New: a CAMPEP-accredited certificate program
Postdoctoral researchers working in the laboratories of Medical Physics (MPT) faculty can now earn a CAMPEP-accredited certificate. This year also brings a national award and five graduates entering CAMPEP-accredited residencies.
CAMPEP-accredited certificate program
Postdoctoral researchers hired to work in the laboratories of MPT faculty can enter the certificate program. Applicants must be nominated to the program by an MPT faculty member. The nomination means that faculty member is responsible for introducing the candidate to clinical medical physics through work in their lab.
Who can apply
- A doctoral degree in a physical science or engineering science
- At least three 300-level undergraduate-equivalent physics courses already completed
- Nomination by an MPT faculty member whose lab you work in
To earn the certificate
- Complete the required in-person courses below with a GPA of 3.0 or higher
- Complete the annual minimum training requirement, including ethics, professionalism, safety and human subjects training
Required courses
| Semester | Course | Title | Credits |
| Fall | BME 517 | Radiation Physics | 3 |
| Fall | BME 519 | Medical Health Physics | 3 |
| Spring | BME 518 | Radiobiology | 3 |
| Spring | BME 530 | Medical Image Formation | 3 |
| Spring | BME 540 | Radiation Oncology Physics | 3 |
| Spring | BME 618 | Anatomy and Physiology for Medical Physicists | 4 |
Total: 19 credits. Students who have already completed an anatomy and physiology course may opt out of BME 618 (4 credits).
How to apply
- An MPT faculty member nominates you to the program.
- You provide copies of your transcripts and diplomas to the MPT Graduate Program Director for final consideration.
- Once accepted, you enroll in the courses as a non-matriculated student and pay tuition based on the credits you take each semester.
After completing the coursework, certificate students may take the ABR Part I board review given for MPT graduate students.
Please note: this is a certificate program. Enrollment does not constitute admission to the CAMPEP-accredited graduate (MS/PhD) program.
Student awards
Jia Ying, PhD — First Place Young Investigator Award
2026 MPT graduate Jia Ying won the First Place Young Investigator Award from the Brain
Imaging Council of the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) at
its 2026 Annual Meeting in Los Angeles.
2026 graduates
Doctoral dissertations
| Graduate | Dissertation |
| Philip Tubiolo | Development and Validation of a Novel Denoising Method for Simultaneous Multi-Slice Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Applications to the Study of Subcortical Network Disruption in Persons with Schizophrenia |
| Wanbin Tan | Event-by-Event Motion Correction and Inter-Crystal Scatter Recovery for Ultra-High Resolution Brain PET Imaging |
| Tianyun Zhao | Task-Driven Artificial Intelligence Applications in Medical Imaging |
| Juin-Wan Zhoa | Multimodal Neuroimaging Methods to Elucidate Mechanisms of Impairment in World Trade Center Responders |
| Jia Ying | Quantitative Imaging Biomarkers for Improved Disease Prediction and Characterization Using MRI and PET |
Entering CAMPEP-accredited residency programs
| Graduate | Residency program |
| Chloe Lee, MS | West Physics |
| Philip Tubiolo, PhD | Yale |
| Wanbin Tan, PhD | University of Florida |
| Tianyun Zhao, PhD | Emory |
| Jia Ying, PhD | Mount Sinai |
Get in touch
Questions about the certificate program: contact the MPT Graduate Program Director.
Department phone: (631) 632-8371