ASTRO Announces Research Award Winners
by Barbara Kram, Editor | August 20, 2006
ASTRO honoree Kelin Wang's
head and neck cancer research
used PET-FMISO images
head and neck cancer research
used PET-FMISO images
The American Society for Therapeutic Radiation and Oncology has announced the winners of the Resident Clinical/Basic Science Research Award. The 2006 recipients are Christopher A. Peters, M.D., Tien Phan, M.D., and Kelin Wang, Ph.D. The winners will be honored at ASTRO's 48th Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, scheduled for Nov. 5-9, 2006.
The ASTRO Resident Clinical/Basic Science Research Award is a one-time award designed to promote clinical research by young scientists and is granted to the top three resident-authors of significant Annual Meeting abstracts in physics, biology and clinical practice. The award consists of a certificate and an honorarium of $1,500.
Dr. Peters is a resident in the Department of Radiation Oncology at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York. Peters' research submission on genetic predictors of developing adverse quality of life endpoints in prostate cancer patients treated with radiotherapy won in the clinical category. Peters earned his medical degree from Case Western Reserve University in 2003.
Dr. Phan's paper on signaling and repair in hypoxic cells within prostate cancer xenografts won in the category of biology. Dr. Phan is a resident in the Radiation Oncology Department of the Tom Baker Cancer Centre in Calgary, Alberta, Canada; she received her medical degree from the University of Alberta in 2003.
In the physics category, Dr. Wang won for his study of acute and chronic hypoxia in head and neck cancers based on serial PET-FMISO images. Wang received his Ph.D. in Physics in 2001 from University of California, Riverside, and is now working with Dr. Clifton Ling as a research fellow in Medical Physics at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York.
"I'm very proud of the work these scientists are doing to help further the specialty of radiation oncology and help find new and better treatments for the benefit of cancer patients everywhere," said K. Kian Ang, M.D., Ph.D., ASTRO President and a radiation oncologist at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston.
For photos of these individuals or more information on ASTRO's Annual Meeting, contact Beth Bukata at bethb@astro.org or 1-800-962-7876. For information on treating cancer and other diseases with radiation therapy, go to www.rtanswers.org.
ASTRO is the largest radiation oncology society in the world, with more than 8,500 members who specialize in treating patients with radiation therapies. As the leading organization in radiation oncology, biology and physics, the Society is dedicated to the advancement of the practice of radiation oncology by promoting excellence in patient care, providing opportunities for educational and professional development, promoting research and disseminating research results and representing radiation oncology in a rapidly evolving socioeconomic healthcare environment.
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The ASTRO Resident Clinical/Basic Science Research Award is a one-time award designed to promote clinical research by young scientists and is granted to the top three resident-authors of significant Annual Meeting abstracts in physics, biology and clinical practice. The award consists of a certificate and an honorarium of $1,500.
Dr. Peters is a resident in the Department of Radiation Oncology at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York. Peters' research submission on genetic predictors of developing adverse quality of life endpoints in prostate cancer patients treated with radiotherapy won in the clinical category. Peters earned his medical degree from Case Western Reserve University in 2003.
Dr. Phan's paper on signaling and repair in hypoxic cells within prostate cancer xenografts won in the category of biology. Dr. Phan is a resident in the Radiation Oncology Department of the Tom Baker Cancer Centre in Calgary, Alberta, Canada; she received her medical degree from the University of Alberta in 2003.
In the physics category, Dr. Wang won for his study of acute and chronic hypoxia in head and neck cancers based on serial PET-FMISO images. Wang received his Ph.D. in Physics in 2001 from University of California, Riverside, and is now working with Dr. Clifton Ling as a research fellow in Medical Physics at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York.
"I'm very proud of the work these scientists are doing to help further the specialty of radiation oncology and help find new and better treatments for the benefit of cancer patients everywhere," said K. Kian Ang, M.D., Ph.D., ASTRO President and a radiation oncologist at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston.
For photos of these individuals or more information on ASTRO's Annual Meeting, contact Beth Bukata at bethb@astro.org or 1-800-962-7876. For information on treating cancer and other diseases with radiation therapy, go to www.rtanswers.org.
ASTRO is the largest radiation oncology society in the world, with more than 8,500 members who specialize in treating patients with radiation therapies. As the leading organization in radiation oncology, biology and physics, the Society is dedicated to the advancement of the practice of radiation oncology by promoting excellence in patient care, providing opportunities for educational and professional development, promoting research and disseminating research results and representing radiation oncology in a rapidly evolving socioeconomic healthcare environment.
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