RadioBiology and Imaging Program (RBI) Retreat

Breakfast

Welcome and Overview of the RBI Program
Katherine Nathanson, MD
Deputy Director, Abramson Cancer Center
and
Robert Vonderheide, MD, DPhil
Director, Abramson Cancer Center

Introductions
Costas Koumenis, PhD
Vice Chair of Research; Department of Radiation Oncology

Keynote Presentation:
“From Irradiation at ultra-high dose rate to FLASH radiotherapy”
Marie-Catherine Vozenin, PhD
Professor of Radiation Therapy
Head of Radiobiology
Swiss Cancer Center, Lausanne University

Single-cell RNA sequencing analysis and transgenic mouse models reveal differential effects of flash vs. standard proton radiotherapy on gastrointestinal tissues and tumors
Ioannis I. Verginadis, PhD
Department of Radiation Oncology

A transcriptomic atlas of the mouse skin irradiated with FLASH proton radiation
Anastasia Velalopoulou, PhD
Department of Radiation Oncology

Break

Amino-acid metabolism in adult and pediatric glioma, opportunities for imaging and beyond
Ali Nabavizadeh, MD
Department of Radiology

A balancing act: regulating mRNA translation for cancer progression
Crystal Conn, PhD
Department of Radiation Oncology

Evaluation of Therapeutic Response to Dendritic Cell Vaccine Immunotherapy in Recurrent Glioblastomas using Multiparametric MRI
Sanjeev Chawla, PhD, DABMP
Department of Radiology

ChoKα-targeted NIR fluorophore for optical surgical navigation in canine patients with spontaneous lung cancer
Sofya Osharovich, BS
Department of Radiology

Improving the efficiency of small animal 3D printed compensator IMRT with total variation regularization
Xinmin Liu, PhD
Department of Radiation Oncology

Lunch

Panel Session with ACC Clinical Trial Ambassadors
Camille Walker
Merium Burwell
Armenta Washington, MS, Research Coordinator Senior, ACC
Moderated by: 
Carmen E. Guerra, MD, MSCE, FACP

NCI's Plan to Enhance Diversity
Carmen E. Guerra, MD, MSCE, FACP
Associate Director of Diversity and Outreach, ACC

ACC Catchment Area 
Karen Glanz, PhD, MPH
Associate Director of Community Engaged Research

Break

Real-time spectral CT thermometry via physical density for image-guided tumor ablation
Leening P. Liu, BS
Department of Bioengineering

Dose verification with Cherenkov imaging for TSET patients
Weili Zhong, PhD
Department of Radiation Oncology

Surgery-induced immunosuppression limits photodynamic therapy efficacy for mesothelioma
Gwendolyn M. Cramer, PhD
Department of Radiation Oncology

Development of a phospholipase A2 activatable fluorophore for human and canine lung cancer imaging
Michael C. Hart, BS
Department of Radiology

Best Abstract Award Announcement:
Leening P. Liu, BS 
Department of Bioengineering
Real-time spectral CT thermometry via physical density for image-guided tumor ablation

Closing Remarks

Dr. Amit Maity and Dr. Dan Pryma