$75,000 2012 CARO-Elekta Research Fellowship Awarded to Dr. Kathy Han for Cervical Cancer Study   Congratulations to Kathy Han, Hon. B.Sc. in Immunology, M.D. C.M., and final-year radiation oncology resident at the University of Toronto! She has been awarded the $75,000 2012 CARO-Elekta Research Fellowship for her proposed study on ‘Optimizing MRI-guided brachytherapy in cervical [...]

Congratulations to UTDRO Professor Dr. Rob Bristow, who was honoured on April 4, 2012 as a “national hero” by Prostate Cancer Canada for his contributions to prostate cancer research and awareness. Dr. Bristow received the John Ferguson Memorial Award, presented to an individual who best exemplifies qualities of courage, determination and integrity, and whose outstanding [...]

Sangjune (Laurence) Lee, a second year CREMS medical student working with DRO Faculty members, Drs. Catherine Coolens , Warren Foltz and Caroline Chung in a collaborative project bridging MRI with CT and basic physics to clinical relevance, has won two awards for his project, Comparison of Arterial Input Functions by Magnitude and Phase Signal Measurement [...]

2012 CMA May Cohen Award for Women Mentors Dr. Mary Gospodarowicz (Dept. of Radiation Oncology, University Health Network) has been awarded the 2012 CMA May Cohen Award for Women Mentors recognizing her many years of outstanding mentoring that have changed the lives and careers of so many. The award is presented to a woman physician [...]

Sara Omar, currently a 3rd year student in the radiological technology discipline of the undergraduate Medical Radiation Sciences Program, has been selected as a recipient for a 2012 Gordon Cressy Student Leadership Award. The Cressy awards enable UofT alumni associations to recognize the value of student contributions to the University. This award gives highly esteemed recognition to [...]

Congratulations to UT DRO faculty member Dr. Doug Moseley, who is this year’s recipient of the Colin R. Woolf Award for Excellence in Continuing Education: Excellence in Teaching. This very prestigious honour is awarded by the University of Toronto for “sustained excellence in teaching over a five-year period” to a faculty member who demonstrates “creativity, [...]

Congratulations to UT DRO Resident Dr. Kathy Han who has been awarded the CARO-Elekta Fellowship for 2012‑13 for her project on Optimizing MRI guided brachytherapy in cervical cancer: target delineation, accessibility and clinical efficacy. This is a very prestigious award which she won in competition with many residents and fellows from across Canada.

The highly competitive grant was awarded to Dr. Koritzinsky for her work entitled “the impact of hypoxia on the maturation of extracellular proteins that regulate tumour metabolism.”

Drs. Michael Milosevic and Shun Wong were each awarded $22,727 for their research on radiation-drug interactions. Press release (excerpt): OTTAWA, Oct. 14, 2011 /CNW/ – Five leading Canadian radiation oncologists receive RAZCER Awards of $22,727 each for novel studies of radiation-drug interactions that have the potential to either protect normal tissues or sensitize tumours, and thus to enhance [...]

This year’s report is available for viewing online. From the AACR: Report Calls on Congress to Provide Critical Funding Increases for Life-saving Research Supported by the NIH and NCI WASHINGTON, D.C. — The American Association for Cancer Research will unveil the AACR Cancer Progress Report 2011 at 3:30 p.m. ET on Tuesday, Sept. 20, during [...]