UT-DRO Faculty Honours and Awards
$75,000 2012 CARO-Elekta Research Fellowship Awarded to Dr. Kathy Han for Cervical Cancer Study
Congratulations to Kathy Han, Hon. B.Sc. in Immunology, M.D.C.M., and final year radiation oncology resident at the University of Toronto!
She has been awarded the $75,000 2012 CARO-Elekta Research Fellowship for her proposed study on ‘Optimizing MRIguided brachytherapy in cervical cancer: target delineation, accessibility, and clinical efficacy’, to be carried out at Princess Margaret Hospital, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Toronto.
A challenge faced by Canadian radiation oncologists is that MRIguided brachytherapy is resource-intensive, and currently available at only a few Canadian centres. A recent Canadian Brachytherapy
Group survey reported that 80% of respondents agreed that 3D image-guided brachytherapy should become standard of care for treatment of cervical cancer in Canada. Dr. Han also aims to improve accessibility to MRIguided brachytherapy by exploring alternative ways of performing the procedure.
To learn more visit the Research Fellowship web page on the CARO-ACRO website.
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MRS Viewbook wins Gold Hermes Creative Award
We're very pleased to announce that the Medical Radiation Sciences 2011 Viewbook has won a GOLD Hermes Creative Award! The Viewbook gives an in-depth introduction to the BSc program in
Medical Radiation Sciences offered through the Michener Institute and the Department of Radiation Oncology at University of Toronto.
Hermes Creative Awards are an international competition that honours outstanding achievement and service to the communication profession. The competition is open to creative professionals involved in the concept, writing and design of traditional materials and programs, and emerging technologies. Entries come from corporate marketing and communication departments, advertising agencies, PR firms, graphic design shops, production companies, web and digital creators and freelancers.
Hermes Creative Awards is administered and judged by the Association of Marketing and Communication Professionals. The international organization consists of several thousand marketing,
communication, advertising, public relations, media production, web and freelance professionals. The Association oversees awards and recognition programs, provides judges and sets standards for
excellence.
Congratulations to Alicia O'Shell and Jeremy Kwan of UT DRO, and Anita Lo of the Michener Institute, for your fabulous work in creating the Viewbook!
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ACURA Uro-Oncologic Radiation Awards
Nine leading Canadian radiation oncologists are exploring next generation enhancements to prostate cancer treatment with support from Abbott Oncology's ACURA UroOncologic Radiation Awards. A
selection committee of members of the Canadian Association of Radiation Oncology selected the 2012 recipients from among a field of 21 applicants.
Among the winners are four UTDRO faculty members: Drs. Hans Chung, Stanley Liu, Robert Dinniwell and Wilfred Levin. Congratulations!
Dr. Fabio Cury of McGill University and advisory group chair, explains, "The ACURA Award program provides a unique and highly valued source of seed funding for basic science, translational,
clinical and populationbased prostate cancer research. A total of 102 Canadian projects have been funded in the past eleven years, totaling $2,295,000."
To learn more about the recipients, visit the CARO-ACRO website or you can download their press release.2012 ACURA Press Release.pdf