Radiobiology Course Schedule
2023 Clinical and Experimental Radiobiology Course Schedule
Course dates: April 24-28, 2023
In-person for Toronto learners / online for learners outside Toronto
Final exam date: May 5, 2023, 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Final exam location: In-person for Toronto learners / online for learners outside Toronto
Monday, April 24, 2023
| TIME | TYPE | LECTURE | FACULTY SPEAKER |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10:00 - 10:30 AM | Exploring Learning Goals | Dr. Marianne Koritzinsky | |
| 10:30 - 11:15 AM | L1 | Importance of radiobiology in the clinic | Dr. Scott Bratman |
| 15 min | Break | ||
| 11:30 - 12:15 PM | L2 | Hallmarks of cancer | Dr. Marianne Koritzinsky |
| 12:15 - 1:00 PM | L3 | Molecular basis of cell death | Dr. Bradly Wouters |
| 1 hour | Lunch | ||
| 2:00 - 2:45 PM | L4 | Radiation induced damage & DNA damage response | Bradly Wouters |
| 2:45 - 3:30 PM | T1 | Tutorial: Questions and Self-Assessments (L2, 3, 4) | Drs. Marianne Koritzinsky, Bradly Wouters |
| 3:30 - 3:45 PM | Break | ||
| 3:45 - 4:30 PM | L5 | Cell survival - in vitro and in vivo | Dr. Albert van der Kogel |
| 4:30 - 5:15 PM | L6 | Quantifying cell kill and cell survival | Dr. Michael Joiner |
Tuesday, April 25, 2023
| TIME | TYPE | LECTURE | FACULTY SPEAKER |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10:00 -10:45 AM | L7 | RBE and LET | Dr. Patricia Lindsay |
| 10:45 - 11:30 AM | T2 | Tutorial: Questions and Self-Assessments (L5, 6, 7) | Drs. Albert van der Kogel, Michael Joiner, Patricia Lindsay |
| 15 min | Break | ||
| 11:45 - 12:30 PM | L8 | Particles in Radiotherapy | Dr. Michael Joiner |
| 12:30 - 1:15 PM | L9 | Pathogenesis of normal tissue side effects | Dr. Fei Fei Liu |
| 1 hour | Lunch | ||
| 2:15 - 3:00 PM | L10 | The volume effect for normal tissues | Dr. Albert van der Kogel |
| 3:00 - 3:45 PM | T3 | Tutorial: Questions and Self-Assessments (L8, 9, 10) | Drs. Michael Joiner, Fei Fei Liu, Albert van der Kogel |
| 15 mins | Break | ||
| 4:00 - 4:45 PM | L11 | Dose-response relationships - therapeutic ratio | Dr. Michael Joiner |
| 4:45 - 5:30 PM | L12 | The linear-quadratic approach to fractionation | Dr. Michael Joiner |
Wednesday, April 26, 2023
| TIME | TYPE | LECTURE | FACULTY SPEAKER |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10:00 - 10:45 AM | L13 | Modified fractionation schedule (and limits) | Dr. Scott Bratman |
| 10:45 - 11:30 AM | T4 | Tutorial: Questions and Self-Assessments (L11,12,13) | Drs. Michael Joiner, Scott Bratman, |
| 15 mins | Break | ||
| 11:45 - 12:30 PM | W1 | Workshop 1: the LQ model | Dr. Michael Joiner |
| 12:30 - 1:15 PM | L14 | Dose rate effect | Dr. Albert van der Kogel |
| 1 hour | Lunch | ||
| 2:15 - 3:00 PM | L15 | Clinical radiobiology of brachytherapy | Dr. Gerard Morton |
| 3:00 - 3:45 PM | L16 | Stromal effects | Dr. Stanley Liu |
| 15 mins | Break | ||
| 4:00 - 4:45 PM | L17 | Tumor growth, stem cells, response to irradiation | Dr. Stanley Liu |
| 4:45 - 5:30 PM | T5 | Tutorial: Questions and Self-Assessments (L14, 15, 16) | Drs. Albert van der Kogel, Gerard Morton, Stanley Liu |
Thursday, April 27, 2023
| TIME | TYPE | LECTURE | FACULTY SPEAKER |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10:00 -10:45 AM | L18 | Retreatment tolerance of normal tissues | Dr. Sylvia Ng |
| 10:45 - 11:30 AM | L19 | Tumor microenvironment and the Oxygen effect | Dr. Marianne Koritzinsky |
| 15 mins | Break | ||
| 11:45 - 12:30 PM | L20 | Stereotactic and high does radiotherapy | Dr. David Schultz |
| 12:30 - 1:15 PM | T6 | Tutorial: Questions and Self-Assessments (L 18, 19, 20) | Drs. Sylvia Ng, Marianne Koritzinsky, David Shulz |
| 2:15 - 3:00 PM | L21 | Clinical Approaches to target hypoxia | Dr. Kathy Han |
| 3:00 - 3:45 PM | L22 | Biological response modifiers | Dr. Marianne Koritzinsky |
| 15 mins | Break | ||
| 4:00 - 4:45 PM | T7 | Tutorial: Questions and Self-Assessments (L20,21,22) | Drs. Marianne Koritzinsky, Kathy Han |
| 4:45 - 5:30 PM | W2 | Workshop 2: Q/A | Dr. Marianne Koritzinsky |
Friday, April 28, 2023
| TIME | TYPE | LECTURE | FACULTY SPEAKER |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10:00 - 10:45 AM | L23 | Radiation-induced malignancies | Dr. David Hodgson |
| 10:45 - 11:30 AM | L24 | Predictive biomarkers | Dr. Scott Bratman |
| 15 min | Break | ||
| 11:45 - 12:30 PM | L25 | Combined radiotherapy and chemotherapy | Dr. Andrew Hope |
| 12:30 - 1:15 PM | L26 | Combined radiotherapy and immunotherapy | Dr. Shane Harding |
| 1 hour | Lunch | ||
| 2:15 - 3:15 PM | T8 | Tutorial: Questions and Self-Assessments (L23-26) |
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| 3:15 - 4:45 PM | W3 | Workshop 3: Practical Application of Radiobiology | Drs. Sylvia Ng and Sten Myrehaug | Drs. Patricia Lindsay and Tim Craig | Marianne Koritzinsky |
| 4:45 - 5:30 PM | Concluding remarks | Dr. Marianne Koritzinsky |
May 5, 2023
| TIME | TYPE | LOCATION |
|---|---|---|
| 9:00 - 12:00 PM | EXAM | In-person / online (Details will be sent directly to course participants) |
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