MedPhys SLAM Event

Dear Student, Resident, and Junior AAPM members:

MedPhys Slam is a research communication competition in which participants prepare a three-minute, three-slide presentation aimed at sharing the significance of their work in a compelling yet understandable manner to a non medical physics audience. Participants submit video presentations to their local AAPM chapter, from which a finalist will be selected to represent the chapter at the AAPM national meeting. Presentations will be judged on three equally weighted categories: comprehension/content, communication, and engagement. The presentations can be posted on social media outlets like Facebook and a dedicated YouTube Channel.

These 3-minute, 3-slide presentations are very fun and a great way to practice presenting your research to a non-physicist audience.  We encourage all interested participants to send their video presentations to macaapm@gmail.com no later than May 1, 2026.

2026 MACAAPM MedPhys SLAM Result

1st Place:  Juan Chen, PhD, 1st‑year Therapy Physics Resident, University of Maryland School of Medicine

2nd Place: John “Tommy” Stasko, PhD, 1st‑year Therapy Physics Resident, University of Maryland School of Medicine

3rd Place: Kumari Sunidhi, Graduate Student (PhD), Virginia Commonwealth University                                               &  Sizhuo Meng, Graduate Student (PhD), Johns Hopkins University