Fairfax, Va., September 9, 2015 -- The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) has selected 41 recipients to receive a total of $33,500 for the 2015 Annual Meeting Abstract Awards. The awardees will be recognized at ASTRO’s 57th Annual Meeting, October 18-21, 2015 at the Henry B. González Convention Center in San Antonio.

“The excellent contribution by top radiation oncologist researchers to the field, as well as to ASTRO’s 57th Annual Meeting, has continued this year with more than 2,800 abstract submissions received,” said ASTRO President Bruce D. Minsky, MD, FASTRO. “These abstracts represent the important work that awardees have done to advance the field of radiation, leading to improved cancer care for patients. We congratulate this year’s 41 award recipients.”

The Resident Clinical/Basic Science Research Abstract Award recognizes the top three resident authors of the leading abstracts in radiation and cancer biology, clinical practice and radiation physics with one award in each of these categories. Award winners will receive $1,500 and a trophy during the scientific session in which their abstract is presented, as well as complimentary Annual Meeting registration. Recipients, who are ASTRO members, are either a current resident-in-training or out of training for up to one year. The 2015 Resident Clinical/Basic Science Research Abstract Award recipients are:

Shariq Khwaja, MD, PhD, Barnes-Jewish Hospital/Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis (clinical practice)

Shuang Zhao, MD, MSE, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan (radiation and cancer biology)

Alec Block, MD, Loyola University Medical Center, Chicago (radiation physics)
The Basic/Translational Science Abstract Award recognizes basic and translational scientists of top-rated abstracts selected for presentation at the 2015 Annual Meeting, in the clinical practice, radiation and cancer biology, or radiation physics categories. Recipients will receive a $1,000 honorarium, certificate and complimentary Annual Meeting registration. A total of 10 awards will be granted in three categories. Junior investigators must have completed an ACGME-accredited residency or PhD program no more than four years prior to the deadline, and senior investigators must be biologists or physicists four to 10 years post-PhD or board certification, whichever comes later. Recipients of the 2015 Basic/Translational Science Abstract Award are:

Clinical practice:

Encouse Golden, MD, PhD, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York

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