University of California San Francisco
2024 Scholar-in-Training Awards
Prazwal Athukuri, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas – Tumor Burden Reduction and Immune Microenvironment Modulation in a Preclinical Murine Glioblastoma Model through Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy
Mohammed Azab, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA - Evaluation of the efficacy of laser interstitial thermal therapy for biopsy-proven radiation necrosis over a one-year follow-up
Sri Chandrasekar, University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, Texas, USA - Boiling Histotripsy-Induced Local Tumor Immunomodulation Impacts the Gut Microbiome at a Distant Site
Folefac Charlemagne, Experimental Clinical Oncology-Dept. Oncology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark - Exploring the Ideal Synergy of Fractionated Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy (SBRT) and Hyperthermia in Tumors Bearing Mice
Ethan Griswold, University of Utah, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA - Feasibility of Targeting the Dorsal Root Ganglia with Focused Ultrasound for Treatment of Low Back Pain
Grace Olsson, George Washington University, Washington, District of Columbia, USA. - Ultrasound guided interstitial photothermal therapy for treating neuroblastoma
Pratikshkumar Patel, Medical Univ. of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA - Reducing chemotherapeutic toxicity by thermosensitive liposomal drug delivery combined with extracorporeal blood filtration
Varun Sadaphal, Solenic Medical, Addison, Texas, USA - Design and characterization of a clinical AMF system for uniform heating of prosthetic knee implants
Mark Solter, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA - Impact of tumor volume and radiation dose on tumor control rates in recurrent breast cancer patients treated with hyperthermia and radiation
Christian Valencia Narva, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA - Comparing Temperature-Dependent and Constant Thermophysical Properties in Focused Ultrasound Simulations