MISSION STATEMENT

This Task Force will be established to enhance communication between specialists in biophysical spectroscopy and imaging and those wishing to apply such methods to medical research.

AIMS

• To maintain in the IUPAB Council a current awareness of methods in biomedical spectroscopy and their applications
• To provide linkages between IUPAB and organizations specializing in medical biophysics
• To catalyze collaboration between specialists in biophysical and biomedical methods
• To transfer the critical knowledge in this subject to scientists/physicians with limited access to it
• To effect the translation of this type of research into clinical impact

PERFORMANCE INDICATORS

• Provision of names and addresses of specialists in both fields to the IUPAB Council for membership on the Advisory Committee for the field
• Organization of schools and/or workshops to catalyze collaboration between biophysical and biomedical scientists
• Formation of linkages between IUPAB and other scientific organizations with potentially favourable overlap
• Expansion of the biomedical content in the programme of the IUPAB Congress
• Provision of updates on technology and applications for issues of IUPAB News

COMPOSITION

The Task force is composed of:

• Ian C.P.P Smith (convenor)
  Institute for Biodiagnostics
  National Research Council Canada, Winnipeg
  Canada R3B 1Y6
  Email: ian.smith@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca
• Shirley Schreier: Department of Chemistry
  University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
  Email: shirley_schreier@hotmail.com
• Eugenia Kovacs: Department of Biophysics
  Carl Davila Medical University, Bucharest, Romania.
  Email: ekovacs@univermed-cdgm.ro
• Carolyn Mountford: Institute for Magnetic Resonance Research
  Royal North Hospital, Sydney, Australia.
  Email: caro@med.usyd.edu.au
• Girjesh Govil: Tata Institute for Fundamental Research
  Mumbai (Bombay), India.
  Email: govil@tifr.res.in