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Dr. Gary Fullerton is presented a plaque citing his service to graduate education in the radiological sciences from Dr. Geoffrey Clarke on the occasion of Dr. Fullerton's retirement from UTHSCSA in December 2008.

Peter Fox, MD, Vice-Chair of Research and Research Education in the Department of Radiology and Director of the Research Imaging Center was named the winner of the 2009 Presidential Distinguished Senior Research Scholar Award. He was presented an award medal, a plaque and prize of $5,000 by William L. Henrich, M.D., MACP, interim president of the Health Science Center.

Anuradha Soundararajan was chosen by the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) Scientific Program Committee to receive a RSNA Trainee Research Prize for the research project she submitted: “Chemo-Radionuclide Therapy with Rhenium-186 Labeled Liposomal Doxorubicin in Combination with Radiofrequency Ablation for Effective Treatment of Head and Neck Cancer” at the 2008 RSNA meeting in Chicago.

Radiological Sciences graduate students were co-authors on 6 presentations at the 50th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology held in Boston, MA September 21-25, 2008. Follow this link to see a complete list of the ASTRO 2008 Abstracts.

Radiological Sciences graduate students were co-authors on 33 presentations at the 50th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine held in Houston. Follow this link to see a complete list of the AAPM 2008 Presentations.

Hui Yu, 3rd year student, attended the NASA Summer Student Program at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory. This program helps to provide a “pipeline” of researchers to tackle need for scientists to study the dangers space travelers face from deep-space radiation — and how to best shield them against these risks. The program is co-sponsored by Brookhaven Lab, Loma Linda University Medical Center, and Universities Space Research Association, a consortium of universities, research organizations, and governmental groups involved in space research.

Teboh Roland (left)accepts an award for his presentation at the Young Investigators' Symposium during the 2008 Annual meeting of the American College of Medical Physics in Seattle, WA.

Maxwell Amurao describes how he used micro-computed CT to investigate the influence of water on the structure of collagen at his dissertation defense in July.

Eleven of the sixteen presentations at the Young Investigators' Symposium at the Spring 2008 meeting of the Southwest Chapter of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine on April 18th in Austin, TX were delivered by UTHSCSA Radiological Sciences graduate students. The following UTHSCSA students won prizes for their presentations:

• 1^st place: Courtney Buckey, Dosimetric Comparison of Prostate Treatment Modalities
• 2^nd place: Patricia Tynan, Use of BEAMnrc and DOSXYZ to Model Electron Fields Shaped with a Photon Multileaf Collimator for Modulated Electron Radiotherapy
• 3^rd place: Teboh Roland, Measurement and Derivation of Geometric Error Distribution for a Real Time 4D Tracking Radiotherapy System
• 4^th place: Drosoula Giantsoudi, Dosimetric Considerations of Cf-252 Brachytherapy Source

Five Radiological Sciences graduate students presented their work at the meeting of the South Texas Chapter of the Health Physics Society in Waco, TX on April 8, 2008:

• Laura Strban: A Summary of AAPM report 96: The Measurement, Reporting, and Management of Radiation Dose in CT
• Kelly Furman: An Overview of MammoSite Targeted Radiation Therapy
• Ben Sramek: Radiochromic Versus Radiographic Film-Based Dosimetry
• Krystina M. Tack: A Medical Event in Brachytherapy
• Xudong Wang: Monte Carlo Simulations of Proportional Counters with Different Site Size in HZE Radiation Field

Human Imaging Program described in Radiology article: Andrés Rahal, Hayden W. Head, Adam J. Jung, Xavier Garcia-Rojas, Daniel Vargas, Neal C. Dalrymple, Geoffrey D. Clarke, Gerald D. Dodd, III, and Gary D. Fullerton Radiology Residency/PhD Program for Education of Academic Radiologists: A Response to Revitalizing the Radiology Research Enterprise Radiology 2007; 245: 14-20.

Tricia Tynan, 3rd year student, presented a talk entitled, "Use of BEAMnrc and DOSXYZnrc to Model Modulated Electron Beams Delivered Through a Photon Multileaf Collimator" at the International Nuclear Codes Workshop/MCNEG held in Warrington, Cheshire, UK, February 3-6, 2008.

Cynthia Munoz, 4th year student, presented a talk entitled, "Method to Validate the Dosimetric Accuracy of Synchrony Using a CIRS Dynamic Phantom" at the Cyberknife User's Meeting held in Scottsdale, AZ, January 23-27, 2008.

In December, 2007 the Graduate Program in Radiological Sciences received official notification that its accreditation through the Commission on Accreditation of Medical Physics Education Programs, Inc. (CAMPEP) has been extended through December 31, 2012. CAMPEP is a nonprofit organization, which offers specialized accreditation of medical physics educational programs such as degree-granting programs, clinical residencies, continuing education and short courses. In some instances, CAMPEP accreditation of a program may permit students to receive funding in the form of scholarships, loans or grants.

The Graduate Program in Radiological Sciences held its Fourth Bi-Annual Retreat on August 18th , 2007 in the Nursing School. Both students and faculty met to review the program's policies and procedures. The guest speaker was Dr. William Hendee who addressed students and faculty on the subject of "The Medical Physics Profession and Education of Medical Physicists".