Radiation oncology residents present at Resident Research Day

Three physician residents and three medical physics residents were named winners of the Emory Department of Radiation Oncology's 25th Annual Resident Research Day. Brian Kavanaugh, MD, MPH/MSPH, a professor of radiation oncology at Anschutz Cancer Center at the University of Colorado, proctored the event, held virtually on September 15.

Resident Research Day is held each year to give residents the opportunity to present research they have been working on with a faculty mentor. Participating residents give a 10-minute presentation to an audience of Winship faculty, staff, and peers.

Emory Department of Radiation Oncology Chair, Jeff Bradley, MD, FACR, FASTRO, says, "It is an honor to support the research of our hard-working residents and their mentors. The annual Resident Research day is a fundamental part of the department’s efforts to educate the next generation of cancer investigators."

This year's physician resident awardees are:

• David Qian, MD, PhD (First Place)
  "Data Science in Oncology: Applications in Genomics, Imaging, Treatment Design, and Clinical Informatics"
  Mentor: Zachary S. Buchwald, MD, PhD; Mylin A. Torres, MD; Jim Zhong, MD
• Lisa Sudmeier, MD, PhD (Second Place)
  "The CD8+ T Cell Landscape of Human Brain Metastases"
  Mentor: Rafi Ahmed, PhD
• James Janopaul-Naylor, MD (Third Place)
  "More TORS More Problems: Institution‐level patterns of care for early‐stage oropharynx cancers in the US"
  Mentor: William Stokes, MD

This year's medical physics resident awardees are:

• Yang Lei, PhD (First Place)
  "Deep learning‐based Real‐time Volumetric Imaging for Lung Tumor Tracking"
  Mentor: Xiaofeng Yang, PhD, DABR
• Yabo Fu, PhD (Second Place)
  "Biomechanically constrained deep image registration for MRI‐guided prostate radiotherapy"
  Mentor: Xiaofeng Yang, PhD, DABR
• Serdar Charyyev, PhD (Third Place)
  "Learning‐Based Dual Energy CT from Single Energy CT"
  Mentor: Xiaofeng Yang, PhD, DABR New Radiation Oncology Medical Director at Emory Decatur and Emory Hillandale