Henry Park, MD, MPH, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut (clinical practice)
Michael Repka, MD, Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, D.C. (radiation physics)
The Annual Meeting Travel Award recognizes outstanding abstracts submitted by early career scientists, biologists and physicists. Fourteen awards of $1,000 each will be given to help offset travel expenses to attend ASTRO’s Annual Meeting, along with a certificate and complimentary Annual Meeting registration. Awardees are the lead authors of high-scoring abstracts selected for presentation at the 2015 ASTRO Annual Meeting. The 2015 Annual Meeting Scientific Abstract Award recipients are:


Clinical practice:

Israel Fortin, MD, MS, C.H. de l’Universite de Montreal, Montreal
Rahul Parikh, MD, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey
Talha Shaikh, MD, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia
Lindsay Burt, MD, University of Utah Huntsman Cancer Institute, Salt Lake City
Zabi Wardak, MD, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas
Radiation and cancer biology:

Andrew Sharabi, MD, PhD, University of California, San Diego, San Diego
Susan Hiniker, MD, Stanford University, Stanford, California
Christina Speirs, MD, PhD, Center for Advanced Medicine, Washington University, St. Louis
Vikram Jairam, BS, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
Radiation physics:

Nichole Maughan, MS, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis
Wu Liu, PhD, DABR, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
Ross Bland, MD, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas
Chunhao Wang, MS, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
Sarah Mattonen, BS, Western University, London, Canada

The International – U.S. Annual Meeting Scientific Abstract Award provides a $4,000 grant to a radiation oncologist from a developing country (based on the World Bank’s definition) to attend ASTRO’s Annual Meeting and to spend additional time at a comprehensive cancer center in the United States. The award fosters continuing medical education, assists in career development and aids in establishing relationships with ASTRO members who may serve as scientific mentors to the award winner. The recipient is the lead author of an abstract selected for presentation at the 2015 ASTRO Annual Meeting and has a letter of support from the chair/mentor of the U.S. institution that will host the awardee at his or her cancer center. The awardee must submit a written summary of their Annual Meeting participation and the experience garnered at the host cancer center. The recipient of the 2015 International – U.S. Annual Meeting Scientific Abstract Award is:

More HCB News