Author: David Gladstone

Conner Ubert’s poster/oral presentation entitled “Measurement of Oxygen (pO₂) in Deep Tissues and Body Cavities using a Flexible/Needle-like EPR Sensor” received a second place in the “Third Britton Chance International Symposium on Metabolic Imaging and Spectroscopy” held at UPenn. Congratulations Conner!

PhD student Roman Vasyltsiv was awarded a prize for the best oral presentation at the International Conference on Drug Discovery and Delivery, held in Aarhus, Denmark. Roman presented his work on detection of radiation dose delivery in real time from ultra-high dose rate proton therapy systems using scintillation meshes applied to the patient's surface and ultra fast cameras. Roman is a student in the Bruza / Gladstone laboratories and is in the Medical Physics Education Program.

Congratulations Roman!

Conner Ubert has been chosen as a recipient of the SIT Travel Award to attend the 70th Annual Radiation Research Society Meeting to be held in Tucson, AZ, over the dates of September 15-18, 2024. This was a competitive award with 109 submissions and the best abstracts were chosen by a panel of 15 Radiation Research Scientists. Congratulations Conner!

Roman Vasyltsiv, a PhD student in Dr. Bruza's Optics in Medicine Lab won the SLAM competition at the New England chapter of the American Association of Physics in Medicine meeting in Quincy Massachusetts. Roman gave a 3 minute, 3 slide description of his research work to resolve the spectral features of Cherenkov emission during radiotherapy in order to determine underlying tissue composition. The talk was designed to appeal to non-scientists and was judged by lay people for clarity, interest, and ability to convey complex ideas. Roman will represent the New England Chapter at the upcoming national meeting this summer and was awarded a $500.00 scholarship to help with attendance costs.

Savannah Decker and Roman Vasyltsiv tied for first place in the New England chapter of the American Association of Physicists In Medicine early investigator competition. Savannah presented, "Improving Cherenkov Dosimetry via Quantitative Skin Tone Analysis". Roman presented "Fast Imaging of Novel Conformal Scintilator Mesh for 2D In Vivo Validation During UHDR PBS Proton Therapy". Savannah and Roman are both PhD students in the Optics in Medicine Laboratory.

PhD student Megan Clark was awarded Best Abstract for her work to be presented at the upcoming Flash Radiotherapy and Particle Therapy Conference (FRPT) this December in Toronto, CA. Megan is presenting ground breaking work using High-speed Quantitative Imaging for Retrospective Quality Assurance FAST-01 Clinical Treatment Fields. This novel technology, developed at Dartmouth can image scanning proton beams at up to 12 kHz and can verify that therapeutic beams are delivered as planned. Congratulations Megan!

Savannah Decker won 2nd place in the 2023 Early-Career Investigator Symposium for her work, Expanding the inclusivity of Cherenkov surface dosimetry by quantifying the effects of skin tone in a multi-institutional human study. Savannah's submission was one of 10 chosen from the hundreds submitted, for oral presentation in the competition which was held at the annual meeting of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine in Houston, TX. Congratulations Savannah!

Yao Chen placed 3rd in the AAPM Early Career Symposium competition during the AAPM Spring Clinical Meeting in Orlando Florida. Yao presented his work on "Cherenkov-Based Positioning Correction Through Registration of Biomarkers". Yao competed against 9 other top contestants from over 100 submissions nation wide. Congratulations Yao!

Megan Clark, Savannah Decker, and Yao Chen, competed in the Early Career Symposium at the 2023 AAPM Spring Clinical Meeting. Over 100 applicants were submitted to this symposium for the 10 top slots to compete and Dartmouth was well represented with 3 of our graduate students obtaining final slots. Congratulations Megan, Savannah, and Yao!

Kudos to Megan Clark and Austin Sloop who tied for first place in the Early Career Symposium at the New England Chapter meeting of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine.  Megan presented her work on high spatial-temporal resolution scintillation imaging for beam characterization of ultra-high dose rate pencil beams.  Austin presented his work on dosimetric stabilization of a modified clinical linear accelerator to deliver FLASH electron beam irradiation.

Megan and Austin are both PhD candidates in the Dartmouth Medical Physics Education Program at the Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth.

Congratulations!