11 17
1 15 15 11 3a
19 19 49 19 19 30

9e Invited Speaker Seminar Series 2023/2024

19 19 19 31 19 65 19 19 49 31 31 19 19 19 19 19 45
68

Invited Speaker Seminar Series

2 29

Seminar Schedule for 2023-2024

2 9 a 8 2b 21 9 b a 8 9 9 9 8 9 9 9 8 9 9 9 8 9 9 9 8 9 9 9 8 9 36 9 8 9 9 9 8 9 9 9 8 9 9 9 8 9 9 9 8 9 9 9 8 9 9 9 8 9 9 9 b a
Date and LocationSpeaker
1f

Thursday, 9/28/2023

2 16

SCTR 8-146

a 		36

Jeffery Chancellor, PhD
37 Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy
2a Louisiana State University
4f Assistant Professor of Preventative Medicine & Population Health
33 Univ. of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston
9c “NSFW: A Look Behind the Curtain at Computational Space Radiobiology Mitigating the Dirty Secrets of Space Radiation Research”

a
20

Thursday, 10/12/2023

2 16

SCTR 8-146

a 		31

Timothy Baran, PhD
4d Assistant Professor of Imaging Sciences and Biomedical Engineering
22 University of Rochester
48 "Photodynamic Therapy of Abdominal Infections"

a
20

Thursday, 10/26/2023

2 16

SCTR 8-146

a 		3c

Christopher J. Bakkenist, PhD
52 Departments of Radiation Oncology and Pharmacology and Chemical Biology
25 UPMC Hillman Cancer Center
23 University of Pittsburgh
60 "The DNA Undamaged Response (DUR): making it possible to synthesize”

a
20

Thursday, 11/30/2023

2 16

SCTR 8-146

a 		33

Qing Richard Lu, PhD
42 Beatrice C. Lampkin Endowed Chair in Cancer Epigenetics
32 Scientific Director, Brain Tumor Center
31 Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
2b Cincinnati Children’s Hospital
63 "Decoding Brain Cancer: from Developmental Origins to Targeted Therapies"

a
20

Thursday, 01/11/2024

2 16

SCTR 8-146

a 		34

Gaorav Gupta, MD, PhD
34 Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology
3b Joint Appointment in Biochemistry and Biophysics
2f UNC, School of Medicine, Chapel Hill
5d "DNA Breaking Bad in Cancer – Emerging Targets and Opportunities"

a
20

Thursday, 02/15/2024

2 16

SCTR 8-146

a 		Ashani Weeraratna, PhD
24 Professor and Chair 
2f Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
3a Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
6d "Age Against the Machine: How the aging microenvironment drives tumor progression"
20

Thursday, 02/22/2024

2 16

SCTR 8-146

a 		32

Sana Karam, MD, PhD
2d Associate Professor and Vice Chair
33 Translational Research, Radiation Oncology

39 University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
6e “Radiation and Immunotherapy: At the intersection of local and systemic immunity"
20

Thursday, 03/07/2024

2 16

SCTR 8-146

a 		37

Mohamed Abazeed, MD, PhD
34 Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology
22 Northwestern University
26 Feinberg School of Medicine
68 “Harnessing Computational Biology to Advance Precision Radiation Oncology”

a
20

Thursday, 03/28/2024

2 16

SCTR 8-146

a 		2f

Ze'ev Ronai, PhD
31 Director, NCI-Designated Cancer Center
48 Jeanne and Gary Herberger Leadership Chair in Cancer Research
14 Professor
37 Cancer Metabolism and Microenvironment Program

21 Sanford Burnham Prebys
5f “New insights into melanoma control – from microbiome to GCDH”
20

Thursday, 04/25/2024

2 16

SCTR 8-146

a 		2f

Andrew Hsieh, MD
1e Associate Professor
2b Human Biology Division, Fred Hutch

22 Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center 2 46

“mRNA translation in cancer etiology”

a
20

Thursday, 05/23/2024

2 16

SCTR 8-146

a 		37

Emil Schueler, PhD, DABR
1e Assistant Professor
4a Department of Radiation Physics, Division of Radiation Oncology
45 The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston
77 “The Evolution of FLASH Radiation Therapy: Insights, Challenges, and Future Directions”
f  

a
20

Thursday, 05/30/2024

2 16

SCTR 8-146

a 		38

Srivalleesha Mallidi, PhD
34 Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering

32 Tufts University, School of Engineering
b4 “Multi-parametric, nanotechnology enabled ultrasound guided photoacoustic imaging for treatment guidance, dosimetry and tumor recurrence prediction”
10  
20

Thursday, 06/20/2024

2 16

SCTR 8-146

a 		37

Kelli B Pointer, MD, PhD
56 Assistant Professor, Departments of Radiation Oncology and Applied Sciences
3d Dartmouth Cancer Center, Geisel School of Medicine
89 "Targeting major drivers of radioresistance in glioblastoma: elucidating the contribution of cancer stem cells"

a
2 27

Schedule from previous years

2 6 1f
19 19 19 31 19 1b
11 15 11 15 25 11 11 11 18
9 13