Qateeb Khan is one of 10 residents awarded the 2024 Excellence in Clinical Teaching Award. The award recognizes his leadership in advancing teaching practices. Founder of the New Didactic Curriculum + ACROdeck creator + RadOncCalc Contributor = Qateeb Khan. 👏

Byrne labs innovative delivery of CO for wound healing whips up interest on local news. bit.ly/Byrne_CO_whip

Well done Amira!

The first lung breath-hold treatment on our #Elekta Unity at the University of Iowa. We were able to reduce the treatment volume by 60% compared to a free-breathing treatment! #MRgRT

Dr. Shane Solst, 1 of 8 oral presentations selected for the Holden Comprehensive Cancer Centers Scientific Research Retreat UI Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center , did a fantastic job sharing the Howard Lab findings of a novel therapeutic agent for the treatment of DIPG. #proudPI

JACMP accepts valuable research by Blake Smith, PhD and Dan Hyer, PhD related to linear energy transfer. Work is integral in understanding how beam energy is affected when collimated. Advancing to clinical use of Dynamic Collimation System #DCS #pencilbeam

An advanced model for calculating re-activation times for cost-effective intensity modulated brachytherapy sources made of ytterbium-169 bit.ly/Yb-169

It is a big day for AMS! Our very own co-president successfully defended her thesis today! We are so proud of you Mekhla Singhania, Ph.D !! Radiation Oncology UI Graduate College UI Graduate Student Senate Carver College of Medicine University of Iowa Health Care

Dynamic Collimation System for Proton Therapy getting some eyeballs at #AAPM2024.

A simple method for performing Patient Specific Quality Assurance measurements on laterally located liver and lung tumors: bit.ly/MRLinac_QA, #MRLinac, #Elekta, #QualityAssured

In #radiotherapy there are sites that are particularly challenging to visualize where you want to manage motion. Read how Radiation Oncology is using surrogate gating strategies with Elekta Unity to track moving targets for lung, liver, pancreas and prostate ➡️ bit.ly/3Yz3VIZ

Way to go Howard lab! 👍

Calling all Med Students! Radiation Oncology Virtual Meet and Greet: September 9 (bit.ly/Sept-9) and 23 (bit.ly/Sept-23) @ 5pm-6pm Central.

Abdominal compression: Dr. Joel St-Aubin, PhD and co-authors discuss another tool to restrict tumor motion without gating or breath hold in Frontiers - Oncology bit.ly/abdom_comp #pancreatic_cancer, #Elekta Unity MR Linac

Hakes: A first-person look at radiation therapy and the masks that help kids cope press-citizen.com/story/news/loc… via Iowa City Press-Citizen

Radiation Oncology and @IowaRad making a splash with Theranostics research.

Radiation Oncology congratulates Ryan Courtney and Gizzy Keeler on their quality research presented at the Medical Student Research Conference. Ryan won the Larry B. Oberley Award in Radiation Oncology.

James Byrne MD, PhD earns a spot on Carver College of Medicine Wall of Scholarship for his paper “Active targeting schemes for nanoparticle systems in cancer therapeutics”, with over 1000 citations on 3 indices!

Congratulations to James Byrne, MD, PhD, recipient of the $1.5-million NIH Director’s New Innovator Award to support the development of novel biocompatible materials to reduce the side effects of radiation therapy. #NIHHighRisk NIH Common Fund Radiation Oncology spr.ly/6011UU5zL

With high risk comes high reward: huge congratulations to James Byrne MD, PhD, one of the 2024 winners of the NIH Director’s New Innovator Award. bit.ly/Byrne-innovator.