EURAMED – The european alliance for medical radiation protection research

Abstract

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 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 first edition of a strategic research agenda (SRA) for medical radiation protection, approved by the boards of the five societies in November 2015. EURAMED complements existing established European platforms in several other fields of radiation protection and will thus create visibility for the medical field. 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