| Recent Graduates |
Congratulations Biomedical Physics Graduate Students! |
| Class of 2009 |
Erin Angel, Ph. D.
Thesis: "Estimating Radiation Dose to Organs of Patients Undergoing Conventional and Novel Multidetector CT Exam Using Monte Carlo Simulations"
Medical Imaging
Committee chair: Michael McNitt-Gray, Ph. D. |
Megan Brown, MS
Medical Imaging
Advisor: Matthew Brown, Ph. D. |
Caroline Brun, Ph. D.
Thesis: "A new Riemannian Fluid Registration Algorithm with Lagrangian dissipation and its application to Tensor-Based Morphometry"
Medical Imaging
Committee chair: Jeffrey Alger, Ph. D. |
Nicole Detorie, Ph. D.
Thesis: "Lesion Quantification in Respiratory Motion Compensated Position Emission Tomography"
Molecular Imaging
Committee chair: Magnus Dahlbom, Ph. D. |
Ali Douraghy, Ph. D.
Thesis: "Design and Development of an Optical and Position Emission Tomograph"
Molecular Imaging
Committee chair: Arion Chatziiannou, Ph. D. |
Elena Heckathorne, Ph. D.
Thesis: "A Silicon Photomultipler Based Beta Camera for PET Tracer Guided Surgery"
Medical Imaging
Committee chair: Magnus Dahlbom, Ph. D. |
Xiaoyu (Sherry) Liu, Ph.D
Thesis: "
Multi-Dimensional MR Spectroscopy: Applications in Breast Cancer in Vivo"
Medical Imaging
Committee chair: Albert Thomas, Ph.D. |
Tyson McDonald, Ph. D.
Thesis: "The Nrf2/ARE Pathway Influences Intrinsic Radiosensitivity and is Activated by Exposure to Ionizing Radiation"
Radiation Biology
Committee chair: William McBride, Ph. D. |
Robert Ochs, Ph.D.
Thesis: "Pre-operative 3D Airways Assessment for Bronchoscopic Treatment Targeting"
Medical Imaging
Committee chair: Matthew Brown, Ph.D. |
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| Class of 2008 |
Michael Campbell, MS
Therapeutic Medical Physics
Advisor: Steve Lee, MD, Ph. D. |
Kurt Hafer, Ph. D.
Thesis: "Biological Protection against Low-and High-LET Ionizing Radiation"
Radiation Biology
Committee chair: Robert Schiestl, Ph. D. |
Adam Kesner, MS, Ph. D.
Thesis: "Improving Quantification and Detection in PET Imaging: Methods for Image Generation, Analysis, and Consequential Clinical Considerations"
Radiation Biology
Committee chair: Daniel Silverman, Ph. D. |
Julianne Pollard, Ph. D.
Thesis: "Ataxia-telangiectasia: A Model for Radiation Risk Assessment and Radiomodulatory Agent Testing"
Committee chair: Gatti Richard, M. D. |
Luis Selva, Ph. D.
Thesis: "Quantitative multivariate analysis of human brain structures in vivo using magnetic resonance imaging at 3.0 Tesla"
Medical Imaging"
Committee chair: Usha Sinha, Ph. D. |
John Sitko, Ph. D.
Thesis: "Novel Functions and Interactions of the Signal Transduction Protein SOCS3 and its Relation to Cancer "
Radiation Biology"
Committee chair: Nichalos Cacalano, Ph. D. |
Michael Speiser, MS, Ph. D.
Thesis: "Development and Validation of a Virtual Monte Carlo Radiotherapy Source Model and Characterization of the Influence of Heterogeneities on Dose Calculation Accuracy"
Therapeutic Medical Physics
Committee chair: Timothy Solberg, Ph. D. |
Nam Vu, Ph. D.
Thesis: "A Solid State Beta Camera for Imaging Charged Particle Emitting Probes in Microreactors."
Molecular Imaging
Committee chair: Arion Chatziiannou, Ph. D. |
Yang Wang, Ph. D.
Thesis: "Dynamic CT Perfusion and 3D Features in Characterizing Small Pulmonary Nodule"
Medical Imaging
Committee chair: Michael McNitt-Gray, Ph. D. |
Chin-Lung James Yu, Ph. D.
Thesis: "Methods for Automated Analysis of Small-Animal PET Images"
Molecular Imaging"
Committee chair: Henry Huang, Ph. D. |
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Class of 2007 |
Tiffany Phillips, MS, Ph. D.
Thesis: "Breast Cancer Stem Cells and Radiation"
Radiation Biology
Committee chair: William McBride, Ph. D. |
Stephen Tenn, MS, Ph. D.
Thesis: "Characterizing Geometric Accuracy and Precision in Imaging Guided Gated Radiotherapy"
Therapeutic Medical Physics
Committee chair: Timothy Solberg, Ph. D. |
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Class of 2006 |
Ted Ling, MS
Therapeutic Medical Physics
Advisor: Peter Rosemark, Ph. D. |
Nicole Wink, Ph. D.
Thesis: "Four-dimensional CT methods using low-pitch multi-slice helical acquisition"
Therapeutic Medical Physics
Committe Chair: Timothy Solberg, Ph. D. |
Ning Genevieve Wu, Ph. D.
Thesis: "MRI Study of Motexafin Gadolinium, an Investigational Radiation Enhancer, in Glioblastoma Multiformer"
Medical Imaging
Committee Chair: Jeffry Alger, Ph. D. |
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Class of 2005 |
Kirsten Boedeker, Ph. D.
Thesis: "Effects of Reconstruction Filter & Input Parameter Variability on Object Detectability in CT Imaging"
Therapeutic Medical Physics
Committee chair: Timothy Solberg, Ph. D. |
James Brush, MS
Radiation Biology
Advisor: William McBride, Ph. D. |
Patrick Chow, Ph. D.
Thesis: "Measurements and Calculations Towards Quantitative PET and CT Imaging in Small Animals"
Molecular Imaging
Committee chair: Arion Chatzioannou, Ph.D. |
Andrew Frew, Ph. D.
Thesis: "A 3-D Probabalistic Atlas of Glioblastoma Mutleforme Location Constructed from Parametric T2 Images"
Medical Imaging
Committee Chair: Jeffry Alger, Ph. D.
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John Grinstead, Ph. D.
Thesis: "Magnetic Resonance Phase Contrast Techniques for Velocity Mapping in Intracranial Vascular Applications"
Medical Imaging
Committee chair: Shantanu Sinha, Ph. D. |
Sumit Shah, Ph.D.
Thesis: "Solitary Pulmonary Nodule Characterization"
Medical Imaging
Committee chair: Michael McNitt-Gray, Ph. D. |
Steve Sorensen, Ph.D.
Thesis: "Noninvasive Image Guidance for Accurate Radiotherapy Using Mobile kV Cone-Beam CT"
Therapeutic Medical Physics
Committee chair: Timothy Solberg, Ph. D. |
Darren Squire, MS
Molecular Imaging
Advisor: Edward Hoffman, Ph. D. |
Chun-Chieh Wang, Ph. D.
Thesis: "Radiosensitization of Giloblastoma Multiforme Cells by the Farnesyltransferase Inhibitors, R115777"
Radiation Biology
Committee chair: William McBride, Ph. D. |
