Congratulations to Andrean Simons-Burnett, PhD who is the recipient of a $1,768,815 R01 grant from the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research. The award will support her project "Inflammation and EGFR crosstalk in HNSCC Therapy," which seeks to understand how drug resistance to...
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Halloween celebrations are in full swing during homecoming week. Marvelously creative pumpkins carved by Radiation Oncology teams were displayed in the reception area. Pumpkins and team names were judged by our patients with the winner in each category was announced on Halloween. In all, 16 teams,...
James Byrne, MD, PhD, assistant professor of radiation oncology at University of Iowa Health Care, has been awarded the prestigious 2024 NIH Director’s New Innovator Award, recognizing his groundbreaking work aimed at improving outcomes and quality of life for cancer patients undergoing radiation therapy. Byrne is one of 40 early career scientists across the nation to receive this award, which is part of the NIH Common Fund's High-Risk, High-Reward Research Program that supports exceptionally innovative research projects led by early career investigators.
Iowa researchers explore gas-entrapping materials to boost chemotherapy, radiation treatments
Richard Hakes, a H&N cancer patient and Press Citizen freelance columnist featured the thermoplastic masks made for pediatric patients undergoing treatment in our clinic. During the course of his six-week treatment he recounted the love/hate relationship with his mask and featured the team of...
The significance of a research abstract published at the American Academy of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) annual meeting was highlighted by Elekta, our MR-Linac vendor. In the abstract " Surrogate Gating Strategies for the Elekta Unity MR-Linac Gating System", the authors established proxy...
The Unity MR-Linac makes adaptive planning possible, which is especially effective for stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) treatments in the liver due and lung to the excellent contrast of the MRI. Performing a patient specific quality assurance (PSQA) measurement on every liver SBRT...
FRRBP faculty members convened this Saturday during a morning of thoughtful introspection to analyze the successes and challenges facing the program. Great ideas and thoughtful planning were evident at the FRRBP retreat held in the PBDB.
Carryn Anderson MD, is one of 48 Radiation Oncologists selected this year as an ASTRO Fellow. The fellowship program recognizes members of the society for their outstanding contributions in at least two of these four areas: Research, Patient Care, Education and Leadership/Service. Dr. Anderson will...
Jessica Williams was presented with the Professional Recognition Program Award