Students of the Health Physics program have access to many facilities through UAB and partnerships with other facilities.

Radiation Lab

UAB has state-of-the-art, recently renovated teaching and research lab space that offers students hands on opportunities to learn how to use common health physics equipment. Key features the labs include:

• Many types of Geiger counters
• SAM 940 Handheld Radiation Isotope Identifier
• 12 NaI gamma spectroscopy systems
• Electrically cooled Ortec HPGe detector system
• Ortec Alpha Duo alpha spectroscopy system
• Hidex 300 SL Liquid Scintillation Counter
• Wet chemistry lab space

Other UAB Facilities

Other UAB facilities include:

• UAB Advanced Imaging Center access – offers students one of a kind practicum training on the medical cyclotron, one of the most powerful cyclotrons in an academic medical center in the United States.
• Learning Resource Center access – here students have common areas, study areas and break out rooms, and food options.

Off-Campus Facilities

Off-campus facilities include a radiopharmaceutical production facility and the Alabama Department of Public Health, Office of Radiation Control.