放射卫生物理（RHP）涉及辐射和放射性对生命过程的影响的研究。它也可以称为辐射防护科学，尤其涉及辐射对人体的影响以及对辐射的控制。马萨诸塞州洛厄尔大学（UML）的这一课程的许多毕业生进入了健康物理学专业，致力于保护人类和环境免受辐射的有害影响，同时使我们前进的文明成为可能享受使用辐射带来的所有好处。应用物理集中旨在扩大博士学位的范围。物理学课程，涵盖放射科学中的一个选项。它旨在发展实用，应用，技术健康物理学和医学物理学方面的高级专业和学术能力，并为以前的专业不一定需要从事物理领域但可能涉及工程学和其他科学
Radiological Health Physics (RHP) involves the study of the effects of radiation and radioactivity on life processes. It also can be called radiation protection science and is particularly involved with the effects of radiation on the human body and the control of such radiation. Many graduates of this curriculum at the University of Massachusetts Lowell (UML) enter the profession of health physics, which is devoted to the protection of man and the environment from the harmful effects of radiation while at the same time making it possible for our advancing civilization to enjoy all of the benefits resulting from uses of radiation. The Applied Physics Concentration is designed to expand the scope of the Ph.D. Program in Physics to encompass an option in Radiological Sciences. It is intended to develop advanced professional and academic competence in practical, applied, technological health physics and medical physics and to provide professional training for students whose previous specialization need not necessarily have been in the field of physics, but could have involved engineering, other science, or mathematical disciplines. This program is particularly well suited for those seeking to pursue careers in research, education or public service.