Radiography at UM

🌟 at the UM Research Expo ! 🌟

Yesterday, several academic staff members and PhD candidates from the Department of headed to Valletta Campus to attend the UM Research Expo!

It was an incredible opportunity to connect with fellow researchers and academics, as well as showcase our department's ongoing research activities. A huge well done to everyone who presented, attended, and supported the event! 👏👏👏

📸 Check out some highlights from the day below!

Faculty of Health Sciences - University of Malta University of Malta

Earlier this month, Dr. Jonathan Portelli visited the University of Algarve & ULS Algarve Hospital de Portimão via ! 🇵🇹

Special thanks to Prof. Luis Ribeiro for the warm hospitality. This visit has paved the way for a potential establishment of a SEA-EU Alliance bilateral agreement, opening doors for exciting student/staff mobilities and future research collaborations. 🔬📚

🎉 Congratulations to Martina Haber and co-authors on the new publication in the Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology (JMIG)!

This Systematic Review 'Bridging the Gap Between Artificial Intelligence and Clinical Readiness in Endometriosis Diagnosis' is a fantastic achievement and contribution - well done to all!👏✨

📖 Check out the abstract here: https://www.jmig.org/article/S1553-4650(26)00245-1/abstract

Congratulations to Dr Deborah Mizzi for being elected to the EFRS Educational Wing Management Team 👏👏👏

Are you working in Radiotherapy in Europe? 🏥

We’re on a mission to benchmark CBCT practices, and we need 20 minutes of your time to help make radiotherapy safer and more efficient for everyone.

Whether you’re a radiotherapy , , Physicist, Oncologist, or Quality Manager, your "on-the-ground" experience is vital for the OPTIMIZE-RT project.

✅ Goal: Develop Europe-wide training & evidence-based guidelines.
⏳ Deadline: June 1st, 2026.
👉 Survey Link: https://forms.gle/5segLhBCwdGd5M2q8

Help us streamline workflows and elevate patient care! 🚀

EFRS - European Federation of Radiographer Societies

European Survey of Current CBCT Optimisation Practices in Radiotherapy About this Survey This survey is part of OPTIMIZE-RT, a European-funded project (Grant number: 2025-1-MT01-KA220-HED-000356020) that aims to enhance image-guided radiotherapy practices across Europe through evidence-based optimisation of Cone Beam Computed Tomography (CBCT) imaging. For this researc...

An opportunity to present and gain insights into as well as network

📣 CALL FOR ABSTRACTS NOW OPEN!
The EFRS - European Federation of Radiographer Societies invites submissions for the 2nd EFRS Symposium Advancing Radiography, taking place in Tirana on 13 November 2026 🗓️
We welcome abstracts from all areas of radiography - from medical imaging, nuclear medicine, and radiotherapy to education, research, innovation, and collaboration.

📌 Eligibility
Applicants must be EFRS associate members (proof of membership required).
📝 Guidelines
• Abstracts in English
• Max. 280 words
• Oral or poster presentation
• Reviewed by the Scientific Subcommittee

📅 Key Dates
• Open: 21 April 2026
• Deadline: 21 May 2026
• Acceptance: 21 July 2026
🔗 For more information: https://www.efrs.eu/events/163

💡 Share your work and help shape the future of radiography.

The SEED project (Study of Early Events in Development) was officially launched earlier this week in the presence of Hon. Keith Azzopardi Tanti. Led by Dr Lara Sammut, this three-year national study focuses on early pregnancy care in Malta, particularly threatened miscarriage, with the aim of building the evidence needed to support better care in practice.

Congratulations and best of wishes to Lara, Prof Ing Andrew Sammut, Prof Paul Bezzina and all the team 👏👏

TVM news feature available here: https://tvmnews.mt/news/ricerka-se-tanalizza-data-dwar-it-tqala-biex-titjieb-il-kura-fl-ewwel-stadji-tat-tqala/

Faculty of Health Sciences - University of Malta University of Malta

Congratulations to PhD candidate Mr Andrea Bellizzi for being recognized as an 'Outstanding Reviewer' for 2025 by the Radiography Journal - Well done Andrea👏👏👏

Radiography Journal proudly recognises and celebrates its Outstanding Reviewers of 2025, whose dedication, expertise, and commitment are fundamental to maintaining the quality and integrity of our publications.

Through their invaluable contributions, they support and strengthen the peer-review process, helping to advance research and share knowledge across the global radiography community.

Thank you for your time, insight, and commitment to excellence.

We highly value the contributions of all 17 of our 2025 Outstanding Reviewers, as well as the efforts of every reviewer who supported the journal last year.

Read here the words of the Editor-in-Chief, Jonathan McNulty: https://www.radiographyonline.com/article/S1078-8174(26)00041-6/fulltext

📢New Publication Alert!

A huge congratulations to Dr Gianpaolo Tomaselli and Prof Sandra Buttigieg for their invaluable leadership and guidance for this collaborative effort, bringing together the expertise of esteemed co-authors, including Dr Guilherme Couto, Dr Jonathan Portelli and Dr Karen Borg Grima from ! 👏👏👏

The Open Access publication 'Rethinking Hospital Sustainability,' provides a framework for integrating circular and green economy principles into the heart of healthcare management 🌿🏥
Full access available here 👇
🔗 https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3387/16/4/170