Radiation Safety Award
Canada Safe Imaging (CSI) was formed in 2015 to address the need for a national strategy and action plan as it relates to radiation safety for medical imaging in Canada, based on the recommendations from the Bonn Call-for-Action.
CSI’s vision is:
- To strengthen medical radiation protection in patients and health care workers and foster a culture of radiation safety in healthcare in Canada.
- To develop an action plan relating to radiation safety for medical imaging care in Canada.
- To support evidence-based best practice guidelines.
- To facilitate a strategic approach to conduct scientific inquiry on the effects of radiation on human health.
The Canadian Radiological Foundation (CRF) is offering a $500 Radiation Safety Awardwhich would be attributed to the best poster presentation aligned with a minimum of one of the five main priorities identified by CSI, namely:
- Optimization
- Justification
- Quality and safety
- Education
- Research
All members (including residents and fellows) are invited to submit abstracts.
The Award will be presented during the Awards Ceremony of the Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM) of the Canadian Association of Radiologists (CAR), April 16-19, 2026.
Please see below for abstract guidelines and format.
Please submit your abstract to dkoff@mcmaster.ca
The submission deadline is February 15, 2026.
Abstract Guidelines and Format
- Abstracts of published research studies are ineligible for submission.
- All abstracts must be submitted in English and be text-based.
- Abstracts submitted should not exceed the 250-word count limit.
- Abstracts should be submitted in a pdf format.
- Please proofread to avoid any typographic or grammatical errors.
- Please do not include author names, references, acknowledgements, institutional affiliations, figures, images or tables in your abstract body.
- A figure/image/table is recommended but not mandatory.
- Figures uploaded will not be published but will be reviewed during adjudication.
- In the email submission, authors must specify if the abstract was accepted elsewhere and include the date, location and event. This does not disqualify an abstract from being selected.
IF YOU ARE ACCEPTED:
- Detailed notifications of acceptance and guidelines for poster presentation will be sent by email (date to be confirmed).
Award Recipients
CSI & CRF Radiation Safety Award 2025
Dr. Megan Iwaskow is the author of the winning abstract titled, Radiation Dose Management in Pediatric Head CT at a Dedicated Children’s Hospital and Regional General Hospitals.
Read the winning poster, Radiation Dose Management in Pediatric Head CT.
CSI & CRF Radiation Safety Award 2024
Dr. Kaitlin Zaki-Metias is the First author of the winning abstract titled, Impact of a Collaborative Small Bowel Obstruction Imaging and Care Protocol with the General Surgery Service on Radiology Workflow and Resource Utilization. Her worked has contributed to decrease CT utilization and therefore radiation exposure in the emergency setting.
CSI & CRF Radiation Safety Award 2023
We are happy to announce that Dr Moulay Ali Nassiri PhD, Physicien médical, MCCPM Groupe de radioprotection, Direction de la qualité, de l’éthique, de la performance et du partenariat (DQEPP), Centre intégré universitaire de santé et de services sociaux de l’Estrie – Centre hospitalier universitaire de Sherbrooke, has been awarded the first CSI-CRF award for his project titled: Pilot project for monitoring patient doses of ionizing radiation from medical imaging implanted in Centre intégré universitaire de santé et des services sociaux de l’Estrie.
