Eva Bezak

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Eva Bezak
EducationUniversity of Adelaide, ANU
OccupationChief Physicist
EmployerUniversity of Adelaide
Known forMedical Physics
TitleProfessor

Eva Bezak is a medical physicist and researcher, who was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering in 2025. She is a researcher in cancer therapy and medical innovation, [1] modelling software as well as new pharmaceuticals to enhance therapies for cancer. [2] She has served on various medical physics organisations and was president of the International Organisation for Medical Physics. [3]

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Education and early life

Bezak wanted to be a scientist from an early age, including a paleontologist, digging for dinosaur bones. She started studying physics, and later enrolled in nuclear physics at university. She obtained a Bachelor and Masters of Philosophy, and had two children. When her youngest child was three months old, she then enrolled in further study, a Masters of Medical Physics, and then a PhD in nuclear physics, graduating from her PhD with two children under five years. [4] Bezak was the first female president of the Australasian College of Physical Scientists and Engineers in Medicine (ACPSEM). [4]

Career

Bezak's research involves medical and radiation physics, [5] working with providers of nuclear medicine and radiation oncology in the Asia-Pacific regions, partnering with both industry and medical stakeholders. [3]

Bezak was a member of the International Union of Physics in Emergency Medicine, from 2015–2022. She was also the founding member and Chair of IUPESM Women in Medical Physics, and the Secretary General from 2019–2022. [6] She was also the President of the Australasian College of Physical Scientists and Engineers in Medicine, [7] and Vice President of the Australian Foundation of Medical Physics. [8]

Bezak is also an advocate of women in STEM, and particularly supporting diversity and inclusion around medical research careers. [3]

Publications

Bezak has over 5200 citations and an H index of 39, according to Google Scholar, as at November 2025. Select publications include the following:

Awards and recognition

References

  1. ↑ "Is proton therapy the silver bullet for children with brain cancer?". EurekAlert!. Retrieved 21 November 2025.
  2. ↑ "Australia must seize nuclear science opportunities to meet challenges on the horizon". Australian Academy of Science. 7 December 2023. Retrieved 21 November 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Professor Eva Bezak". Australian Academy of Technological Sciences & Engineering. Retrieved 21 November 2025.
  4. 1 2 3 "Prof Eva Bezak, PhD, FACPESM, FIUPESM". International Organization for Medical Physics. 6 March 2022. Retrieved 21 November 2025.
  5. ↑ Holloway, Lois; Bezak, Eva; Baldock, Clive (9 August 2021). "Artificial intelligence (AI) will enable improved diagnosis and treatment outcomes". Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine. 44 (3): 603–606. doi:10.1007/s13246-021-01034-x. ISSN   2662-4729 – via SpringerNature.
  6. ↑ "Organising Committee". IUPESM World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering 2025. Retrieved 21 November 2025.
  7. 1 2 "ACPSEM Distinguished Service Award" (PDF). The Australasian College of Physical Scientists and Engineers in Medicine. Retrieved 2 December 2025.
  8. ↑ "Eva Bezak elected IOMP Vice President for 2022-2025". www.acpsem.org.au. Retrieved 21 November 2025.
  9. ↑ Cohen, Catherine; Pignata, Silvia; Bezak, Eva; Tie, Mark; Childs, Jessie (1 June 2023). "Workplace interventions to improve well-being and reduce burnout for nurses, physicians and allied healthcare professionals: a systematic review". BMJ Open. 13 (6) e071203. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2022-071203. ISSN   2044-6055. PMC   10314589 . PMID   37385740.
  10. ↑ Forster, Jake C; Harriss-Phillips, Wendy M; Douglass, Michael JJ; Bezak, Eva (4 April 2017). "A review of the development of tumor vasculature and its effects on the tumor microenvironment". Hypoxia. 5: 21–32. doi: 10.2147/HP.S133231 . PMC   5395278 . PMID   28443291.
  11. ↑ Murray, James; Bennett, Hunter; Bezak, Eva; Perry, Rebecca (25 March 2022). "The role of exercise in the prevention of cancer therapy-related cardiac dysfunction in breast cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy: systematic review". European Journal of Preventive Cardiology. 29 (3): 463–472. doi:10.1093/eurjpc/zwab006. ISSN   2047-4873.
  12. ↑ "Message from Professor Eva Bezak, President on 25 Years of AFOMP". Asia-Oceania Federation of Organizations for Medical Physics. 21 September 2025. Retrieved 21 November 2025.
  13. ↑ Krollig, Mason (12 November 2020). "CRF funds research into cutting-edge treatment to help children and young adults who are battling brain cancer". Channel 7 Children's Research Foundation. Retrieved 21 November 2025.
  14. ↑ "2019 Innovation Grants – Professor Eva Bezak". PanKind Australian Pancreatic Cancer Foundation. Retrieved 21 November 2025.
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