Associate Professor
Alexandra Rink
Medical Physicist
PhD, MCCPM
Location
Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
Address
610 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario Canada M5G 2M9
Research Interests
Point-based fibre-optic real-time patient dosimetry; Self-calibrating dosimeters
Clinical Interests
MR-guided brachytherapy for prostate and cervix cancer; Uncertainties in dose delivery in HDR brachytherapy; Effect of organ motion and filling on plan quality in HDR brachytherapy for cervical cancer
Qualification
- PhD, Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto
- CAMPEP Physics Residency Program, University of Toronto
- Clinical Physics Fellowship, University of Toronto / The Princess Margaret
- MCCPM, Certification in Radiation Oncology Physics, Canadian College of Physicists in Medicine
Professional Memberships
- American Brachytherapy Society
- Canadian Organization of Medical Physicists
- American Association of Physicists in Medicine
Appointments
- Associate Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Toronto
- Associate Professor, Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto
- Affiliated Faculty, Techna Institute for the Advancement of Technology for Health
Honours and Awards
- J.R. Cunningham Young Investigator Award (2nd place), CARO-COMP
- Terry Fox Foundation Research Studentship Award through the National Cancer Institute of Canada
- Scace Graduate Fellowship in Prostate Cancer Research
- NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Award
- NSERC Industrial Undergraduate Student Research Award