EMERGING LEADERS OF ACADEMIC MEDICAL PHYSICS
SYMPOSIUM & WORKSHOPS
And thank you for attending the Emerging Leaders of Academic Medical Physics! The symposium and workshop brings together scholarly-focused, early-career, diverse scientists with visionary leaders and mentors - all of whom are interested in shaping the future of academic medical physics
The event includes a public science symposium of presentations from invited speakers and emerging leaders, discussion panels, laboratory tours, and workshops to support the early career participants with mentoring and networking
Participants will advance a national network of junior and senior investigators who are shaping academic medical physics, providing intentional support for those who have a bold, inclusive vision of the future inventions and discoveries in this field
Emerging leaders will leave with an individual introduction to leadership in the science of medical physics, a broader selfdetermined mentor network, and increased potential to find and shape their own academic agenda
Symposium Organizing Committee:
THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS:
Brian Pogue, Wally Block, Wes Culberson, Kevin Eliceiri, Marina
Emborg, Carri Glide-Hurst, Jose Guerrero-Gonzalez, Reinier
Hernandez, Diego Hernando, Robert
Jeraj, Beth Meyerand, Michael Speidel, Oliver Wieben
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MEETTHE
Harvard Medical School
General Hospital
Alejandro Bertolet
/ Massachusetts
Sunan Cui University of Washington
Yunuen Cervantes Espinosa Université Laval
Clara Fallone Alberta Health Services
Jie Fu University of Washington
Meghan Koo Toronto Metropolitan University
Arthur Lalonde Université de Montréal
Dishane Luximon UCLA
Nyasha Maforo University of Pennsylvania
Hunter Mehrens MD Anderson Cancer Center
Konrad Nesteruk
Harvard Medical School / Massachusetts General Hospital
Seyi Oderinde Purdue University
Nils Peters
Harvard Medical School / Massachusetts General Hospital
Tess Reynolds University of Sydney
James Sohn University of Chicago
Sophie Wuyckens Université catholique de Louvain
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21
Paul M. DeLuca Jr. Memorial – Enduring Legacy of Medical Physics Science Leadership Pyle Center, Alumni Room
Memorial Speakers:
Professor Brian Pogue, UW–Madison
Professor María-Ester Brandan, University of Mexico
Emeritus Professor R Jerry Nickles, UW–Madison
Professor Katja Langen, Emory University
Emeritus Professor Rock Mackie, UW–Madison
Professor Jeff Siebers, University of Virginia
Dean Robert Golden, UW–Madison School of Medicine and Public Health
Former Chancellor John Wiley, UW–Madison
Graduate Student Molly DeLuca, UW–Madison
Paul M DeLuca Jr Memorial - Reception
Leadership Reception & Introductions (invited: emerging leaders, board of visitors & speakers)
Union South
THURSDAY, AUGUST 22
Shuttle from Union South to Health Sciences Learning Center
Check in & Coffee
Welcome & Introduction – Brian Pogue, PhD
Invited Speaker
You Can’t Connect the Dots Looking Forward
Sha Chang, PhD, Professor, University of North Carolina, Founder, EmpowerRT, LLC
Invited Speaker
Building Psychological Safety Critical Mass: Leadership & Team Dynamics
Julianne Pollard-Larkin, PhD, Physics Section Chief of Thoracic Service, MD Anderson Cancer Center
Discussion Panel - Inventing and discovering your academic strengths
Moderator: Carri Glide-Hurst, PhD
Panel: Flynn, Mackie, Pollard-Larkin, Rosado-Mendez, Wieben
Break
Emerging Leaders Talks
James Sohn - Development of a Surface-Guided Radiation Therapy (SGRT) QA Phantom
Jie Fu - Developing an AI-powered platform to enable same-day MR-guided SBRT for localized prostate cancer
Arthur Lalonde - Enhancing Precision in Ultra-High Dose Rate Electron Radiotherapy
Alejandro Bertolet - AMBER: a hybrid agent-based model for tumor response to radiation
Sunan Cui - A TPS plug-in script for PBS dose rate calculation of UHDR proton therapy
Clara Fallone - Quantifying ?-3 fat with in-vivo Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
Tess Reynolds - The Future of Hybrid Theater: Imaging Innovation and Biofabrication
Seyi Oderinde - Investigating the machine learning-derived nomogram models and biomarkers for side-specific prediction of extraprostatic extension of prostate cancer
Lunch
Emerging Leaders Talks continued
Meghan Koo - Classification of COPD Using CT Texture-based Jacobian Radiomics
Hunter Mehrens - Multi-institutional study of phantom performance using ML & treatment plan
Dishane Luximon - Results of an AI-Based Image Review System to Detect Patient Misalignment Errors in a Multi-Institutional Database of CBCT-Guided Radiotherapy
Sha Chang Professor, Radiation Oncology, University of North Carolina
You Can’t Connect the Dots Looking Forward
Julianne PollardLarkin
Physics Section Chief of Thoracic Service, MD Anderson Cancer Center
Building Psychological Safety Critical Mass: Leadership & Team Dynamics
Thomas Foo Chief Scientist, Biology & Applied Physics, GE Global Research
Systems
Carolyn Anderson
Director, MIZZOU Molecular Imaging & Theranostics Center
Next Generation Theranostics
All sessions at Health Sciences Learning Center unless noted
Georges El Fakhri
Director, Yale PET Research Center
Building a Molecular Imaging Program
Ron Kikinis
Professor, Radiology, Harvard Medical School
Open Science & How to Get There
Beth Meyerand
Associate Dean, Graduate School, University of Wisconsin -Madison
Academic Leadership & Medical Physics
Charles Thomas Chair, Radiation Oncology, Dartmouth Health
Action Guide for Leaders in Academic Medical Physics
Emerging Leaders Talks continued
Nyasha Maforo - MRI Measures of Myocardial Remodeling in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
Konrad Nesteruk - A compact system for ultra-fast dose delivery in upright proton therapy
Nils Peters - Accurate imaging for radiotherapy - an (un)solved problem
Yunuen Cervantes Espinosa - Monte Carlo simulations of optical photons on plastic scintillation dosimeters response to megavoltage photon beams in magnetic fields
Sophie Wuyckens - Why optimizing proton arc therapy treatment plans is so hard?
Break
Invited Speaker
Advanced MRI Systems
Thomas Foo, PhD, Chief Scientist, GE Global Systems
Invited Speaker
Next Generation Theranostics
Carolyn Anderson, PhD, Director, MIZZOU Molecular Imaging & Theranostics Center
Discussion Panel - The future of academic medical physics, directions, funding, academia, industry
Moderator: Jeraj
Panel: Anderson, Christian, Foo, Khuntia, Royalty
Small Group Mentoring
Board of Visitors Meeting (board only)
Room 4201, HSLC
Shuttle from Health Sciences Learning Center to Union South
Poster Reception - Wisconsin Institute for Discovery, 330 North Orchard Street
All are welcome
FRIDAY, AUGUST 23
Shuttle from Union South to Health Sciences Learning Center
Check in & Coffee
Invited Speaker
Building a Molecular Imaging Program
Georges El Fakhri, PhD, Director, Yale PET Research Program
Invited Speaker
Open Science & How to Get There
Ron Kikinis, MD, Professor, Harvard Medical School
Discussion Panel - Open source science in medical physics
Moderator: Hernando
Panel: Block, El Fakhri, Kikinis, Svatos
Laboratory Tours - Calibration lab and Cyclotron lab
Lunch
Invited Speaker
Academic Leadership & Medical Physics
Beth Meyerand, PhD, Associate Dean, UW–Madison Graduate School
FRIDAY, AUGUST 23
ted Speaker on Guide for Leaders in Academic Medical Physics rles Thomas, MD, Chair, Radiation Oncology & Applied Science, Dartmouth Health
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The Department of Medical Physics is excited to welcome its newest graduate students, beginning in fall 2024, to the UW campus! This incoming class is 21 students in total, with 18 pursuing PhDs and three master’ s students!
Students are joining us from across the nation and worldwide to begin their careers as the next medical physicists.
UW–Madison recently celebrated its 175th anniversary also known as a demisemiseptcentennial!
Largest program in CAMPEP medical physics
99 Enrolled graduate studentsfall 2024
31 Primary faculty
37 Affililated faculty
The Department of Medical Physics Board of Visitors serve as ambassadors and advocates for the department, assisting with philanthropy, recruitment of high quality graduate students, and advising the department on the impact of new research endeavors. The board meets annually and is comprised of physicists with a broad array of experience and perspectives.
Michelle Svatos, PhD, Board of Visitors Chair
Dee Khuntia, MD, Board of Visitors Vice Chair
Ryan Flynn, PhD
Tom Foo, PhD
Steven Goetsch, PhD
Elizabeth Hagerman, PhD
Tim Hall, PhD
Jeff Kapatoes, PhD
T. Rockwell Mackie, PhD
Brian Pogue, PhD
Kevin Royalty, PhD
Michael Schell, PhD
Ke Sheng, PhD
Oliver Wieben, PhD
Catch the Shuttle Bus!
Highest number of invention disclosures & startup companies on campus
1
dedicated diagnostic & therapeutic facilities for 100% research
Most recipients of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) William D Coolidge Award
Transportation is provided between Union South and Health Sciences Learning Center (HSLC) for campus guests. The shuttle will also drop attendees off at the Pyle Center on Friday.
Thursday, August 22
7:30 a.m. Union South to HSLC
5:40 p.m. HSLC to Union South
Friday, August 23
8:30 a.m. Union South to HSLC
4:45 p.m. HSLC to Union South
5:30 p.m. Union South to Pyle Center
POPULATION OF DANE COUNTY
Home to the largest producer-only farmers' market in the country. In fact, a recent episode of Top Chef was filmed there!
#1 BEST CITY IN THE COUNTRY 568,203
a city ordinance prohibits any buildings in Madison from being taller than the capitol dome enabling capitol views from miles away
Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Steve Miller is a UW-Madison graduate. Other notable locals include actor Chris Farley and architect Frank Lloyd Wright.
PUBLIC BEACHES
John Deere and Allis Chalmers
The iconic chairs at the Memorial Union Terrace are in three distinct colorshonoring the area ’ s agricultural roots.
Madison' s official bird is the plastic pink flamingo, a homage to an infamous 1979 prank where students filled Bascom Hill with 1,008 of the birds overnight.
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