Celebrating our postgraduates and graduates in style
UT DRO held its Annual Postgraduate Celebration on June 18, 2013 at Sunnybrook Estates. The evening celebrated our faculty, residents (radiation oncology and medical physics) and fellows, as well as the administrative staff who help keep things running at UT DRO. Before the awards ceremony, faculty, residents, fellows and their dates got a chance to mingle over a BBQ dinner and drinks. The pictures below show some of the highlights of the event.
University of Toronto Department of Radiation Oncology Research Day Awards
W.J.SIMPSON AWARD for Academic Excellence in Research by a Radiation Oncology Resident Dr. Derek Tsang “A Randomized Controlled Trial of Lorazepam to Reduce OrganMotion in Patients Receiving Upper Abdominal Radiotherapy” Supervisors: Laura Dawson Authors: Tsang DS, Voncken FEM, Tse RV, Wong RKS, Dinniwell RE, Kim J, Ringash J, Brierley JD, Cummings BJ, Dawson LA.
R.S. BUSH AWARD For Academic Excellence in Research by a Radiation Oncology Fellow Dr. Minh Thi “Mimi” Tieu “Impact of glycemia on survival in glioblastoma patients” Supervisors: Caroline Chung Authors: Tieu MT, McNamara M, Mason W, Ubhi K, Tai E, Laperriere N, Millar BA, Menard C, Perkins B, Chung C.
J.R. CUNNINGHAM AWARD For Academic Excellence in Research by a Physics Resident Dr. Niranjan Venugopal “A Comparison of ITV Margin Estimation Using MR-CINE and CBCT Based Imaging Methods for Stereotactic Ablative BodyRadiotherapy for Prostate Cancer” Supervisors: Ananth Ravi Authors: Venugopal N, Kusano M, Nicolae A, Cheung P, Loblaw A, Chu W, Davidson M, Jain S, Cunningham C, Ravi A.
Richard P. Hill AWARD For Academic Excellence in Research by a Graduate Student Dr. Elina Cook “Targeting the Angiopoietin/Tie2 Pathway to Improve Cancer Radiotherapy Outcomes” Supervisors: Dr. Stanley Liu Authors: Cook E, Liu S.
Best Poster AWARD – Postgraduate Trainee Dr. Alireza Fotouhi Ghiam “Genomic instability at Common Fragile Sites (CFSs) is associated with less favorable outcome in patients with intermediated-risk Prostate Cancer (IR-CaP)” Supervisors: Dr. Rob Bristow Authors: Alireza Fotouhi Ghiam, Gaetano Zafarana; Emilie Lalonde, Jenna Sykes, Wan L. Lam, Alice Meng, Michael Milosevic; Paul C. Boutros, Theo van der Kwast, Robert G. Bristow.
Chief’s Choice – Chairs Award for Academic Excellence in Research by a Postgraduate Trainee Dr. Nathan Becker “Time Trends in Tumor Regression During Locally Advanced Lung Cancer Radiotherapy: 4DPET vs 4DCT” Supervisors: Dr. JP Bissonnette Authors: Becker N, Yap M, Sun A, Pekar V, Clarke K, Leavens C, Bezjak A, Bissonnette JP.
Radiation Oncology Residents “Choice Awards”
Best Academic Half-Day Teaching Presented to: Dr. Danny Vesprini and Caroline Chung
Resident’s Award for Excellence in Clinical Teaching by a Fellow Presented to: Dr. Swetha Sridharan
Resident’s Award for Excellence in Clinical Teaching Presented to: Dr. Meredith Giuliani
Physics Residents “Choice Awards”
Residents Award for Excellence in Physics Teaching Presented to: Dr. Andrea McNiven
