The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) is awarding $275,000 in research awards to four early-career scientists.
For 2017, the committee selected one junior faculty award and three resident seed grant recipients, all of whom will be recognized at ASTRO's annual meeting taking place September 24-27 in San Diego.
The ASTRO Junior Faculty Career Research Training Award gives early-career physicians and researchers the opportunity to develop their careers and focus on research relevant to radiation oncology, biology, or physics. Recipients must be board-eligible physicians, physicists in radiation oncology, or radiobiologists within the first three years of their junior faculty appointment. The grant provides $100,000 annually for two years; the 2017 recipient is Erina Vlashi, PhD, from the University of California, Los Angeles.
The ASTRO Resident/Fellows in Radiation Oncology Research Seed Award supports residents or fellows who are planning a career in basic science or clinical research in radiation oncology. Three researchers were selected for this award, which provides $25,000 per recipient for one year:
- Dr. Devarati Mitra, PhD, from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
- Dr. Shushan Rana from Oregon Health & Science University
- Dr. Ye Yuan from the University of California, Los Angeles
All awardees must submit a report to ASTRO at the midterm and the conclusion of their research. They are also strongly encouraged to submit their study as an abstract to a subsequent ASTRO annual meeting.
