Radiobiology Course Schedule

Clinical and Experimental Radiobiology Course 2025 Schedule

(last update: 2025-02-19, 3:15 PM EST.)

Dates: April 7-11, 2025 (Monday to Friday)

Time: 10:00 AM - 5:30 PM

Format: Hybrid

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Location & Format:

TIME	TYPE	LECTURE	FACULTY SPEAKER
10:00 - 10:30 AM	L0	Exploring Learning Goals	Dr. Marianne Koritzinsky
10:30 - 11:15 AM	L1	Importance of Radiobiology in the Clinic	Dr. Scott Bratman
11:15 - 11:30 AM		15 mins 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. Marianne Koritzinsky
1:00 - 2:00 PM		1 hour Lunch
2:00 - 2:45 PM	L4	Radiation Induced Damage & DNA Damage Response	Dr. Shane Harding
2:45 - 3:30 PM	T1	Tutorial: Questions and Self-Assessments (L2, 3, 4)	Drs. Marianne Koritzinsky, Shane Harding
3:30 - 3:45 PM		15 mins Break
3:45 - 4:30 PM	L5	Cell Survival and Tumor Growth	Dr. Deepak Dinakaran
4:30 - 5:15 PM	L6	Quantifying Cell Kill and Cell Survival	Dr. Marianne Koritzinsky

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. Deepak Dinakaran, Marianne Koritzinsky, Patricia Lindsay
11:30 - 11:45 AM		15 mins Break
11:45 - 12:30 PM	L8	Particles in Radiotherapy	Dr. Patricia Lindsay
12:30 - 1:15 PM	L9	The Linear-Quadratic Approach to Fractionation	Dr. Tim Craig
1:15 - 2:15 PM		1 hour Lunch
2:15 - 3:00 PM	L10	Dose-Response Relationships - Therapeutic Ratio	Dr. Andrew Hope
3:00 - 3:45 PM	T3	Tutorial: Questions and Self-Assessments (L8, 9, 10)	Drs. Patricia Lindsay, Tim Craig, Andrew Hope
3:45 - 4:00 PM		15 mins Break
4:00 - 4:45 PM	W1-1	Workshop 1: the LQ Model (Part 1)	Dr. Tim Craig
4:45 - 5:30 PM	L11	Pathogenesis of Normal Tissue Side Effects	Dr. Jennifer Kwan

TIME	TYPE	LECTURE	FACULTY SPEAKER
10:00 - 10:45 AM	L12	The Volume Effect for Normal Tissues	Dr. Jennifer Kwan
10:45 - 11:30 AM	L13	Modified Fractionation Schedule (and Limits)	Dr. Scott Bratman
11:30 - 11:45 AM		15 mins Break
11:45 - 12:30 PM	T4	Tutorial: Questions and Self-Assessments (L11,12,13)	Drs. Jennifer Kwan, Scott Bratman
12:30 - 1:15 PM	L14	Dose Rate Effect	Dr. Hedi Mohseni
1:15 - 2:15 PM		1 hour Lunch
2:15 - 3:00 PM	L15	Clinical Radiobiology of Brachytherapy	Dr. Amandeep Taggar
3:00 - 3:45 PM	T5	Tutorial: Questions and Self-Assessments (L14, 15)	Drs. Hedi Mohseni, Amandeep Taggar
3:45 - 4:00 PM		15 mins Break
4:00 - 4:45 PM	W1-2	Workshop 1: the LQ Model (Part 2)	Dr. Marianne Koritzinsky

TIME	TYPE	LECTURE	FACULTY SPEAKER
10:00 -10:45 AM	L16	Retreatment Tolerance of Normal Tissues	Dr. Hanbo Chen
10:45 - 11:30 AM	L17	Tumor Microenvironment and the Oxygen Effect	Dr. Bradly Wouters
11:30 - 11:45 AM		15 mins Break
11:45 - 12:30 PM	L18	Stereotactic and High Dose Radiotherapy	Dr. David Schultz
12:30 - 1:15 PM	T6	Tutorial: Questions and Self-Assessments (L16, 17, 18)	Drs. Hanbo Chen, Bradly Wouters, David Shulz
1:15 - 2:15 PM		1 hour Lunch
2:15 - 3:00 PM	L19	Clinical Approaches to Target Hypoxia	Dr. Kathy Han
3:00 - 3:15 PM	T7	Tutorial: Questions and Self-Assessments (L19)	Dr. Kathy Han
3:15 - 4:00 PM	L20	Biological Response Modifiers	Dr. Marianne Koritzinsky
4:00 - 4:15 PM		15 mins Break
4:15 - 4:30 PM	T8	Tutorial: Questions and Self-Assessments (L20)	Dr. Marianne Koritzinsky
4:30 - 5:30 PM	W2	Workshop 2: Q/A	Dr. Marianne Koritzinsky

TIME	TYPE	LECTURE	FACULTY SPEAKER
10:00 - 10:45 AM	L21	Radiation-Induced Malignancies	Dr. David Hodgson
10:45 - 11:30 AM	L22	Predictive Biomarkers	Dr. Scott Bratman
11:30 - 11:45 AM		15 mins Break
11:45 - 12:30 PM	L23	Combined Radiotherapy and Immunotherapy	Dr. Shane Harding
12:30 - 1:15 PM	L24	Combined Radiotherapy and Chemotherapy	Dr. Andrew Hope
1:15 - 2:15 PM		1 hour Lunch
2:15 - 3:15 PM	T9	Tutorial: Questions and Self-Assessments (L21, 22, 23, 24)	Drs. David Hodgson, Scott Bratman, Andrew Hope, Shane Harding
3:15 - 4:45 PM	W3	NOTE: This is Concurrent Sessions. The workshops will focus on re-irradiation.
		Workshop 3: Practical Application of Radiobiology (Clinical) [Location: Room 126]	In-person: Drs. Marianne Koritzinsky, Hanbo Chen Online: Drs. Irene Karam, Aishah Alqaderi and Liang Zeng
		Workshop 3: Practical application of radiobiology (Physics) [Location: Room 119]	Drs. Edward Taylor, Monica Serban
4:45 - 5:30 PM		Concluding Remarks	Dr. Marianne Koritzinsky

TIME	TYPE	LOCATION
9:00 - 12:00 PM	EXAM	In-person / online (Details will be sent directly to course participants)

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