The winners of the IDMP 2026 ePoster Competition were announced on 6 November 2026 at the IDMP 2026 Closing Ceremony, Pusat Kanser Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi (PKTAAB), USM Bertam, following the Forum Bicara Santai “Radiasi Dalam Perubatan”. Organised by the Malaysian Association of Medical Physics (MAMP) in collaboration with PKTAAB, USM, the competition was held in conjunction with the International Day of Medical Physics (IDMP) on 7 November and Radiation Awareness Week (Minggu Kesedaran Radiasi) 2026.
This year’s theme, “Advancing Global Health Equity: The Ethical Foundation of Medical Physics”, asked healthcare workers and students to share practical ideas for making healthcare safer, fairer, more accessible and more affordable through medical physics. Unlike a typical research poster, entries did not need experimental results; participants were invited to raise awareness, highlight a challenge or propose a solution. The competition received 14 ePosters across two categories, Healthcare Workers and Students.
Entries were judged on four elements: the idea (the problem it addresses), its impact on fairer, safer and more accessible healthcare, the solution proposed, and the take-home message.
The Winners
| Category | Award | Winner | Institution | ePoster title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Healthcare Workers | 1st Place | Muhammad Ezzat Abdul Hamid, with Jeannie Wong Hsiu Ding, Aminah Mohamed and Muhammad Fahmie Hashim | Pusat Perubatan Universiti Malaya (UMMC), Kuala Lumpur | Radiation Guardians: How Upcycled Medical Waste is Shielding Healthcare Workers |
| Healthcare Workers | Runner-up | Nur Hafizah Binti Yaakub | Cancer and Radiosurgery Centre, Subang Jaya Medical Centre | Balanced Minds, Safer Treatments: Managing Physicist Headcount for Global Health Equity |
| Students | 1st Place | Qistina Humaira Binti Khairul Anuar, with Nik Nurin Nabihah binti Nik Nazaha Ruslan | Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Malaya | Who Protects the Protectors?: Advancing Ethical and Equitable Occupational Radiation Safety in Healthcare |
| Students | Runner-up | Pravin Manikam | School of Physics, Universiti Sains Malaysia | The Missing Piece Isn’t in the Machine |
Congratulations to all our winners!
Ideas from the Winning ePosters
Each winning entry tackles a different side of health equity, from the people who deliver care to the patients who receive it.
Radiation Guardians turns lead waste from medical facilities into radiation shields for healthcare workers. The team reports 84% lower radiation exposure for staff and savings of about RM7,000 per shield compared with commercial alternatives, while keeping toxic lead waste out of landfills.
Balanced Minds, Safer Treatments argues that staff sustainability is an ethical prerequisite for modern radiotherapy. Adequate medical physicist staffing and balanced workloads protect both staff well-being and patient safety.
Who Protects the Protectors? focuses on occupational radiation safety and proposes practical Check, Brief and Review steps, so that the people who care for patients are protected fairly and consistently too.
The Missing Piece Isn’t in the Machine proposes “Scan in Common”, a simple Show, Check and Adapt approach that helps every patient understand their imaging examination, whatever their language or ability.
All 14 ePosters
Every entry offered a fresh angle on health equity, from rural maternal care and paediatric MRI to AI ethics, laser medicine and multilingual patient guides. Winning entries are listed first.
| ePoster topic | Award |
|---|---|
| Radiation Guardians: How Upcycled Medical Waste is Shielding Healthcare Workers | 1st Place, Healthcare Workers |
| Who Protects the Protectors?: Advancing Ethical and Equitable Occupational Radiation Safety in Healthcare | 1st Place, Students |
| Balanced Minds, Safer Treatments: Managing Physicist Headcount for Global Health Equity | Runner-up, Healthcare Workers |
| The Missing Piece Isn’t in the Machine | Runner-up, Students |
| Helping Pregnant Women in Rural Areas | |
| Changing Lives, Challenging Ethics: AI in Medical Imaging | |
| Adapting Scanners for Patients with Disabilities: A Scan for Every Body | |
| Small Movements. Equal Opportunities.: Making MRI More Inclusive for Children | |
| AI-Assisted Multimodal Screening Model for Early Risk Prediction of Coronary Artery Disease | |
| Radiotherapy for Everyone, Are We There Yet? | |
| The Unseen Hero in the Room: How Medical Physicists Save Lives from Behind the Scenes | |
| Patient-Friendly Radiation Safety Guides in Local Languages | |
| Beyond Borders: Making Cancer Radiotherapy More Equitable | |
| Advancing Safer and More Equitable Healthcare Through Precision Laser Medicine |
Thank you to every participant. Each of these ideas deserves a wider conversation, which is where you come in.
ePoster Gallery
Browse all 14 ePosters below. Click any poster to open it at full size and read it in detail. The four winning entries come first.
Join the Conversation: Advancing Global Health Equity
The 14 ePosters show that health equity in medical physics is not only about machines and budgets. It is also about who is protected, who is heard, and who gets access to safe imaging and cancer treatment. We invite medical physicists, radiographers, clinicians, students and the public to continue the discussion. Some questions to start with:
- Access: What is the biggest barrier to fair access to medical imaging and radiotherapy in Malaysia, and what practical step could medical physicists take to reduce it?
- Workforce: How should staffing and workload be planned so that physicists can keep patients safe without burning out?
- Protecting the protectors: Is occupational radiation safety applied equally across all hospitals, units and job roles? Where are the gaps?
- Communication: How can we make sure every patient, whatever their language, age or ability, understands their scan or treatment and feels safe?
- Sustainability: What other medical-physics resources or waste could be reused safely to cut costs and protect the environment?
- Ethics: When resources are limited, how should medical physicists balance cost, safety and fairness in their day-to-day decisions?
How to take part: share your thoughts in the comments on our Facebook post, tag us with #IDMP2026 and #MedicalPhysics, or email us at medicalphysics.malaysia@gmail.com. Selected views may be featured in a future MAMP update.
Acknowledgements
MAMP thanks all 14 participants for sharing their ideas, the panel of judges for their time and expertise in evaluating every ePoster, and the MAMP SIG Education & Training Subcommittee (Prof. Dr. Jeannie Wong Hsiu Ding, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nik Noor Ashikin Nik Ab Razak and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nursakinah Suardi) for organising the competition. Special thanks also go to PKTAAB, USM for hosting the IDMP 2026 celebration during Radiation Awareness Week 2026.
The IDMP 2026 celebration continues with the IDMP Special Session by SEAFOMP, “Beyond Borders: Challenges and Perspectives of Early Career Medical Physicists”, on Saturday, 7 November 2026, 3:00 to 4:00 PM (GMT+8), online via Zoom (Meeting ID: 857 6604 7927, Passcode: 612281).
This year also marks MAMP’s Silver Jubilee, 25 years of advancing medical physics in Malaysia. Happy International Day of Medical Physics 2026!
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