1. American Nuclear Society Biology and Medicine Division (BMD)
Agenda Item #3.a
American Nuclear Society Biology and Medicine Division (BMD)
Presentation to the ANS Board of Directors
Sam Glover, Ph.D.
November 9, 2016
Las Vegas, NV

2. BMD Mission
1. Promote uses of radioisotopes and radiation in medical diagnosis, therapy and complex imaging techniques, and in other life science research including neutron, photon, and charged particle applications
2. Stimulate and promote the creation of specialized materials, equipment and facilities required for the pure and applied research in these areas
3. Advance and improve techniques and methodologies using nuclear and atomic radiations in nuclear medicine and other life science research and applications.

3. Governance Officers 2017 Sam Glover Chair
2017 Robert Downing Vice Chair
2017 Bryan Bednarz Secretary/Treasurer
Members
2018 Bryan P. Bednarz Steven R. Biegalski
2016 Elisabete A. De Nadai Robert Gregory Downing
Fernandes
2017 Sam Glover Stephen P. LaMont
2017 Dagistan Sahin Robert F. Penn
2019 Rui Zhang Georg Steinhauser 
Staff Liaison: Valerie Vasilievas Board Liaison: Eleodor Nichita
Ex Officio: Bryan Bednarz and Hans D. Gougar
Young Member Liaison: Matt Mille Program Chair: Bryan Bednarz

4. Membership Trends

5. BMD Composition

6. What other divisions have BMD members?

7. 2015 Actual 2016 Actual (9/30/16) Budget Funds Member Allocation 736
594
Division Income 2013
4409 (MARC X)
Total Revenues
5145
Budget Expenses
Awards, Plaques
Newsletters
Meeting Costs
Officer Expense
Student Support
500
1500
Scholarship Funding
Other Expenses
258
Total Expenses
758
Net Surplus
4387
(906)
Fund Balance
25449
29833
Fund Balance Adjustment
Fund Balance at 8/31
29832
28927

9. BMD Contributions to ANS
Contribution to ANS Position Statements
PS 28: Food Irradiation
PS 30: US Radioisotope Supply
PS 41: Health Effects of Low Level Radiation
PS 72: Use of HEU for the Production of Medical Isotopes
Participation with Other Professional Societies
ANS/NCC-AAPM Special Session on “The Tc-99m Crisis; The Challenges in Initiating Domestic Production of Mo-99,” Thursday October in Madison, WI.
ANS/HPS Topical Meeting: on the “Applicability of Radiation-Response Models to Low Dose Protection Standards,” Tri-Cities, Washington September 23-27, 2018
Non-Meeting Publications
Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry

10. HPS and ANS – July 2013

11. BMD Meetings National Meeting Participation Class I topical meeting
Methods and Applications of Radioanalytical Chemistry (MARC) X – 2015
MARC XI – 2018
2018 ANS/HPS Joint Topical Meeting on the Applicability of Radiation–Response Models to Low Dose Protection Standards

12. National Meeting Participation
Recent Session list being updated
2015 Summer
BMD General Session
Numerical Optimization in Medical Physics and Nuclear Engineering
2015 Winter
Nuclear Techniques for Material Analysis (with IRD)
Advances in Radiation Detection and Measurement (with IRD)
General session (with IRD)
2016 Summer
2016 Winter

13. Class I Meetings
8th International Conference on Isotopes (8-ICI), August 2014, Chicago, IL (co-sponsored by AAD and IRD)
Joint ANS/NCCAAPM Symposium on the Mo-99/Tc-99m Crisis: the Scientific, Technological and Regulatory Challenges in Alternative Production
Methods and Applications of Radioanalytical Chemistry (MARC) - X, 2015 in Kona. This meeting is sponsored by BMD, IRD, and the Northern California Section.
Methods and Applications of Radioanalytical Chemistry (MARC) - XI, 2018 in Kona. This meeting is sponsored by BMD, IRD, and the Northern California Section.
ANS/HPS Joint Topical Meeting on the Applicability of Radiation–Response Models to Low Dose Protection Standards

14. Class III/IV Meetings
Modern Trends in Activation Analysis (MTAA, held every 4 years)
Nuclear Analytical Methods in the Life Sciences (NAMLS, held ever 3 years)

15. Summary BMD highlights include multiple Class I meetings
Large percentage from young members
Recent additions of new personnel to Exec Committee
Focus for Future Action
Young member involvement
Start of new award being investigated