Three Success in Regulatory Science - Medical Physics Edition, and one (possible) future frontier

While we can rely on the foundation of regulatory science for trust, there is a growing need to extend the community of contributors to regulatory science, prioritize diverse stakeholders, think creatively about engagement opportunities, expand its capacity, to more rapidly advance and keep apace with the adversarial threats to, and of, technology in medicine, to detect “fakes” that are false, not verified and validated for clinical and regulator use. This presentation was delivered at the 2026 AAPM Summit in Washington DC