The world’s first nasal vaccine for COVID-19 was approved Tuesday, Sept. 6, in India for emergency use. The vaccine, called iNCOVACC, is based on technology licensed from Washington University in St. Louis and developed in collaboration with Bharat Biotech International Limited in India.
Aadel Chaudhuri, MD, PhD, assistant professor of radiation oncology, has been interviewed and profiled by the Soros Foundation after he won the Michael Fry Award from the Radiation Research Society. The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans program honors the contributions of immigrants and children of immigrants to the United States. Each year, […]
Liyun (Michelle) Chen, PhD, postdoctoral researcher in the lab of Stephanie Markovina, MD, PhD, has received a Scholar-in-Training (SIT) Travel Award to attend the 2022 Radiation Research Society’s annual meeting held in Hawaii this October. She will also be giving an oral presentation entitled “T cell responses to squamous cell carcinoma antigen in cervical cancer […]
Vaishali Kapoor, PhD, assistant professor of radiation oncology, has received an Early Career Investigator (ECI) Travel Award to attend the 2022 RRS Annual Meeting held in Hawaii this October. She will also be giving an oral presentation entitled “Targeted delivery of radiation sensitizers by antibodies to enhance the efficacy of radiation therapy”.
Abhay Singh, PhD, instructor of radiation oncology, has received an Early Career Investigator (ECI) Travel Award to attend the 2022 RRS Annual Meeting held in Hawaii this October. He will also be giving an oral presentation entitled “89Zr-labeled human anti-tip1 antibody as a novel cancer-targeting agent in patient-derived xenografts”.
Tell me about your background. I grew up in fairly rural central Illinois, went to the local schools and was always interested in understanding science and medicine. I completed my undergraduate degree in neuroscience at Lake Forest College where I got my first experience with research through multiple summer research programs culminating in my Senior […]
Lauren Henke, MD, MSCI, has received an Early Career Investigator (ECI) Travel Award to attend the 2022 RRS Annual Meeting held in Hawaii this October. She will also give an invited talk entitled “Building an Adaptive Program and Workflows: The Physician Perspective”.
Aadel Chaudhuri, MD, PhD was just awarded the 2022 Michael Fry Research Award from the Radiation Research Society, which recognizes an individual early in their career who has made significant contributions in one or more areas of radiation oncology research. Dr. Chaudhuri will deliver the Michael Fry Award Lecture at the Radiation Research Society’s annual […]
Paul Jones, PhD student researching in the lab of Aadel Chaudhuri, MD, PhD, has won a Young Investigator Award from the Children’s Tumor Foundation.
Principal Investigator: Yao Hao, PhD, with Tianyu Zhao, PhD, and external collaborator Sarah Patch, PhD Title: Thermoacoustic Range Verification During Delivery of a Clinical Plan by a Synchrocyclotron: transition from research prototype to turnkey clinical device Funding Agency: NIH/NCI Amount: $1.98M Start Date & Duration: April 15, 2022 (2 years)
“Expediting Radiotherapy Initiation via a Stimulation Free Workflow,” led by Tianyu Zhao, PhD, team leader, was one of six teams chosen as the winners of “Big Ideas: A Data-Driven Innovation Competition” held by Washington University’s Institute for Informatics. The intent of the Big Ideas Program is to support novel and innovative projects that are clinically […]
Imaging Sciences PhD student, Zhehao Zhang, won a best in physics award for his AAPM abstract. He will present his abstract at AAPM July 10-14, 2022. Zhang is a member of Geoff Hugo’s lab.
Justin Barnes, MD, MS, PGY-2, has been awarded the Allen S. Lichter, MD, Endowed Merit Award for his top-ranking abstract for the ASCO Annual Meeting. These award winners are being recognized for their respective field and research advancements within the cancer care community.
Through a collaboration between Washington University’s Global Health Center and the Brown School, with support from a seed grant from Washington University’s McDonnell International Scholars Academy, Baozhou Sun, PhD, associate professor of radiation oncology, has implemented a way to help train physicists, radiation oncologists and dosimetrists in low-income countries in the safe and efficient use […]
David Curiel, MD, a professor of radiation oncology and director of the Biologic Therapeutics Center at the School of Medicine, has harnessed gene therapy and viral vectors to develop therapeutics and vaccines for a number of diseases, including cancer, genetic disorders and COVID-19. More recently he has pioneered gene editing strategies toward gene therapy cures. […]
The ASCI is an honor society of physician-scientists. Founded in 1908, the Society is home to over 3,000 members active across academic medicine and industry. Julie K. Schwarz, MD, PhD, will be formally inducted during a joint meeting on April 8, 2022. Congratulations Dr. Schwarz! https://the-asci.org/
Melanie Davis, Nurse Manager for the Department of Radiation Oncology at Barnes Jewish Hospital, has been selected as a finalist for a 2022 Excellence in Nursing Award! Awards will be presented on April 14.
Marlene Campos Guerrero, a graduate student researcher in the Markovina Lab is the newest cancer biology researcher to be highlighted in the Trainee Corner. Read about Marlene here.
Aadel Chaudhuri, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology, is highlighted this month on the Washington University Physicians website. Read his interview here: https://physicians.wustl.edu/items/aadel-chaudhuri-md-phd/
Lannis E. Hall, MD, MPH, director of radiation oncology at Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish St. Peters Hospital, has been selected as a 2021 Women of Achievement honoree. The recognition is for her commitment to improving access to cancer prevention, treatment and education – and to outcomes – in underserved communities. Read the full story and watch a […]
Monday, December 6, Jennifer Sun, PhD, from the Azab Lab, defended her thesis “Macrophage-Based Immunotherapies for the Treatment of Multiple Myeloma”. She is in the PhD in Biomedical Engineering program and her advisor is Abdel Kareem Azab.
Monday, November 22, during the St. Louis Blues game, ESPN101 radio will air a short discussion recorded with Dr. Stephanie Perkins and Chris Kerber. Dr. Perkins talked about Proton Therapy and Siteman Kids and brought along her own son, Garrett.
This game is Hockey Fights Cancer night. All proceeds from a special theme ticket benefit Siteman Cancer Center and Blues for Kids grant program, providing funds for cancer care and awareness through not-for-profits in the St. Louis area.