ACR's Schueler, Bhargavan named to NCRP

Two representatives from the American College of Radiology (ACR) have been elected to serve on the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements (NCRP).

Beth A. Schueler, PhD, chair of the ACR Appropriateness Criteria Subcommittee on Relative Radiation Exposure and Dose, and ACR Director of Research Mythreyi Bhargavan, PhD, have been elected to serve a six-year term on the council.

There are 100 elected members of the NCRP in many scientific fields of relevance to radiation protection and measurements in medicine, homeland security, environmental protection, nuclear technology, as well as public and occupational radiation exposures.

Additional information about the NCRP is available online at http://NCRPonline.org.

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