Radiation Oncology

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3rd Annual Department of Radiation Oncology Research Symposium

The Department of Radiation Oncology will hold its 3rd Annual Research Symposium on Friday, March 28, 2025, at the Southern Management Corporation (SMC) Campus Center located on the 2nd floor of 621 W. Lombard St. in Baltimore, Maryland. See below for the agenda, past photos and more!

3rd Research Symposium Prospectus & Agenda

2nd Annual Department of Radiation Oncology Research Symposium

The Department of Radiation Oncology held its 2nd Annual Research Symposium on Friday, April 26, 2024, at the Southern Management Corporation (SMC) Campus Center, located on the 2nd floor of 621 W. Lombard St. in Baltimore, Maryland.

2024 Symposium Agenda

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2nd Annual Dept of Rad Onc Res Symposium 2024

 

Awards and Commercial Support

Awards Presentations 2024-2025

Awards

2025 Best Speakers

1st Place
Dario Rodrigues, PhD

Numerical feasibility of delivering deep hyperthermia to lateral tumors opposite to metallic hip implants

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2nd Place
Austin Thompson, MD

The effect of residing in a food-insecure area on locally advanced breast cancer survival

Triet Nguyen

Triet Nguyen, BA

TWIST1 associates with resistance to treatment and Twist1 drives tumor progression in vivo for small cell lung cancer

2025 Best Posters

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1st Place
Muhammad (Ajmal) Khan, PhD

TWIST1 overexpression models an aggressive subtype of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma in vivo)

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2nd Place
Vijay Sharma, PhD

Assessment of a novel snout-mounted imaging system for dose depth monitoring

3rd Place
Alex Allen, MD

Clinical toxicity profiles of neoadjuvant volumetric modulated arc radiotherapy and proton beam radiotherapy for soft tissue sarcoma: A single-institution retrospective analysis

2024 Best Speakers

Triet Nguyen

1st Place
Triet Nguyen, BA

Investigating the roles of the epithelial-mesenchymal transition program in small cell lung cancer tumorigenesis and chemoradiation response

Hua-Ren Ryan Cherng

2nd Place
Hua-Ren Ryan Cherng, MD

Evaluating Neurocognitive Recovery Following Stereotactic Radiosurgery and Whole Brain Radiation Therapy: Insights from a Pooled Analysis of Three Phase III Trials.

Aman Sangal

3rd Place
Aman Sangal, PhD

Development of a digital twin XMAN phantom for imaging and treatment optimization in liver cancer radiation therapy.

2024 Best Posters

Mariana Martins

1st Place
Mariana Martins, PhD

Dual Oxygenase 2 (DUOX2), a Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) producing enzyme, increases radiosensitivity and modulates an immune checkpoint inhibitor.

Yankun Lang

2nd Place
Yankun Lang, PhD

Specific Absorption Rate Prediction in Hyperthermia Therapy Using Deep Learning Method

Xiao Ling

3rd Place
Xiao Ling, PhD

Radiomic Biomarkers of Locoregional Recurrence: Prognostic Insights from Oral Cavity Squamous Cell Carcinoma preoperative CT scans.

 

 

 

2025 Commercial Support

Commercial Support - 2025

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2024 Commercial Support

Commercial Support - 2024

THANK YOU to the sponsors listed below for their generous support of this event!

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1st Annual Department of Radiation Oncology Research Symposium

The Department of Radiation Oncology held its 1st Annual Research Symposium on Friday, March 31, 2023, at the Medical School Teaching Facility (MSTF) 1st floor and Leadership Hall located at 685 W. Baltimore Street in Baltimore, Maryland.

2023 Symposium Agenda

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1st Annual Dept of Rad Onc Symposium 2023

 

Awards and Commercial Support

2023 Awards Presentation

Awards Presentation

Top 3 Best Speakers

1st: Dario Rodrigues, PhD, Novel microwave applicator for hyperthermia treatment of brain lesions

2nd: Audrey Lafargue, PhD, The transactivation domain of TWIST1 controls TWIST1-induced suppression of Oncogene-Induced Senescence and is required for TWIST1-induced aggressiveness in non-small cell lung cancer

3rd: Martha Francis, PhD, RN, FNP-BC, AOCNP, Multi-method Study Exploring Communication of Emotionally Vulnerable Content and Suffering in Patient and Intimate Partner Dyads Living with Advanced Cancer

Research Symposium Poster Winners

Martha Francis, PhD, CRNP (3rd place), Audrey M. Lafargue, PhD (2nd place) and Dario Rodrigues, PhD (1st place)

 

Top 3 Best Posters

1st: Esther Vicente, PhD Combining serial and parallel functionality of the lung to minimize post-radiotherapy loss of respiratory function in lung cancer patients

2nd: Sarah Kim BS, BM Longitudinal Monitoring of Ocular Blood Flow Dynamics in Experimental Rabbit Models Pre and Post Irradiation

3rd: Bardia Yousefi PhD Unsupervised Stochastic Embedding for Multi-modal Radiogenomic Prognosis of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer 

Research Symposium Best Talk Winners

Bardia Yousefi, PhD (3rd place), Sara Kim, BS, BM (2nd place) and Esther M. Vicente, PhD (1st place)

 

 

2023 Commercial Support

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