Dec 16, 2014

2014 Seed-Grant Results

The UT DRO Internal Collaborative Seed Grant program supports collaborative projects which have the potential to significantly impact the science of radiation medicine and improve patient outcomes. The results of the UT DRO 2014 Internal Collaborative Seed Grant were announced at the Annual General Meeting in November. Each group will recieve $50,000 towards a collaborative project.

The list of award winners and their projects follows. Our congratulations to each of these groups:

Scott Bratman, Kathy Han, Eric Leung
Research Project: Circulating HPV DNA in Patients with Locally Advanced Cervical Cancer Treated with Definitive Chemoradiation

Juhu Kamra, Marianne Koritzinsky, and Shun Wong
Research Project: Metformin with neoadjuvant chemoradiation to improve pathologic responses in rectal cancer: a phase I-II trial.

Ian Poon, Jason Wong, and Bradly Wouters
Research Project:FAZA PET