On Thursday, July 31, 2025, AAPM will be conducting its inaugural AAPM Advocacy Day on Capitol Hill, to immediately follow AAPM's Annual Meeting 2025 in Washington, DC (July 27 – 30). Few policymakers are aware of medical physicists and the crucial role they play in our healthcare ecosystem. Without our members’ input, laws and regulations that would improve patient health outcomes, advance research, and remove barriers for the medical physics community are less likely to be enacted. Let your voice be heard!
This is an in-person opportunity for AAPM members interested in supporting AAPM’s advocacy agenda, primarily for expanding awareness of medical physics, enhancing policies to support the medical physicist workforce and education opportunities, and to highlight the need for investing in science research. Advocacy Day participants will be formed into teams and meet directly with congressional offices on the Hill, fostering important relationships between the AAPM membership and key government policymakers.
AAPM members attending Advocacy Day can expect:
- In-person Hill meeting training (mandatory), with teams formation, on Wednesday, July 30, from 1:00 to 5:00pm at AAPM’s HQ hotel, the Marriott Marquis Washington, DC
- A networking reception following training on Wednesday, July, 30, from 5:00 to 6:30pm
- Regular communication from AAPM’s government affairs team, including advance virtual Hill meeting training webinars and materials
- Assistance with scheduling their team Hill meetings, which will begin in the morning and could be scheduled up to 3pm on July 31
- Grab 'n go breakfast on Thursday, July 31
- Communications material to ensure success, including one-pagers, state information material and leave-behind informational packets
Shortly after you register, a member of AAPM’s Government Affairs team will contact you directly to begin follow-up.
Participant registration closes on Friday, June 20, 2025
There are potential sponsorships available to support travel to and participation in this event, especially for early-career physicists or those needing financial assistance. You can learn more HERE.
Questions? Please contact David Crowley (AAPM Sr. Gov’t Relations Manager), Emily Townley (AAPM Programs Manager) or Dr. Sebastien Gros (AAPM GRAC Chair)
Participant registration closes on Friday, June 20, 2025
There are potential sponsorships available to support travel to and participation in this event, especially for early-career physicists or those needing financial assistance. You can learn more HERE.
Questions? Please contact David Crowley (AAPM Sr. Gov’t Relations Manager), Emily Townley (AAPM Programs Manager) or Dr. Sebastien Gros (AAPM GRAC Chair)
