The UF Department of Radiation Oncology has announced that Assistant Professor Kathryn Hitchcock, M.D., Ph.D.; Associate Chair for Research Dietmar Siemann, Ph.D.; and Assistant Professor Raymond B. Mailhot Vega, M.D., M.P.H. (below) have been recognized as Exemplary Teachers for 2021-2022 . Faculty…
The Department of Radiation Oncology has announced that Clinical Professor Jonathan Li, PhD (shown left), and Research Assistant Professor Walter O’Dell, PhD (right), have been recognized as Exemplary Teachers for 2018. Faculty are selected based on the excellence of their teaching of medical students, residents and fellows, graduate students, and…
Dr. Randal Henderson, a Professor at the Department of Radiation Oncology at the University of Florida (UF) and the Associate Medical Director at the UF Health Proton Therapy Institute, will be leading a collaborative project with DiaCarta, Inc., titled “RadTox: Measuring Radiation Toxicity using…
Dr. Folakemi Odedina, Joint Professor in the Department of Radiation Oncology and Pharmacy, was awarded the 2016 Inspiring Women in STEM Award by INSIGHT Into Diversity. Dr. Odedina will be recognized for this award in their September STEM issue. INSIGHT Into Diversity is a magazine and…
Dr. Dietmar W. Siemann, a radiobiologist with the Department of Radiation Oncology, was awarded a $1.7 million grant by the National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health for his project titled, “Hypoxia: Impact on Src Signaling and…
The Department of Radiation Oncology is pleased to announce that Assistant Professor Anamaria Yeung, MD, was inducted into the Gold Humanism Honor Society (GHHS) on May 5, 2016. Dr. Yeung is 1 of only 3 faculty members from the University of Florida (UF) that have been selected by the…
Dr. Walter G. O’Dell, from the Department of Radiation Oncology, and Dr. Julie Bradley, from the Department of Radiation Oncology and the University of Florida Health Proton Therapy Institute, were awarded a $1.4 million grant by the Bankhead-Coley Cancer Research Program for their project…
Dr. Paul Okunieff, Chair of the Department of Radiation Oncology, was awarded a grant by the Florida Space Institute (FSI) for his project titled, “Measurement of Individual Carcinogenesis Risk after Solar or Cosmic Radiation Exposure.” The Florida Space Institute aims to support space research, development, and education activities within…
The Department of Radiation Oncology at the University of Florida is excited to learn that three of our faculty have been named “Top Cancer Doctors 2015” by Newsweek Health. Randal Henderson, M.D., for excellence in the treatment of gynecologic cancer, head and neck cancer, lung cancer and prostate cancer…
Dr. Julie Bradley, a member of the Department of Radiation Oncology based at the UF Proton Therapy Institute, was awarded a $50,000 grant by the Ocala Royal Dames for her study, “Prospective Pilot Study of Early Markers of Radiation-Induced Cardiac Injury in Patients with Left-Sided Breast Cancer Receiving Photon or…
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