2nd Annual Department of Radiation Oncology Research Symposium
The Department of Radiation Oncology held its 2nd Annual Research Symposium on Friday, April 26, 2024, at the Southern Management Corporation (SMC) Campus Center, located on the 2nd floor of 621 W. Lombard St. in Baltimore, Maryland.
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2024 Awards Presentation
Awards
2024 Best Speakers
1st Place
Triet Nguyen, BA
Investigating the roles of the epithelial-mesenchymal transition program in small cell lung cancer tumorigenesis and chemoradiation response
2nd Place
Hua-Ren Ryan Cherng, MD
Evaluating Neurocognitive Recovery Following Stereotactic Radiosurgery and Whole Brain Radiation Therapy: Insights from a Pooled Analysis of Three Phase III Trials.
3rd Place
Aman Sangal, PhD
Development of a digital twin XMAN phantom for imaging and treatment optimization in liver cancer radiation therapy.
2024 Best Posters
1st Place
Mariana Martins, PhD
Dual Oxygenase 2 (DUOX2), a Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) producing enzyme, increases radiosensitivity and modulates an immune checkpoint inhibitor.
2nd Place
Yankun Lang, PhD
Specific Absorption Rate Prediction in Hyperthermia Therapy Using Deep Learning Method
3rd Place
Xiao Ling, PhD
Radiomic Biomarkers of Locoregional Recurrence: Prognostic Insights from Oral Cavity Squamous Cell Carcinoma preoperative CT scans.
2024 Commercial Support
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1st Annual Department of Radiation Oncology Research Symposium
The Department of Radiation Oncology held its 1st Annual Research Symposium on Friday, March 31, 2023, at the Medical School Teaching Facility (MSTF) 1st floor and Leadership Hall located at 685 W. Baltimore Street in Baltimore, Maryland.
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2023 Awards Presentation
Awards Presentation
Top 3 Best Speakers
1st: Dario Rodrigues, PhD, Novel microwave applicator for hyperthermia treatment of brain lesions
2nd: Audrey Lafargue, PhD, The transactivation domain of TWIST1 controls TWIST1-induced suppression of Oncogene-Induced Senescence and is required for TWIST1-induced aggressiveness in non-small cell lung cancer
3rd: Martha Francis, PhD, RN, FNP-BC, AOCNP, Multi-method Study Exploring Communication of Emotionally Vulnerable Content and Suffering in Patient and Intimate Partner Dyads Living with Advanced Cancer
Martha Francis, PhD, CRNP (3rd place), Audrey M. Lafargue, PhD (2nd place) and Dario Rodrigues, PhD (1st place)
Top 3 Best Posters
1st: Esther Vicente, PhD Combining serial and parallel functionality of the lung to minimize post-radiotherapy loss of respiratory function in lung cancer patients
2nd: Sarah Kim BS, BM Longitudinal Monitoring of Ocular Blood Flow Dynamics in Experimental Rabbit Models Pre and Post Irradiation
3rd: Bardia Yousefi PhD Unsupervised Stochastic Embedding for Multi-modal Radiogenomic Prognosis of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
Bardia Yousefi, PhD (3rd place), Sara Kim, BS, BM (2nd place) and Esther M. Vicente, PhD (1st place)
2023 Commercial Support
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We would like to say THANK YOU to our wonderful sponsors for their generous support of this event!
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