the UWMRRC is an Accredited Dosimetry Calibration Laboratory (ADCL) which is accredited by the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) as well as the American Association of Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA). Professor DeWerd started the laboratory in 1976, and the secondary calibration laboratory became accredited in 1981. Since then, the UWMRRC has successfully grown to include three faculty members, fourteen staff members, and supports 12 to 15 graduate students at any given time pursing a doctoral degree in medical physics. The aim of this article is to summarize the scholarly activities of the UWMRRC and highlight the key contributions made to the field of radiation metrology and medical physics.
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