Congratulations to the following Research Day award winners:
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 andCBCT 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 Dr. Danny Vesprini and Caroline Chung
Residents Award for Excellence in Clinical Teaching by a Fellow Dr. Swetha Sridharan
Resident’s Award for Excellence in Clinical Teaching Dr. Meredith Giuliani
Physics Resident “Choice Award”
Residents Award for Excellence in Physics Teaching Dr. Andrea McNiven
ACURA Uro-Oncologic Radiation Award Dr. Derek Tsang “Healthy Bones Study: An Intervention to Improve Healthy Bone Behaviours in Prostate Cancer Patients on Androgen Deprivation Therapy”
ASTRO Resident Research Award Dr. Alireza Fotouhi Ghiam “Genomic Instability in Common Fragile Sites (CFSs) is Associated with Less Favorable Outcome in Patients with Intermediate-Risk Prostate Cancer (IR-CaP)”
