Associate Professor
Jamie Trapp
Faculty of Science,
School of Chemistry & Physics
Personal details
Positions
- Associate Professor
Faculty of Science,
School of Chemistry & Physics
Keywords
Medical physics, Dosimetry, Radiation
Discipline
Other Physical Sciences
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2008
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy (Queensland University of Technology)
Professional memberships and associations
- Australian Institute of Physics
- Australasian College of Physical Scientists and Engineers in Medicine
Teaching
Undergraduate
Postgraduate
- PVB302 - Classical and Quantum Physics
- PVB303 - Nuclear and Particle Physics
- PVB102 - Physics of the Very Small
- PCB675 - Radiation Safety and Biology
- PVB304 - Physics Research
Postgraduate
- PCN211 - Physics of Medical Imaging
- PCN214 - Health and Occupational Physics
- PCN113 - Radiation Physics
Experience
Current Appointments
Relevant Employment History
Read more
- Editor In Chief of Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine https://www.springer.com/journal/13246
- Member of Publications Committee of International Organization for Medical Physics https://www.iomp.org/
- Member of Accreditation Committee of Australian Institute of Physics https://www.aip.org.au/
Relevant Employment History
- 2007 - Present - Physics Academic at QUT
- 2004-2007 - Lecturer/Senior Lecturer at RMIT
- 2003-2004 - Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Institute of Cancer Research, London
- 2000-2003 - PhD Candidate
- 1999-2000 - Medical Physicist, Queensland Health
Selected publications
- Trapp J, (2020) Citations equals research quality? If you agree then don’t cite this stupid, totally terrible article, Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine, 43 (4).
- Wilson-Stewart K, Fontanarosa D, Malacova E, Gett S, Kruger A, Trapp J, (2021) Occupational and Patient Radiation Dose and Quality Implications of Femoral Access Imaging During Coronary Angiography, Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare, 14, pp. 1807-1818.
- Binny D, Mezzenga E, Lancaster C, Trapp J, Kairn T, Crowe S, (2017) Investigating output and energy variations and their relationship to delivery QA results using Statistical Process Control for helical tomotherapy, Physica Medica, 38, pp. 105-110.
- Dancewicz O, Sylvander S, Markwell T, Crowe S, Trapp J, (2017) Radiological properties of 3D printed materials in kilovoltage and megavoltage photon beams, Physica Medica, 38, pp. 111-118.
- Knight R, Kenny J, Langton C, Trapp J, Charles P, Cranmer-Sargison G, Thwaites D, Crowe S, Kairn T, (2014) A practical and theoretical definition of very small field size for radiotherapy output factor measurements, Medical Physics, 41 (4), pp. 1-8.
- Morales J, Crowe S, Hill R, Freeman N, Trapp J, (2014) Dosimetry of cone-defined stereotactic radiosurgery fields with a commercial synthetic diamond detector, Medical Physics, 41 (11), pp. 1-6.
- Crowe S, Kairn T, Kenny J, Knight R, Hill B, Langton C, Trapp J, (2014) Treatment plan complexity metrics for predicting IMRT pre-treatment quality assurance results, Australasian Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine, 37 (3), pp. 475-482.
- Cranmer-Sargison G, Charles P, Trapp J, Thwaites D, (2013) A methodological approach to reporting corrected small field relative outputs, Radiotherapy and Oncology, 109 (3), pp. 350-355.
- Charles P, Crowe S, Kairn T, Kenny J, Lehmann J, Lye J, Dunn L, Hill B, Knight R, Langton C, Trapp J, (2012) The effect of very small air gaps on small field dosimetry, Physics in Medicine and Biology, 57 (21), pp. 6947-6960.
- Taylor M, Franich R, Trapp J, Johnston P, (2008) The effective atomic number of dosimetric gels, Australasian Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine, 31 (2), pp. 131-138.
QUT ePrints
For more publications by Jamie, explore their research in QUT ePrints (our digital repository).
Research projects
- Title
- Modelling and Characterisation of Radiation Beams Used in Radiotherapy
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- LP110100401
- Start year
- 2011
- Keywords
- Medical Physics; Radiation Dosimetry
- Title
- Monitoring Tumour Movement During Radiotherapy by 4D Ultrasound Imaging
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- 614217
- Start year
- 2010
- Keywords
- Image Guided Radiotherapy; Ultrasound; Robitic Intervention; Radiation Dosimetry Phantom; Organ/Tumor Motion Tracking
- Title
- Improving Outcomes of Radiotherapy Treatments through In-vivo Dosimetric Verification
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- 553012
- Start year
- 2009
- Keywords
- Radiotherapy; Cancer; Radiation Measurement; Dosimetry; Electronic Portal Imaging Devices
Supervision
Current supervisions
- Out-of-Field Dosimetry in Contemporary Radiation Therapy
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Adjunct Associate Professor Scott Crowe - Methods of dose evaluation in patient specific quality assurance for contemporary radiation therapy
PhD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Adjunct Associate Professor Scott Crowe, Dr Konstantin Momot
Completed supervisions (Doctorate)
- Development of Gel Dosimetry for Radiotherapy (2017)
- Dosimetry in the vicinity of high-density materials in radiotherapy (2017)
- Measurements and monitoring of naturally occurring radioactive materials for regulation (2016)
- Mega Voltage Cone Beam Computed Tomography with a Standard Medical Linear Accelerator (2015)
- Ultrasound Transit Time Spectral Analysis of Complex Porous Media (2015)
- Very Small Field Dosimetry (2014)
- Quantitative Ultrasound Computed Tomography Imaging of PAGAT Radiation Dosimetry Gel (2013)
- Faster Monte Carlo Simulation of Radiotherapy Geometries (2012)
- Monte Carlo Simulations of Dynamic Radiotherapy Treatments (2012)
- The Development of Monte-Carlo Techniques for the Verification of Radiotherapy Treatments (2011)