Raising Healthy Kids

In the May issue of our employee newsletter, The Connection, we asked our employees to tell us how their moms encouraged them to be healthy when they were younger, or, for those employees who are moms, to tell us how they encourage health in their children. The best entry would win an environmentally friendly Dade Moeller tote bag.

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Science in Our Schools

Senior Health Physicist Alan Fellman talks to sixth grade science students about radiation.

Alan and the class figure out how much radiation their classmate is exposed to each year.

On Thursday, May 10, Senior Health Physicist Alan Fellman, Ph.D., CHP, volunteered some time to speak to Ms. Sunila Varghese’s 6th grade class at Robert Frost Middle School in Rockville, Maryland. The class of 25 students is working on a unit on energy production; one of the students is Alan’s niece.

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Headed to Glasgow!

Senior Health Physicist Tracy Ikenberry will be attending the 13th Congress of the International Radiation Protection Association as a U.S. delegate.

Congratulations to Tracy Ikenberry and Ed Maher, who are on their way to Glasgow, Scotland, as official U.S. delegates to the 13th Congress of the International Radiation Protection Association (IRPA), representing the Health Physics Society. Also in attendance will be CEO Matt Moeller and Executive Vice President Bill Kennedy. The Congress runs from May 13-18, [...]

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Joel Arana Named Health Physicist of the Year

Joel Arana has been named Health Physicist of the Year

We are very happy to announce that employee Joel Arana has been named Health Physicist [radiation protection scientist] of the Year by the Columbia Chapter of the Health Physics Society! Joel manages our Radiation Projects Division, overseeing and coordinating the day-to-day activities of senior health physicists who support diverse contracts ranging from dose reconstruction to [...]

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So You Want To Be HPS President? (I Survived the Health Physics Society)

Dade Moeller Radiation Protection Expert Edward F. Maher

Ed Maher is a Senior Health Physicist at Dade Moeller and currently serves as the Past-President of the Health Physics Society, a scientific organization of professionals that specialize in radiation safety. In this interview, he reflects on his past year’s service to HPS as its President. Dade Moeller Blog: Why did you run for HPS [...]

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Take a Hike!

Radiation Protection Firm Dade Moeller Participates in National Walking Day

Today, April 4th, is the American Heart Association‘s “National Walking Day,” and we are happily participating! In honor of the event, our Richland office today kicked off a 6-week “Summer Walking Countdown” with a walking group that will meet at noon every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. They will celebrate their commitment to health with an [...]

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