DAAD SDGs – UNIVERSITAS INDONESIA PROJECT

Through the Medical Physics and Biophysics Group of Sciences (KBI), the University of Indonesia’s (UI) Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences under the Department of Physics has been awarded an international grant of approximately 292,717 Euros, or 5 billion rupiah from the DAAD German Academic Exchange Service and the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).

The initiative was funded by the (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst) or the German Academic Exchange Service of Ulm University in Germany. KBI Medical Physics UI collaborates on this project as part of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) effort.

“Entwicklung der Medizinischen Physik in Lehre und Forschung in Indonesia” (Development of Medical Physics Teaching and Research in Indonesia) is the project’s name. Prof. Dr. Gerhard Glatting from Ulm University is the project coordinator, and he works with Dr. Deni Hardiansyah to manage the project, which runs from May 2023 to December 2026. Several institutes affiliated with the Alliance of Indonesian Medical Physics Education Institutes (AIPFMI) and the Alliance of Indonesian Medical Physicists (AFISMI) will also contribute to the project’s planned activities.

The long-term goal of the DAAD’s SDG partnerships is to contribute to sustainable development by implementing the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) and developing efficient and cosmopolitan universities in partner nations that can afford it. The emphasis is on planning, developing, and implementing a relationship with universities in underdeveloped countries in order to strengthen structures at the partner universities in the long run.

KICK-OFF MEETING

The first delegation of Universitas Indonesia visited Universitatsklinikum Ulm to attend the kick-off meeting and started the implementation of the project. The delegation consisted of 5 master students and three lecturers. During the kick-off meeting, the International Office of Universitatsklinikum Ulm, employees of the Department of Nuclear Medicine, attended the kick-off meeting on 28 August 2028. During the meeting, Prof. Gerhard Glating welcomed the delegation, and Prof. Dr. Med. Ambros J. Beer, the Director of the Department of Nuclear Medicine at Universitatsklinikum Ulm delivered an opening speech. Moreover, Dr. Supriyanto Ardjo Pawiro from Universitas Indonesia also gave a speech on behalf of the University of Indonesia delegation.

“This project will have an impact on the lives of entire generations of Indonesians,” says project partner Dr. Deni Hardiansyah from the Institute of Physics at the University of Indonesia: “Together we will make a difference.” The project was applied for by Professor Gerhard Glatting, holder of the Chair of Medical Radiation Physics at the Clinic for Nuclear Medicine at Universitatsklinikum Ulm.  “It is encouraging to see how our two countries are working together,” said prof Glatting. The project embodies the spirit of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal

SECOND DELEGATION

In October, two doctoral students from Universitas Indonesia continued the implementation of the SDG-DAAD initiative and conducted experiments in Internal Dosimetry Modelling, which covered the topics of Patient Dosimetry of Cancer Therapy (Indra Budiansah, M.Si) and the Development of the Radiopharmaceutical Radiation Dose Translation Method (Nur Rahmah Hidayati, M.Sc.). At Universitatsklinikum Ulm, where the students are conducting their dosimetry research, Professor Gerhard Glatting plays the role of the research project’s advisor. In addition, during the visit, the students will also engage in scientific activities in the Department of Nuclear Medicine, such as seminars, presentations, and scientific talks.  

There will be an event in Athens on 9-11 November hosted by the European Federation of Medical Physics (EFOMP) named Symposium on Molecular Radiotherapy Dosimetry, Ms Nur Rahmah Hidayati will attend the Symposium together with a few members of the Nuclear Medicine Department, including prof Gerhard Glatting who will give a lecture about  Time-Activity Data, Model Fitting, and Model Selection in Molecular Radiotherapy Dosimetry. The Symposium is a very important meeting since it will be attended by about 170 Medical physicists in Europe.