Collaborative Research Seed Grant Competition
The UTDRO Collaborative Research Seed Grant was established to encourage collaborative research and innovation in radiation medicine. This competition supports meritorious projects, which have the potential to significantly impact the science of radiation medicine and improve patient outcome.
This grant is awarded to UTDRO faculty members at the five affiliated cancer centres:
- Odette Cancer Centre (OCC)
- Princess Margaret Cancer Centre (PM)
- Stronach Regional Cancer Centre
- Carlo Fidani Peel Regional Cancer Centre (Trillium Health Partners)
- Simcoe Muskoka Regional Cancer Centre
One competition is held every year and two seed-grants of $50,000 are awarded in each competition. Applications from all areas and disciplines of radiation medicine are encouraged. The grants may be used to support the direct costs of research, including supplies, salaries (but not UTDRO faculty salaries) and equipment associatedwith the proposed work.
For details on funding, criteria and the application process please download the Terms of Reference.
Apply for the UTDRO Collaborative Research Seed Grant
To apply, fill out and submit the Application Form (Fillable PDF). Applications are due on Friday, October 7, 2022 at 5:00pm.
Funded Projects
The following projects have been successfully funded by the UTDRO Seed Grant.
Fall 2022
Consolidative Use of Radiotherapy (CURB2) for Oligoprogressive Non‐Small‐Cell Lung Cancer – A Prospective Randomized Phase 3 Study
Award Winners:
- C. Jillian Tsai (PI)
- Anthony Brade (Credit Valley ‐ Carlo Fidani
- Andrea Bezjak (Princess Margaret)
- Laura Dawson (Princess Margaret)
- Meredith Giuliani (Princess Margaret)
- Alexander Louie (Sunnybrook)
- Mojgan Taremi (Stronach – Southlake)
Fall 2022
Dose De‐Escalation in Human Papilloma Virus‐Associated Anal Cancer
Award Winners:
- Amandeep Taggar (PI)
- Anthony Brade (Credit Valley – Carlo Fidani)
- Charles Cho (Stronach – Southlake)
- William Chu (Sunnybrook – Odette)
- Matthew Follwell (Royal Victoria)
- Shun Wong (Sunnybrook – Odette)
2021
A multi‐institutional approach for treatment of refractory ventricular tachycardia using stereotactic radiotherapy.
Award Winners:
- Mojgan Taremi (Southlake)
- Daria Comsa (Southlake)
- Leigh Conroy (UHN)
- Jay Detsky (OCC)
- Yaariv Khaykin (Southlake)
- Ken Le (Southlake)
- Benjamin Lok (UHN)
- Idan Roifman (OCC)
- Sheldon Singh (OCC)
- Graham Wright (Sunnybrook Research Institute)
2021
Automated AI‐based imaging pipeline for quantifying MRI data in RT
Award Recipients:
- Teodor Stanescu (UHN)
- Anthony Brade (CVH)
- Tatiana Conrad (Southlake)
- Jenna King (RVH)
- Eric Leung (OCC)
2021
Duration of enzalutamide and adt with metastasis directed therapy in oligometastatic cancer of the prostate (DIRECT)
Award Recipients:
- Rachel Glicksman (UHN)
- Peter Chung (UHN)
- Andrew Feifer (CVH)
- Andrew Loblaw (OCC)
- Jasper Yuen (CVH)
2020 - Fall
Post-Prostatectomy Linac-Based Ultrahypofractionated Radiotherapy for Patients with Localized Prostate Cancer. A Treatment Feasibility and Outcomes Multicenter Study (PLUTO-MPC).
Award Recipients:
Chia-Lin (Eric) Tseng (PI)
Melanie Davidson (OCC)
Adam Gladwish (RVH)
Joelle Helou (Princess Margaret)
Stanley Liu (OCC)
Andrew Loblaw (OCC)
Danny Vesprini (OCC)
Jasper Yuen (CVH)
2020 - Fall
Integrated Use of Wearable Diagnostics in Lung Cancer
Award Recipients:
Srinivas Raman (PI)
Anthony Brade (CVH)
Patrick Cheung (OCC)
Tatiana Conrad (Southlake)
Jennifer Croke (Princess Margaret)
Andrew Hope (Princess Margaret)
Geoffrey Liu (Princess Margaret)
Alexander Louie (OCC)
Philip Wong (Princess Margaret)
Frederick Yoon (RVH)
Robert Wu (Toronto General)
2020 - Spring
SPARTACUS II – A Randomized Phase II Feasibility Trial on Hypofractionated Radiation versus Conventional Fractionation in Endometrial Cancers
Award Recipients:
Eric Leung (OCC)
Toni Barnes (OCC)
Patrick Cheung (OCC)
Melanie Davidson (OCC)
Elysia Donovan (OCC)
Anthony Fyles (UHN)
Adam Gladwish (RVH)
Kathy Han (UHN)
Andrew Loblaw (OCC)
Julia Skilarenko (RVH)
Amandeep Taggar (OCC)
Jasper Yuen (CVH)
2019
Patient-Reported Financial Toxicity in Cervical Cancer Survivors Treated with Definitive Chemo-Radiation
Award Recipients:
Jessica Conway (Simcoe Muskoka)
Jennifer Croke (PM)
Adam Gladwish (RVH)
Eric Leung (OCC)
Alexander Louie (OCC)
Sarah Rauth (CVH)
2019
Development of a Decision Aid for Patients with Extensive Brain Metastases – A Collaborative Study
Award Recipients:
Tatiana Conrad (Southlake)
Luluel Khan (CVH)
David Shultz (UHN)
Derek Tsang (UHN)
Tiffany Tam (RVH)
2018
Reducing Acute Rectal Toxicity for Hypofractionated Prostate Radiotherapy – An Multi-institution Investigation of Reduced PTV Margin
Award Recipients:
Beibei Zhang (Southlake)
Charles Cho (Southlake)
Timothy Craig (PM)
Danny Vesprini (OCC)
Melanie Davidson (OCC)
2018
Development and implementation of a brachytherapy discharge education program to build healthcare provider patient teaching competency toward improving patient engagement and quality of care
Award Recipients:
Jennifer Croke (PM)
Meredith Giuliani (PM)
Janet Papadakos (UHN)
Sarah Rauth (Trillium)
Julia Skliarenko (Royal Victoria)
Tina Papadakos (PM)
2017
Stereotactic Ablative Radiotherapy for Renal Tumors
Award Recipients:
Joelle Helou (PM)
Christiaan Stevens (Royal Victoria)
Charles Catton (PM)
Antonio Finelli (PM)
Laura Dawson (PM)
Abhijat Kitchlu (Toronto General Hospital)
2015
2015
Feasibility and Acceptability of Measuring Cervical Cancer Specific Patient-Reported Outcomes in Clinical Practice
Award Recipients:
Jennifer Croke (PM)
Lisa Barbera (OCC)
Eric Leung (OCC)
Matthew Follwell (OCC)
Doris Howell (OCC)
Helen MacKay (OCC)
2014
Metformin with neoadjuvant chemoradiation to improve pathologic responses in rectal cancer: a phase I-II trial.
Award Recipients:
Marianne Koritzinsky (PM)
Shun Wong (OCC)
Juhu Kamra (Simcoe Muskoka)
2014
FAZA PET
Award Recipients:
Brad Wouters (PM)
Ian Poon (OCC)
Jason Wong (Stronach)
2014
Circulating HPV DNA in Patients with Locally Advanced Cervical Cancer Treated with Definitive Chemoradiation
Award Recipients:
Kathy Han (PM)
Scott Bratman (PM)
Eric Leung (OCC)
2013
The Toronto Brief Neurocognitive Battery (BNB) Development of a novel brief telephone battery for neurocognitive assessment of patients with brain metastases
Award Recipients:
Caroline Chung (PM)
May Tsao (OCC)
Jason Wong (Stronach)
2013
Prospective Collection of Tolerance Outcomes in Women receiving Breast Cancer Radiotherapy: A Multi-Institutional Initiative
Award Recipients:
Tom Purdie (PM)
Mark Ruschin (OCC)
Beibei Zhang (Stronach)