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Radiation Biology Education

Formal course run January through April

Lecture Number Date Topics Lecturer Room (WIMR)
1 1/23/24 Intro to Rad Biology and Oncology – bergonie and tribondeau Kimple 3001A
2 1/25/24 Hallmarks of Cancer I Cosper 3001A
3 1/30/24 Hallmarks of Cancer II Cosper 3001A
4 2/1/24 Cancer Pathology Iyer 3001A
5 2/6/24 Tumor growth Cosper 3001A
6 2/8/24 Radiation carcinogenesis Iyer 3001A
7 2/13/24 Radiation-induced cell damage Kimple 3001A
8 2/15/24 DNA break repair Kimple 3001A
9 2/20/24 Cell survival following radiation (survival curves, techniques, dose rate, linear quadratic) Ritter 3001A
10 2/22/24 Fractionation and R’s Ritter 3001A
11 2/27/24 Linear quadratic and a/b in clinical practice Ritter 3001A
12 2/29/24 Molecular analysis in oncology (CGH, PCR, DNA Seqencing, SNPs, TMA, RNAi) Zhao 3001A
13 3/5/22 Dose response for tumor control (therapeutic ratio, factors influencing tumor control, TCP/NTCP) Morris 3001A
14 3/7/24 Review 3001A
15 3/12/24 Exam 1 3001A
16 3/10/24 Biomarkers In Cancer Zhao 3001A
17 3/19/24 Hypoxia and oxygen effect Van der Kogel 3001A
18 3/21/24 Radiation quality (types of radiation, LET, RBE) Van der Kogel 3001A
19 3/26/24 Spring Break
20 3/28/24 Spring Break
21 4/2/24 Pathology of Radiation Damage in normal tissue Bassetti 3001A
22 4/4/24 Effects of radiation on normal tissues (types of toxicity, functional subunits, abscopal effect, tolerance, radiation syndromes, biological dosimetry) Bassetti 3001A
23 4/9/24 Effects of radiation on embryo and fetus/heritable effects of radiation Ritter 3001A
24 4/11/24 Quantification of radiation effects on normal tissues (toxicity scoring systems, QUANTEC) Ritter 3001A
25 4/16/24 Combination therapy (rational for combining RT w/surgery, systemic therapy, immunotherapy, spatial cooperation, normal tissue protection) Sodji 3001A
26 4/18/24 Systemic therapy (type of systemic agents, mechanisms, molecular targets, personalized med) Sodji 3001A
27 4/23/24 Re-irradiation (EQD2, volume, time, experimental and clinical studies) Floberg 3001A
28 4/25/22 Specialized radiation techniques (brachytherapy, SABR, hadron) Floberg 3001A
5/2/24 Review 3001A
5/7/24 Exam 2 3001A