30 May 2023
Liyong Lin (Emory): Integrated Biological Optimization – Intensity-Modulated Proton Therapy (IBO-IMPT) for FLASH clinical and preclinical applications |
23 May 2023
Carlos Huesa (MGH): : MIDOS: A novel stochastic approach for MIcrosphere DOSimetry |
16 May 2023
Bethany Rothwell (MGH): Understanding the parameter space for FLASH proton therapy |
09 May 2023
Friderike Longarino (Heidelberg University): Potential of dual-energy CT for stopping power prediction in particle therapy |
08 May 2023
Physics Grand Rounds: Roger Howell (Rutgers) |
02 May 2023
Donato Maragno (U. Amsterdam): Personalized Radiation Therapy By Embedding Machine Learning-Based Constraints within Treatment Planning Optimization of Lung Cancer |
25 Apr 2023
Erica Moodie (McGill): An introduction to estimating adaptive treatment strategies using a regression-based approach |
18 Apr 2023
Sven Olberg (MGH): Evaluating CBCT-based adaptive radiotherapy for pancreatic cancer using synthetic CBCT data |
11 Apr 2023
Thomas Yankeelov (UT. Austin): Towards a practical computational framework for personalize clinical trials |
04 Apr 2023
Priscilla Brastianos (MGH): Genomic Heterogeneity in Brain Metastases: Implications for Precision Medicine |
28 Mar 2023
Walter Tinganelli (GSI): Ultra-high does rate (FLASH) radiotherapy: Room for Carbon ions? |
21 Mar 2023
Alejandro Bertolet (MGH): Ongoing research efforts on radiopharmaceutical therapy at MGH |
14 Mar 2023
David Ting (Mass General Cancer Center): The Infectious Nature of Pancreatic Cancer Plasticity |
07 Mar 2023
No Physics Seminar (Talk is Postponed) |
28 Feb 2023
No Seminar (AAPM Abstract Deadline) |
21 Feb 2023
Dylan Hsu (MSKCC): Automatic Detection, Segmentation, and Longitudinal Tracking for Brain Metastases |
14 Feb 2023
Christian Guthier (BWH): AI assisted workflows in radiation therapy for improved patient outcomes |
07 Feb 2023
Jana Lipkova (BWH): Personalized radiotherapy planning in neuro-oncology |
31 Jan 2023
Pierluigi Casolaro (U. Bern, Switzerland): Ultra-high dose rate dosimetry with miniaturized scintillators and optical fibers |
24 Jan 2023
No Physics Seminar (Dr. Karen Winkfield's talk at the O'Keeffe) |
17 Jan 2023
No Physics Seminar |
10 Jan 2023
Andrzej Niemierko (MGH): Cancelled |
03 Jan 2023
No Physics Seminar (New Year Holiday) |
27 Dec 2022
No Physics Seminar (Christmas Holiday) |
20 Dec 2022
Shannon Emerzian (Beth Israel): Biomechanical Determinants of Radiation-Induced Skeletal Fragility |
13 Dec 2022
Pamela Ohashi (Princess Margaret): Innate Lymphoid Cells: Critical regulators of disease |
06 Dec 2022
Alice Berger (Fred Hutch): Discovery of oncogene and non-oncogene dependencies to inform lung cancer precision medicine |
29 Nov 2022
Maximillian Niyazi (LMU): Future of glioblastoma therapy: Old concepts reloaded |
22 Nov 2022
Marjan Rafat (Vanderbilt): The Role of Irradiated Normal Tissue in Breast Cancer Recurrence |
15 Nov 2022
Grand Round: Marco Durante (Technische Universität Darmstadt): Heavy Ion Therapy: Back to the USA |
08 Nov 2022
Chris Beekman (MGH): Calculation of blood dose to explain radiation induced lymphopenia |
01 Nov 2022
Issam El-Naqa (Moffitt): Can Physics Principles Aid Advancing Artificial Intelligence Application in Radiotherapy? |
25 Oct 2022
No Physics Seminar (ASTRO2022) |
18 Oct 2022
Lei Xing (Stanford): Medical Imaging & Therapeutic Decision-Making in the age of AI |
11 Oct 2022
Susu Yan (MGH): Democratization of Proton Therapy |
04 Oct 2022
José Ramos-Mendez (UCSF): On the road for modeling ultra-high dose rate scenarios with Monte Carlo track-structure. |
27 Sep 2022
Iuliana Toma-Dasu (Stockholm U-Karolinksa Inst): Adaptive radiation therapy based on tumour responsiveness assessed with functional imaging |
13 Sep 2022
Dan Duda (Steele Lab): Rationally integrating radiotherapy for liver cancers by leveraging multidisciplinary translational studies |
06 Sep 2022
Special Physics Seminar: Harald Paganetti (MGH): Wilson Award Lecture: “Physics research to stratify patients for proton therapy" |
30 Aug 2022
Vladimir Pan (U. Wollongong): Determining the Applicability of a MOSkin dosimeter for Proton Therapy |
16 Aug 2022
Lizette Warner (Special Seminar on DEI): How to Promote and Support Women in Leadership |
02 Aug 2022
Anatoly Rozenfeld (U. Wollongong): Microdosimetry based QA for RBE-weighted dose optimization in proton and heavy ion therapy |
26 Jul 2022
Lukas McCullum (MGH): Studying the impact of RT effect on immune system with focus on lymphocyte depletion |
19 Jul 2022
Zoltán Perkó (Delft): AI in Radiotherapy – Computational Methods and Deep Learning for Treatment Planning |
12 Jul 2022
No Physics Seminar (AAPM2022) |
05 Jul 2022
Sebastian Breedveld (Erasmus): Automated and Instantaneous Treatment Planning |
28 Jun 2022
No Physics Seminar (PTCOG 2022) |
21 Jun 2022
Carl-Fredrik Westin (BWH): Multidimensional diffusion MRI for assessing tissue microstructure. |
14 Jun 2022
Torben Hornung (ETH Zurich-MGH): Introducing Ultra-Low Field Magnetic Resonance Imaging into Proton Therapy |
31 May 2022
Konrad Nesteruk (MGH): Online adaptive proton therapy using different imaging techniques |
24 May 2022
Saverio Braccini (U Bern): Multi-disciplinary Research Activities at the Bern medical Cyclotron |
19 May 2022
Special Seminar: Jan Unkelbach (U. Zurich): Combined proton-photon radiotherapy |
17 May 2022
Grand Round: Martha Matuszak (UMich) |
26 Apr 2022
Bryan Bednarz (U. Wisconsin): Multiscale Dosimetry for Radiopharmaceutical Therapy |
19 Apr 2022
Hanne Kooy (MGH): GMC (ˈgɪmɪk) – A Gp.Hz Clinical MC |
12 Apr 2022
Casey Lee (MGH): Towards MRI-only Treatment Planning (MRTP) for HDR Brachytherapy |
29 Mar 2022
Ibrahim Chamseddine (MGH): Compact Neural Network to Predict Hepatic Radiotoxicity from the Entire Dose-Volume Histogram and Baseline Liver Function |
22 Mar 2022
Timothy Chan (U Toronto): Knowledge-based planning: prediction, optimization, and open-access advances |
15 Mar 2022
Yi Wang (MGH): Clinical implementation of deep learning for RT auto-segmentation |
08 Mar 2022
Ehsan Salari (Wichita State): Intra-fraction Motion Management in MRI-guided Radiation Therapy using a Control-Theoretic Approach |
01 Mar 2022
No Seminar: Grand Round with Robert Timmerman & Steve Jiang (UT Southwestern) |
22 Feb 2022
Yejin Kim (MGH): Analysis and Prediction of Lymphocyte Dynamics after Radiotherapy for Stage III Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer |
15 Feb 2022
Michael Merchant (U. Manchester): Progress towards Biologically Augmented Treatment Planning for Proton Therapy at the University of Manchester |
08 Feb 2022
Wei Liu (Mayo Clinic - Arizona): ATLAS: Adverse events study in proton Therapy using dose Linear energy transfer volume histogram And Seed spot analysis |
01 Feb 2022
Masoud Zarepisheh (MSKCC): MSK-ECHO home-grown automated treatment planning system: Algorithm development and clinical experience with > 5000 patients |
25 Jan 2022
Alejandro Bertolet (MGH): Dosimetry for radiopharmaceutical therapy with α-particles: a K99/R00 awarded project |
18 Jan 2022
Hoyeon Lee (MGH): moqui: Fast and Memory-efficient Monte Carlo Code for Proton Dose Calculation |
11 Jan 2022
Ross Berbeco (BWH): Preclinical and clinical applications of nanoparticles in MRI-guided radiation therapy |
28 Dec 2021
No Seminar (holiday season) |
21 Dec 2021
Michele M Kim (UPenn): Commissioning to Canines: Proton FLASH Radiotherapy at the University of Pennsylvania |
14 Dec 2021
Kristy Brock (MDACC): Advancing Image Guided Cancer Therapy through Biomechanics and Artificial Intelligence |
07 Dec 2021
Heiko Enderling (Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute): Harnessing the complex tumor-immune interactions with radiotherapy |
30 Nov 2021
no Seminar (FPRT) |
23 Nov 2021
Peter Wardman: Radiobiology in a FLASH: how chemical kinetics links time and space as pointers to mechanisms |
16 Nov 2021
Henning Willers & Clemens Grassberger (MGH): Molecular Targeted Radiosensitizers: Bench to Bedside & Opportunities for (Bio)Physics Research |
09 Nov 2021
No Seminar: TOPAS Course |
02 Nov 2021
Gregory Buti (MGH): Practical Solutions for fast and clinical robust optimization in proton therapy |
26 Oct 2021
No Seminar (ASTRO meeting) |
19 Oct 2021
Tony Lomax (PSI): Physics Grand Round: FLASH Therapy: Will it ever get out of the pan? |
12 Oct 2021
Tayyaba Hasan (Wellman Center, MGH) -Photodynamic Therapy: applications and limitations. Can these be overcome by using ionizing radiation as an adjuvant excitation source? |
05 Oct 2021
No Seminar (RRS meeting) |
28 Sep 2021
Sarah Johnstone (Dana Farber): Deciphering the 3D cancer genome |
21 Sep 2021
Thomas Bortfeld & Harald Paganetti (MGH): Overview of Physics Research Projects at MGH radiation Oncology |
14 Sep 2021
Pablo Botas (Foundation 29 of February): Collaborative rare disease diagnosis: how and why |
07 Sep 2021
Rachel Hachadorian (MGH): Towards Absolute Dosimetry and Field Verification of Whole Breast Radiation Therapy Treatment Using Cherenkov Imaging. |
31 Aug 2021
Xiaochuan Pan (U Chicago): Image Reconstruction in Quantitative Spectral Computed Tomography |
24 Aug 2021
Julie Pollard-Larkin (MDACC): Critical Mass: Moving from Gender Equity to Racial Equity within Medical Physics |
17 Aug 2021
Stella Xing (MGH): A dynamic blood flow model to calculate dose to circulating blood and lymphocytes in liver radiation therapy |
10 Aug 2021
Joseph Minervini (Novum Industria): An Advanced Superconducting Cyclotron for Variable Energy Hadron Therapy |
03 Aug 2021
No Physics Seminar |
27 Jul 2021
No Seminar (AAPM) |
20 Jul 2021
Davide Brivio (MGH/BWH): Clinical applications of nano-porous aerogel-based X-ray sensors employing fast electron currents |
13 Jul 2021
Romy Mueller (DFCI): Simulation and Characterization of Biomaterial-Aided Radiation Therapy |
06 Jul 2021
Matthew S. Katz, Edward Calabrese (UMass Lowel): Low Dose Radiation Therapy for SARS-CoV-2 Pneumonia |
29 Jun 2021
Yingli Yang (UCLA) - MR guided RT: clinical application and developments with on-board MRI |
22 Jun 2021
Ning Cao (University of Washington): Preclinical Proton FLASH Therapy System at University of Washington |
15 Jun 2021
Alexander Klapproth (Helmholtz Zentrum München) Multi-scale MC simulations of gold nanoparticle induced DNA damages for kilovoltage x-ray irradiation using TOPAS-nBio |
08 Jun 2021
Jessica Miller (UWis - Madison) Applications of DECT in Radiation Therapy |
01 Jun 2021
Qixian Zhang (MGH): Proton FLASH experiments at MGH |
25 May 2021
Youngho Seo (UCSF): Pretherapy and Posttherapy Dosimetry for Targeted Radiopharmaceutical Therapy |
18 May 2021
Chris Tichacek (Moffitt Cancer Center): Development of a Voxel-Based Monte Carlo Radiation Dosimetry Methodology for a Targeted Alpha Particle Therapy |
11 May 2021
Grand Round: Uwe Oelfke (ICR): Exhausted paradigms, ancient problems and other avenues to pursue future research in radiation therapy |
04 May 2021
Shirin Abbasinejad Enger (McGill): Microdosimetric spread and its role in radiation induced DNA damage |
27 Apr 2021
Meenal Datta, PhD (MGH): Abnormal Mechanics in Brain Tumors: Implications for Therapy |
20 Apr 2021
William Hwang (MGH): Elucidating intratumoral heterogeneity and multi-compartment reprogramming after neoadjuvant treatment in pancreatic cancer at single-cell resolution |
13 Apr 2021
Magdalena Bazalova-Carter (UVic): Can we deliver FLASH radiotherapy with x-rays? |
06 Apr 2021
Ed Bertschinger (MIT): How Departments Change: A Cautionary Example |
30 Mar 2021
Konrad Nesteruk (MGH): Commissioning of a former clinical PBS proton therapy unit for FLASH and first experiments with cells |
23 Mar 2021
Martin Purschke (MGH): UVC emitting Nanoparticles improve radiation therapy - Light up cancer from the inside |
16 Mar 2021
Ibrahim Chamseddine (MGH): Prediction of Outcomes after Radiotherapy for Hepatocellular Carcinoma Independently Validated using Multi-institutional Data |
09 Mar 2021
Lance Munn (MGH): Physical Traits of Cancer |
02 Mar 2021
Bradley Bernstein (MGH/Broad Institute): Cancer Genomes in 3D |
23 Feb 2021
Ali Ajdari (MGH): Imaging-based Biological Adaptation of Radiotherapy: How, Why, And When? |
16 Feb 2021
No Seminar |
09 Feb 2021
Zohreh Amoozgar, PhD (MGH): Reprogramming tumor microenvironment to potentiate immunotherapy |
02 Feb 2021
Tyler Miller, MD, PhD (MGH): Targeting the innate immune system to fight glioblastoma |
26 Jan 2021
Dr. Shawn Demehri (MGH): Immunity to Commensal Papillomaviruses for Cancer Prevention |
19 Jan 2021
Priscilla Brastianos, MD (MGH): Shifting clinical paradigms in primary and metastatic brain tumors using genomics |
12 Jan 2021
Alejandro Bertolet (MGH): LET-based outcome analysis for proton therapy and application to proton monoenergetic arc therapy |
05 Jan 2021
Dora Correia, MD (MGH): Prospective patient/parent-reported outcomes of health-related quality of life in childhood cancer survivors treated with proton radiotherapy. |
15 Dec 2020
Greg Sharp (MGH): Research for clinical physicists |
08 Dec 2020
Sunil Krishnan (Mayo Jacksonville): Priming immune-mediated anti-tumor effects using radiation therapy and nanoparticles |
01 Dec 2020
Dr. Eric Diffenderfer (U Penn): Physics and dosimetry for proton FLASH experiments |
24 Nov 2020
Chirayu Patel (MGH): CAR T Failure in Relapsed/Refractory Lymphoma: A New Role for Radiation |
17 Nov 2020
David (Bo) McClatchy (MGH): Optimizing the use of targeted therapy and chemoradiation in locally advanced NSCLC using evolutionary modeling |
10 Nov 2020
No Seminar (U24 annual meeting) |
03 Nov 2020
Chris Beltran (Mayo Clinic Florida): Physics meets Biology in Particle Therapy: An Introduction to the First Carbon Facility in the USA |
27 Oct 2020
No Seminar (ASTRO meeting) |
20 Oct 2020
No Seminar (RRS meeting) |
13 Oct 2020
Ibrahim Chamseddine (MGH): Design Optimization of Tumor Vasculature-Bound Nanoparticles |
06 Oct 2020
HJelen Shih (MGH): Addiction & Me |
29 Sep 2020
Roxanne Glazier (MGH): Imaging integrin receptor mechanics in invasive structures |
23 Sep 2020
Marc Lipsitch (Professor of epidemiology and director of the Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics at Harvard University): Epidemiology of COVID-19: Implications for Control |
22 Sep 2020
Arthur Lalonde (MGH): Toward online adaptive proton therapy using cone-beam CT data: feasibility and impact in head and neck patients |
15 Sep 2020
Matthew Jacobson (BWH): Exploring Several Applications of Combined kV-MV Imager Data to On-Treatment Cone Beam CT |
08 Sep 2020
David Kirsch (Duke): Mechanisms of Sarcoma Response to Radiation and Immunotherapy |
01 Sep 2020
Gilmer Valdes (UCSF): Expert-Augmented Machine Learning |
25 Aug 2020
Patrick Wohlfahrt: Advanced Quantitative Imaging: Dual-Energy CT in (Radiation) Oncology |
18 Aug 2020
David Kozono (BWH): Low dose clinical trial |
11 Aug 2020
Edward Calabrese (U Mass): The Linear Dose Response for Cancer Risk Assessment: A Deep Dig Into Its Historical Foundations |
04 Aug 2020
Kamila Naxerova (Center for Systems Biology, MGH): Genetic diversity in metastatic cancer |
28 Jul 2020
Atchar Sudhyadhom (BWH/DCFI): Opportunities for MRI in Proton Therapy Range Determination |
21 Jul 2020
Wonmo Sung (MGH): Predictive modeling of clinical benefits of adding radiotherapy to immunotherapy for hepatocellular carcinoma |
14 Jul 2020
No Physics Seminar (AAPM) |
07 Jul 2020
Robert Cormack (BWH): Towards a MR Based Hypoxia Monitor |
30 Jun 2020
No Seminar (TOPAS Course) |
22 Jun 2020
Triantafyllos Stylianopoulos (Head of the Cancer Biophysics Laboratory at the University of Cyprus): Mathematical Models add up to improved Cancer Therapy |
16 Jun 2020
Christian Guthier (MGH): Recent developments to improve clinical workflows in radiation therapy |
26 May 2020
Jamie Jacobs, Ph.D., (Director of Caregiving Research, Cancer Outcomes Research Program, MGH): Psychosocial and Behavioral Oncology Research |
19 May 2020
Chao Ma (MGH): High-Resolution Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopic Imaging Using SPICE |
