Scheduled Events
Friday Morning Talks
Each Friday morning, one of our graduate students presents his/her research topic to the members of the MPU in the RBC Conference Room (DS1.1427) of the 黑料不打烊 University Health Centre (MUHC) Glen Site. The "FMTs" are attended by students and members of the MPU.
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Friday Noon Talks
On most Fridays during the academic year, the MPU hosts a noon talk. Talks are presented either 茂n person" or in a virtual format. The talks are generally open to all staff, students, and colleagues and are presented by a visiting scientist/clinician.
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*The availability of the live stream depends on the consent of our invited speaker
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Additional Seminars will be added for the 2024-2025 academic year on an ongoing basis.
Fall 2024
| Date | Speaker | Abstract Link |
|---|---|---|
| December 20 | Arthur Lalonde (Universit茅 de Montr茅al) | High Speed, High Accuracy: Novel approaches to Monitor Dose and Dose Rate in FLASH Electron Radiotherapy |
| December 13 | Piotr Pater (黑料不打烊 University) | Advancing Cardiac RadioAblation |
| December 06 | Gordon Sands (Leo Cancer Centre) | Back to the future - A look at upright radiotherapy research and developments [Closed session} |
| November 29 | Edward Taylor (Princess Margaret Cancer Centre) | Integrating hypoxia imaging into the clinical workflow to improve radiotherapy response |
| November 22 | Issam El Naqa (Moffitt Cancer Centre) | On the Pearls and Perils of Artificial Intelligence for Outcome Modeling in Oncology |
| November 15 | Monica Serban (Princess Margaret Cancer Centre) | Spatially Fractionated Radiotherapy, Clinical Implementation at Princess Margaret Cancer Centre |
| November 01 | Eric Simiele (University of Alabama) | VMAT Total Body Irradiation |
| October 25 | Natividad Gomez-Roman (University of Strathclyde) | Identifying novel radiosensitizers for the treatment of glioblastoma |
| October 11 | Sam Flynn (National Physical Laboratory) | Innovations in Dosimetry: Novel Calorimeters for Ultra-high Dose Rate Radiotherapy [Closed session} |
| September 27 | Pawel Mekarski (Health Canada) | Data-driven updates to Canada's National Radon Program to more effectively address rising radon exposure |
Winter-Summer 2025
| Date | Speaker | Abstract Link |
|---|---|---|
| May 23 | Neelam Tyagi (Memorial Sloan Kettering) | (title to be confirmed) |
| May 16 | Maritza Hobson (Wake Forest University) | (title to be confirmed) |
| May 02 | Joannie Desroches (Cleio) | (title to be confirmed) |
| April 11 | Sangkyu Lee (Memorial Sloan Kettering) | (title to be confirmed) |
| April 04 | Svetlana Kuznetsova (Yale University) | (title to be confirmed) |
| March 28 | Mika毛l Simard (University College London) | (title to be confirmed) |
| March 21 | Nicole Simone (Thomas Jefferson University) | (title to be confirmed) |
| March 14 | William Mathieu (黑料不打烊 University) | (title to be confirmed) |
| February 28 | Thor Bjarnason (Interior Health, Kelowna) | Radiographic Detector R&D with stuff I have lying around |
| February 21 | Alexander Grimwood (HCA London Radiotherapy Centre) | Current and future applications of AI in radiotherapy |
| February 14 | Grace Parraga (Western University) | Pulmonary Functional Imaging: The View from the Airways in patients with severe asthma [Closed session] |
| January 31 | Paige Taylor (M.D. Anderson) | Ensuring Quality in Proton Therapy: The Role of Peer Review Audits |
| January 10 | Victor Yu (Digital & social media strategist, Montreal) | Physics, Food and Marketing: How are they related? [Closed session] |
Thursday Journal Review and Research Meeting
On Thursdays, year-round (11:30 am), graduate students and staff meet to review new papers and discuss research topics in an informal context. Students discussing their topic present a very brief account of the status of their work and discussions and questions often lead to the resolution of specific problems ensues. The Journal Review sessions are attended by students and open to MPU members.
Visit our Thursday Journal Review for 2024-2025 hosted on Google Sheets
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Monday Residency Sessions
On Monday afternoon (3:00 pm) Medical Physics residents in the CAMPEP residency program discuss Task Group reports or a clinical subject of interest. Attended by staff and residents.