Elizabeth Brackett

Elizabeth Brackett ’80, BS Physics is a Senior Health Physicist with the MJW Corporation, a consulting firm specializing in radiation protection. She is currently serving as a senior internal dosimetrist on the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 (EEOICPA) dose reconstruction project, providing technical direction and support for internal dosimetry issues.

Liz has an M.S. in Radiological Sciences and Protection from UMass Lowell and is a Certified Health Physicist. She is very active in radiation protection organizations and has been named a Fellow of the Health Physics Society. She has chaired several professional society committees, including the American Board of Health Physics Part II Panel of Examiners, responsible for one step in the certification process. She has served in a number of leadership positions, including Director and Secretary of both the Health Physics Society and the American Academy of Health Physics, and is currently President of the Health Physics Society. 

She has also participated in the development of multiple technical documents, including several American National Standards and a National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements publication. She’s currently a member of the UMass Lowell Health Physics Advisory Board. She and her husband live in Vernon, Connecticut.