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ESTRO AWARDS
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HONORARY MEMBER LECTURE
Joanna Izewska
International Atomic Energy Agency
Vienna, Austria
Joanna Izewska graduated from the Warsaw Technical University in
Poland in 1981, receiving a MSc. degree in physics. From 1981 - 1986
she worked at the Soltan Institute for Nuclear Studies, Otwock-Swierk,
Poland; and since 1987 at the Cancer Centre, Warsaw, Poland, at
the Medical Physics Department and at the Secondary Standards
Dosimetry Laboratory. She attained a PhD in physical sciences in 1991.
In 1992-1993 she held a postdoctoral training position in Houston,
USA. In 1994-1995 she worked at the University Hospital in Leuven,
Belgium, on a QA project for radiotherapy centres in Central Europe.
In 1996 she joined the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) as
the TLD Officer in Dosimetry and Medical Radiation Physics Section,
Division of Human Health. In 1997 she was appointed Head of the
IAEA Dosimetry Laboratory.
Her early professional experience was related to dosimetry and
accelerator physics, including design of the beam shaping systems
for linacs applied in radiotherapy, industrial radiography and food
irradiation. Her more recent scientific activities have mainly been
focused on radiotherapy dosimetry, including quality assurance in
radiotherapy and quality audits. She is responsible for the IAEA/
WHO TLD postal dose audit programme for radiotherapy, IAEA
developments for national audit networks and involved in other
radiotherapy audit programmes by the IAEA such as Quality
Assurance Team for Radiation Oncology (QUATRO). She has published
more than 130 scientific papers, abstracts and conference proceedings.
Joanna Izewska has been a scientific secretary for several IAEA
publications and is a co-author of book chapters on dosimetry and QA
in radiotherapy.
Joanna Izewska