We are pleased to announce several Resident Research Awards, received from the recently run competition by UT Post Graduate Medical Education:
Jay Detsky (PGY5) – Joseph M. West Family Memorial Fund, the Heidi Sternbach Scholarship, the Timeposters Fellowship and the Starr Medal
Project: Multi-contrast late enhancement magnetic resonance imaging of glioblastoma
Supervisor: Dr. Hany Soliman, Dr. Arjun Sahgal, Dr. Chinthaka Heyn
Jennifer Kwan (PGY3) - Edward Christie Stevens Fellowships in Medicine
Project: Reversing lymphedema with metabolic reprogramming
Supervisor: Dr. Fei-Fei Liu
Pencilla Lang (PGY4) - Joseph M. West Family Memorial Fund and the Chisholm Memorial Fellowship.
Project: CBCT Radiosensitivity Marker to Predict Radiation Pneumonitis
Supervisor: Dr. Andrew Hope
Aruz Mesci (PGY3) - Joseph M. West Family Memorial Fund
Project: Long non-coding RNA UCA1 as a predictive biomarker of Gleason Grade in active surveillance of prostate cancer
Supervisor: Dr. Stanley Liu
Srinivas Raman (PGY5) - Joseph M. West Family Memorial Fund
Project: A Phase II Study of High-dose Thoracic Reirradiation for Recurrent Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
Supervisor: Dr. Andrea Bezjak
Please join us in congratulating our residents on their achievements!