Wed, Jul 13 2005
FURTHER READING
The American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO) has
announced the recipients of its 2005 Junior Faculty Career Research
Training Award, Residents/Fellows in Radiation Oncology Research Seed
Grants. The total value of the awards is $378,000.
The grant is a joint ASTRO/National Cancer Institute Fellowship Faculty
Translational Research Award and International Travel Grants award.
This year's recipients include:
- Steven J. Chmura, MD, PhD, of the University of Chicago was selected to receive the Junior Faculty Career Research Award.
- Igor Barani, MD, of Virginia Commonwealth University Medical
Center/Massey Cancer Center in Richmond, Va., and Ajay Bhatnagar, MD,
of the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute in Pittsburgh, will
each receive a Resident/Fellow in Radiation Oncology Research Seed
Grant.
- Gil Bar-Sela, MD, of Rambam Medical Center in Haifa, Israel, will
be presented with the ASTRO/NCI Fellowship Faculty Translational
Research Award.
- ASTRO has chosen four physicians to receive an International
Travel Grant to allow them to present abstracts at the European Society
for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology meeting and to visit
international institutions, they are: Iris C. Gibbs, MD, of Stanford
University Medical Center in Stanford, Calif.; Bo Lu, MD, PhD, of
Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tenn.; Cynthia
Monard, MD, of Princess Margaret Hospital at University of Toronto; and
George Shu, MD, PhD, of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia
For more information on ASTRO's research awards, visit: www.astro.org/research/funding_opportunities/astro_awards/index.htm
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