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Expert’s Take: How Canada Can Grow Its CHP Pipeline

December 17, 2025

About 40. That’s the number of Certified Health Physicists (CHPs) currently practicing in all of Canada. Four. Zero. “That’s it,” says Christopher […]

Why CHPs Matter When Radiation Makes Headlines

November 26, 2025

AAHP Blogs

The headline drew plenty of attention: “Check your freezer: FDA expands recall on radioactive frozen shrimp.” That was from the Los Angeles […]

How ABHP’s CESB Accreditation Strengthens the CHP Credential

September 26, 2025

AAHP Blogs

When Cindy Flannery, CHP, decided to pursue certification, it wasn’t for more take-home pay or career requirements. In the federal government, where […]

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Failing Forward: The Long Road to CHP Certification—And Why It Was Worth It

August 14, 2025

AAHP Blogs

Most Certified Health Physicists (CHPs) don’t talk about the times they failed, especially when it comes to certification exams. But Richard Kice […]

How to Become the Role Model I Never Had: A CHP’s Path to Mentorship

June 30, 2025

AAHP Blogs

Caption: Richard Kice participates in a radiological response exercise with his Bioenvironmental team at Nellis Air Force Base. The scenario involved a […]

How to Best Inspire the Next Generation of CHPs

March 10, 2025

AAHP Blogs

Kaylie Hammersborg knows that becoming a certified health physicist (CHP) wasn’t a childhood dream for most. It was a chance discovery later […]

How a Simple Nudge Sparked a Path Toward Becoming a CHP

February 21, 2025

AAHP Blogs

Charles “Gus” Potter’s story begins not with a grand plan but with gentle encouragement from his uncle, a professor at a small […]

Stay Motivated: What to Do If You Don’t Pass the CHP Exam on the First Try

January 21, 2025

AAHP Blogs

The Certified Health Physicist (CHP) exam is widely regarded as one of the most challenging professional certifications in the field of health […]

Confessions of a Grader: How to Get the Best Score on the CHP Exam

December 26, 2024

AAHP Blogs

Glenn Sturchio knows the prevailing myth: the CHP exam grading process is rigged and unfair, designed to magnify every flaw, nitpick mistakes […]

True Story: How Being a CHP Can Make Your Inspections Easier

November 26, 2024

AAHP Blogs

Mike Lewandowski, the president-elect of the Health Physics Society (HPS), often shares a story that perfectly illustrates the real-world power of CHP […]

Become the CHP Others Want to Be: 5 Advantages of Joining AAHP

January 15, 2024

AAHP Blogs

There are several reasons why Charles Wilson, an interim program director and assistant professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, wanted […]

6 Influential Women in Science Every CHP Should Know About

November 8, 2023

AAHP Blogs

Rachel Nichols, a Certified Health Physicist (CHP) and an associate radiation safety officer at the University of Missouri, says the most influential […]

12 Industries That Benefit from CHPs and Radiation Protection Experts

October 11, 2023

AAHP Blogs

What do St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, Newport News Shipbuilding in Virginia and HBO, the premium cable and streaming network, […]

Health Physics and Security: 9 Examples of How CHPs Help Protect the Nation

October 11, 2023

AAHP Blogs

Should nuclear war break out, what should you do first? That was the question proposed by VICE magazine in an editorial on […]

Protect Your Business: 10 Best Reasons to Hire a Certified Health Physicist

October 11, 2023

AAHP Blogs

If you work at an industrial, medical or academic institution—or a business that uses radioactive material or radiation-producing equipment—you have two options […]

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