1. Ions for Health Initiative Nuclear Facility with Medical Applications INSTITUTUL NAŢIONAL de C&D PENTRU FIZICĂ şi INGINERIE NUCLEARĂ “HORIA HULUBEI” IFIN-HH Goal: to get nuclear technology from physics labs to hospitals

2. Research ThemesPartners Advanced Radiation DetectorsCarol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy Image Reconstruction AlgorithmsCentral Military Hospital Production of Positron-Emitting RadionuclidesInstitute of Oncology of Radionuclides for Targeted TherapyInstitute of Endocrinology Radiolabeling of Biomolecules for Targeted TreatmentColtea Hospital Radiopharmaceutical and RadiotracersIasi University Pre-Clinical Application of BNCTUNESCO International Center for Biodynamics Electromagnetic Radiation Absorbtion in Nanoscopic FerrofluidsInstitute of Virology

3. GSI Darmstadt - Heidelberg Ion Therapy (HIT) JINR Dubna - Nuclotron Project - prototype of the future medical accelerator for hadron therapy Gent University - lymphocite radiosensitivity INFN Catania - Medical applications of ionizing radiations University of Padova, IEO Milano, - radiopharmaceutical, targeted radioimunotherapy COST B32 - specific biomolecules with affinity to expressive tumor receptors ATOMKI Debrecen - radiopharmaceuticals NCSR Demokritos, Athens - comparative evaluation of tumor bone 188Re-177L bifunctional cheletor

4. Interdisciplinary open consortium, initiated by IFIN-Horia Hulubei and UMF "Carol Davilla", supported by ANCS and Agenţia Nucleară IfH (Ions for Health) Initiative Stages and Objectives : 2006-Experimental to routine production of radioisotopes; for medical applications (diagnostics and therapy); FDG for PET; BNCT; Radiolabeling of biomolecules (CEEX research contracts) 2007-Commisioning of a compact p/d cyclotron (18MeV/amu) for radioisotope production for PET; towards a complete PET/CT station at IFIN-HH - as training center, dedicated to personnel training (physicsts, biochemists, physicians) for future hospital-based PET/CT stations 2007-The construction of a Medical Physics Centre, centered on a particle accelerator dedicated to hadron therapy; contribution (expertise, manpower) to the disemination of PET/CT stations in medical centers Agentia Nucleara UMF “CAROL DAVILA”

5. T o w o r k f o r t h e c o m m o n g o o d i s t h e g r e a t e s t c r e e d A l b e r t E i n s t e i n

6. ... one in three of us, at some point in our lives will be confronted with the cancer diagnostic...... and will probably have to undergo surgery, chemotherapy or radiotherapy The chances of a succesfull treatment, the quality of live crucially depend on the possibility of concentrating radioterapy to the tumoral zone while minimizing damage to surrounding healthy tissue. There is no higher religion than human service Albert Einstein