Answer to Question #4835 Submitted to "Ask the Experts"

Unfortunately, in my 20-plus years of experience I have not heard of a degree in radiological materials. I will assume that you have credentials similar to someone studying health physics in the United States. I hope this interpretation is correct.

I suggest that you become a member of the Health Physics Society (HPS). If you become a member you will have access to the "Members Only" section of the HPS Web site, which provides job listings for health physicists in the United States. Additionally, when attending meetings you would have the opportunity to network with professionals in the discipline as well as post your résumé. Please see the HPS Web site for more details on membership. If you have any questions please feel free to contact me directly.

Another traditional way to obtain this kind of information is to network with the professors from your university who generally have many contacts and who are contacted regularly for individuals seeking employees. Since you are in the United Kingdom you probably don't have this access to the U.S. job market, which is presently very robust and likely to remain so beyond the foreseeable future.

There are also a few bulletin boards and Web sites like Nuke Worker that provide this type of information. Idaho State University hosts the Radiation Information Network. This has a section on jobs and will link you to other useful Web sites if you are seeking employment.

Richard R. Brey, PhD, CHP
Professor of Physics