On March 6, 2026, the University of Florida College of Medicine Alan H. Porter, M.D., & Claudia B. Porter, R.N., Department of Radiation Oncology hosted the 56th Annual Radiation Oncology Research Seminar at the Hilton University of Florida Conference Center in Gainesville. The event brought together some 120 physicians, researchers,…
The online business journal Florida Trend reported July 31 that the University of Florida has received a record $837.6 million in research funding in fiscal year 2018, surpassing the previous record set in fiscal 2016 by $113.6 million, or nearly 16 percent. More than 120 research faculty hired since 2014 have…
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…
Several faculty and residents from the Department of Radiation Oncology were published in the International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, and Physics’s special issue on particle therapy. We are excited to have the following first authors contribute to the topic: Julie A. Bradley, MD, “Initial Report of a…
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…
Dr. Nancy P. Mendenhall, medical director of the University of Florida Proton Therapy Institute, is proud to announce the launch of the International Journal of Particle Therapy (IJPT), the official journal of the Particle Therapy Cooperative Group, which is an international society of physicians, physicists, and dosimetrists interested in…
Small Cell Lung Cancer is an aggressive subtype of lung cancer that exhibits a unique clinical, pathological, and biological phenotype. This funding opportunity, made available through a generous philanthropic donation to the UF Shands Cancer Center, recognizes that the study of neuroendocrine small cell lung cancer is underrepresented in…
Yao Dai Ph.D., Kyungmi Bae Ph.D. and Dietmar W. Siemann Ph.D. had their paper listed in the issue highlights of the current issue of International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics.
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