The New and Early Career Special Interest Group

Hey TEAP peers / recent TEAP graduates / early career members — this one is for you!

The New and Early career Special Interest Group (NESIG) specifically tailors to the needs of those who are in the early stages of their professional career in a clinically related physical science or engineering field but is an all-inclusive group to anyone who is interested in the NESIG mission and activities.

NESIG aims to promote inclusivity in the ACPSEM workforce through fostering its early career members and providing them with representation and a cohesive voice through which to take action.

This is a space to help support each other and produce ways to facilitate growth for ACPSEM's early career members. We look forward to establishing a diverse and supportive environment for early career ACPSEM members to develop and interact.

Membership of NESIG is a great opportunity to come together as the early career workforce in Australia and New Zealand and to get to know a bit more about the vibrant community of early career ACPSEM members that we have.

Get in Touch

If you want to find out more about NESIG, join us on LinkedIn!

Here, you can reach out to some of the founders of NESIG and have a chat with us about the mission and values of the group.

Mission

NESIG’s mission is to support and nurture the development and enthusiasm of NESIG group members, increase the career experience, diversity, and participation within ACPSEM, and help succession planning for both ACPSEM and relevant professions.

Responsibilities

Create spaces (virtual and in-person) which empower and facilitate early-career members to confidentially ask questions, seek advice, express ideas, and strengthen their professional networks.
Organize and/or promote networking and professional development events specifically tailored to the interests and needs of NESIG members.
Encourage and support the active participation of NESIG members in ACPSEM committees and activities.
Nurture collaboration and connections between like-minded international groups and societies (such as young-ESTRO, AAPM Student and Trainees Subcommittee).
Advise the ACPSEM Board on NESIG member issues and/or ideas that may benefit ACPSEM.
Appoint working groups where appropriate to undertake tasks and projects subject to approval of terms of reference, including a specified duration.

Activities

Date	Event	Location
11th Nov 2022	EPSM 2022 Networking Event	Adelaide
4th Nov 2023	EPSM 2023 Networking Event	Christchurch
16th Nov 2024	EPSM 2024 Networking Event	Melbourne
2025	TBC	Adelaide

NESIG Leadership Committee | 2025-2026

Member	Position	Speciality	Location
Maximilian Hanlon	Chair	ROMP	The Alfred, Melbourne
Dominika Firth	Vice Chair/Secretary	ROMP	GenesisCare, Buderim
Taylah Brennen	General member	ROMP	Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Bendigo
Chandrima Sengupta	General member	Cancer Institute NSW Early Career Fellow	Image X Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney
Michael Parkinson	General member	ROMP	Gippsland Radiation Oncology, Traralgon
Nicholas Lowther	General member	ROMP/Research consultant	Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Michelle Henry	General member	ROMP	GenesisCare, Murdoch
Izabela Junis	General member	ROMP	Blacktown Cancer and Haematology Centre and Crown Princess Mary Cancer Centre
Ariadne Brodman	General member	ROMP	Townsville University Hospital, Townsville

The NESIG Leadership committee would like to hear from you and is contactable at nesig@acpsem.org.au.

Publications

2022 - IUPESM WC Abstract: Simpson-Page et al. 2022. Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering Education Training and Professional Development
2022 - IUPESM WC Poster: Simpson-Page et al. 2022. Establishment and Early Stages if A New and Early Career Special Interest Group (NESIG) in Australia and New Zealand.
2022 - yESTRO Newsletter: Cultivating and establishing a new an early-career special interest group (NESIG) in Australia and New Zealand.