IGCT Seminars & Workshops

December 8, 2023     12-1 p.m. CST     Zoom Seminar*     

"From Bench to Bedsite: Surgical Margin Assessment using Machine Learning and Mass Spectrometry"

Parvin Mousavi, PhD - Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Queen's University

November 9, 2023     2-3 p.m. CST     Zoom Seminar*     

"Image Guided Cancer Therapy T32 Program Postdoctoral Fellow Research Presentations"

Brigid McDonald, PhD - IGCT T32 Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Radiation Oncology, MD Anderson Cancer Center

Kareem Wahid, PhD - IGCT T32 Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Imaging Physics, MD Anderson Cancer Center

Alexander Shieh, BS, MD - IGCT T32 Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Interventional Radiology, MD Anderson Cancer Center

October 5, 2023     12-1 p.m. CST     Zoom Seminar*     

"Hybrid Detector Systems for Neuro Interventions"

Ke Li, PhD - Associate Professor, Medical Physics & Radiology, University of Wisconsin - Madison

September 7, 2023     1-2 p.m. CST     Zoom Seminar*

"Optical Imaging for Early Detection of Oral Cancer in Medically Under-Served Communities"

Ann M. Gillenwater, M.D. - Professor, Dept. of Head & Neck Surgery, MDACC
Rebecca R. Richards-Kortum, Ph.D. - Professor, Dept. of Bioengineering, Rice University

August 24, 2023     2 p.m.-3 p.m. CST     Hybrid Workshop
 

"Pre-Registration, Pre-Prints, Public Access, and FAIR & Open Science: Transparency and Equity in Data-Driven Science"

Facilitator: C. Dave Fuller, M.D., Ph.D. - Professor, Dept. of Radiation Oncology, MD Anderson

A recording of this workshop is available. Please click here to view.

August 11, 2023     11 a.m.-1 p.m. CST     Hybrid Zoom &  FCT3.5001 Seminar

"IGCT Summer Student Showcase"

2023 Awardees:
Best Overall Presentation Award - Aditya Prasad (Mentor: Dr. Kristy Brock)
Best Design & Graphics Award - Riya Patel (Mentor: Dr. Rahul Sheth)
Best Potential for Clinical Impact Award - Shirley Pandya (Mentor: Dr. Tinsu Pan)

July 22, 2023     8 a.m.-12:30 p.m. CST     In Person Workshop*     

"Innovations in MR-Linac Treatment - Physics Perspective"

Location: George R. Brown Convention Center - 1001 Avenida de las Americas, Houston, TX 77010, Room 307BC.

Registration is required; onsite registration is available on a first come, first serve basis.

This workshop is sponsored by the Image Guided Cancer Therapy Research Program at MD Anderson and by Elekta. It is provided at no cost to attendees.

Facilitator and Moderator: Dr. Jinzhong Yang, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Radiation Physics, MD Anderson Cancer Center

Speakers:
"Strategies for Alternative Online Adaptation Workflows"
Eric Paulson, Ph.D. - Associate Professor, Dept. of Radiation Oncology, Medical College of Wisconsin

"Treatment Planning Insights" 
Daniel Hyer, Ph.D. - Professor, Dept. of Radiation Oncology, University of Iowa

"Implementation of Customized Imaging Sequences for MR-Guided Adaptive Radiotherapy in High-Field MR-Linac"
Ergys Subashi, Ph.D. - MD Anderson Cancer Center (formerly of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

"Online Adaptation Workflows QA"
Weiguo Lu, Ph.D. - Professor, Dept. of Radiation Oncology, UT Southwestern

"MR-Linac Motion Management: Start of a New Dawn"
Martin Fast, Ph.D. - Associate Professor, Dept. of Radiotherapy, University Medical Center Utrecht

This workshop is under review for up to 3.5  Medical Physics Continuing Education Credits (MPCEC) by the Commission on Accreditation of Medical Physics Education Program (CAMPEP). Objectives: Attendees will gain knowledge of physics innovations in Unity MR-Linac treatment, including, but not limited to:treatment workflow, MR sequence development, Monaco treatment planning, patient-specific QA, and workflow QA.

June 5, 2023     11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. CST     Zoom Guest Seminar*     

"From Pathology to Radiology: Bridging the Gap Using Artificial Intelligence"

Mirabela Rusu, Ph.D. - Assistant Professor, Dept. of Radiology and Director, Personalized Integrative Medicine Laboratory, Stanford University

May 23, 2023     9-10 a.m. CST     Zoom Guest Seminar*     

"Molecular Mechanisms of Mammographic Density andTamoxifen-Induced Density Change – Results from the KARMA Cohort and KARISMA Randomised Clinical Trial"

Marike Gabrielson, Ph.D. - Senior Research Specialist, Dept. of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institute

May 2, 2023     12-1 p.m. CST     Hybrid Seminar*     

"Data-Driven Predictive Modeling for Personalized Oncology"

Heiko Enderling, Ph.D. - Senior Member, Integrated Mathematical Oncology, Moffitt Cancer Center

*This IGCT Seminar is jointly sponsored in collaboration with the Department of Radiation Oncology Faculty Candidate Seminar Series. MD Anderson employees are welcomed to attend in person in FCT3.5001.

April 25, 2023     8:30a.m.-5p.m. CST     Hybrid Workshop*     

"IGCT Workshop on Grant Writing (K-Award Focus)"

Facilitator: C. Dave Fuller, M.D., Ph.D. - Professor, Dept. of Radiation Oncology, MD Anderson

Faculty Panelists:
Amy C. Moreno, M.D. - Assistant Professor, Dept. of Radiation Oncology, MD Anderson (K01 & K12 Recipient)
Ajay Sheshadri, M.D. - Associate Professor, Dept. of Pulmonary Medicine, MD Anderson (K23 Recipient)
Leomar Y. Ballester, M.D., Ph.D. - Assistant Professor, Dept. of Pathology, MD Anderson (K08 Recipient)
Brian A. Taylor, Ph.D. - Associate Professor, Dept. of Imaging Physics, MD Anderson (K23 Recipient)
Stephen Y. Lai, M.D., Ph.D. - Professor, Dept. of Head & Neck Surgery, MD Anderson (K08 Recipient)

A recording of this workshop is available. Please click here to view Session I and here to view Session II.

April 13, 2023     12-1 p.m. CST     Hybrid Seminar*     

"Mathematical Modeling of Biological Systems for Oncology Applications: From Basic Science to Clinically Translatable Methods"

Joseph D. Butner, Ph.D. - Faculty Fellow, Mathematics in Medicine Program, Research Institute, Houston Methodist

*This IGCT Seminar is jointly sponsored in collaboration with the Department of Radiation Oncology Faculty Candidate Seminar Series. MD Anderson employees are welcomed to attend in person in FCT3.4167-3.4168.

March 6, 2023     8 a.m.-12 p.m. CST     Hybrid Guest Workshop*     

"Human Brain Finite Element Mesh Generation from Patient MRI Data "

Travis Thompson, Ph.D. - Assistant Professor, Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics, Texas Tech University

Part I: Motivation and an Introduction to the Software Pipeline 
(30 min, online and in person)

Part II: Building Your First Finite Element Human Brain Mesh with the SVMTk
(90 min, online and in person)

Part III: Hands-On Mesh Generation Open Lab
(90 min, in person only - No online option)

A recording of this workshop will be available soon.

March 2, 2023     11 a.m.-12 p.m. CST     Zoom Seminar*     

"Habitat Imaging Phenotypes Identify Tumor Molecular Programs and Patterns of Clinical and Circulating Disease Recurrence in Early-Stage Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer"

Jia Wu, Ph.D. - Assistant Professor, Dept. of Imaging Physics, MD Anderson

Tina Cascone, M.D., Ph.D. - Assistant Professor, Dept. of Thoracic-Head and Neck Medical Oncology, MD Anderson

A recording of this seminar is available. Please click here to view.

February 24, 2023     12-1 p.m. CST     Zoom Guest Seminar*     

"Exploring New Treatment Planning Paradigms Using Machine Learning"

Thomas G. Purdie, Ph.D. - Associate Professor, Depts. of Radiation Oncology and Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto; Medical Physicist, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network

A recording of this seminar will be available soon.

January 27, 2023     2-4 p.m. CST     Zoom Workshop*     

"GitHub Workshop"

John Wood, M.S. - Senior Applications Systems Analyst, Dept. of Enterprise Development and Integration, MD Anderson

Austin Castelo, B.S. - Associate Applications Systems Analyst, Dept. of Imaging Physics, MD Anderson

Part I: GitHub Basics -for faculty, investigators, future, and active GitHub Users (15 min)

Part II: Using Institutional GitHub – for active and future GitHub users (45 min)

Part III: GitHub Demo, Interactive Discussion, and Troubleshooting – for active and future GitHub users (1hr)

A recording of this workshop is available. Please click here to view.

January 25, 2023     1-2 p.m. CST         Zoom Seminar*     

"Advances in Image Guided Spine Surgery"

Claudio E. Tatsui, M.D. - Professor, Dept. of Neurosurgery, MD Anderson
"The Use of LITT for Spinal Metastasis"
 
Amol J. Ghia, M.D. - Associate Professor, Dept. of Radiation Oncology; Director, Spine Stereotactic Radiosurgery, Division of Radiation Oncology, MD Anderson
"The Evolving Role of Radiation in Treating Metastatic Epidural Spinal Cord Compression"

A recording of this seminar is available. Please click here to view.

December 16, 2022    1-3:30 p.m. CST     Hybrid Workshop*  

Navigating Commercialization and Intellectual Property in Image Guided Cancer Therapy Workshop

"Creating Valuable Industry Partnerships and Intellectual Property"
Emily Barnhill, M.H.A. and Andrew Dennis, Ph.D.

"Considerations from a Legal Perspective"
Cindy Lee, J.D.

"Conflicts of Interest in Research"
Ryan Ingraham, J.D., LLM

Faculty Panelists
David Jaffray, Ph.D. - Sr. Vice President, Chief Technology & Digital Officer, MD Anderson
Kristy K. Brock, Ph.D. - Professor of Imaging Physics and IGCT Director, MD Anderson
Eugene J. Koay, M.D., Ph.D. - Associate Professor of GI Radiation Oncology, MD Anderson
Jeffrey H. Siewerdsen, Ph.D. - Professor of Imaging Physics and Director of the Surgical Data Science Program, MD Anderson
David J. Vining, M.D. - Professor of Abdominal Imaging, MD Anderson and Founder and CEO of VisionSR

A recording of this workshop will be available soon.

May 18-19, 2022    9 a.m.-1 p.m. CST     Zoom Workshop*  

Deformable Image Registration Workshop

"Day 1: Fundamentals of Deformable Image Registration"

"Day 2: Successes & Future Work in Deformable Image Registration"

A recording of this workshop will be available soom.

March 2, 2022    10 a.m. - 12 p.m. CST     Zoom Workshop* 

"Navigating Team Science - Day 2: Resolving Conflict and Working Through Challenging Discussions"

Dustin E. Bennett, B.A. - LI Training Specialist, Leadership Institute, MD Anderson
"Ideal Team States: What if Reality Isn't Ideal?"

Scott B. Cantor, Ph.D. - Professor, Dept. of Health Services Research; Ombudsman, MD Anderson
"Conflict Resolution in Team Science"

Anirban Maitra, M.B.B.S. - Professor, Depts. of Pathology and Translational Molecular Pathology; Scientific Director, Ahmed Pancreatic Cancer Center; Deputy Division Head for Academic Science, MD Anderson
"Challenges in Team Science and Steps to Resolution"

Varsha Gandhi, Ph.D. - Professor and Chair Ad Interim, Dept. of Experimental Therapeutics, MD Anderson
"Authorship Conflicts"

Panel Discussion: Resolving Conflicts and Working Through Challenging Discussions
MD Anderson Panelists: 

• Dustin E. Bennett, B.A. - (LI Training Specialist, Leadership Institute)
• Scott B. Cantor, Ph.D. -  (Professor of Health Services Research & Ombudsman)
• Anirban Maitra, M.B.B.S. - (Professor of Pathology & Translational Molecular  Pathology; Scientific Director, Ahmed Pancreatic Cancer Center;
        Deputy Division Head for Academic Science)     
• Varsha Gandhi, Ph.D. - (Professor and Chair Ad Interim of Experimental Therapeutics)
• Robert C. Bast, Jr., M.D. - (Vice President for Translational Research)
• Stephen Y. Lai, M.D., Ph.D. - (Professor of Head & Neck Surgery)
• Caroline Chung, M.D. - (Vice President and Chief Data Officer)
• James A. Bankson, Ph.D. - (Professor of Imaging Physics)
• Rebecca M. Howell, Ph.D. - (Professor of Radiation Physics)
• Ann H. Klopp, M.D., Ph.D. - (Professor of Gynecologic Oncology)

A recording of this workshop will be available soon.

March 1, 2022    8:30 a.m. - 11 a.m. CST     Zoom Workshop* 

"Navigating Team Science - Day 1: Building the Right Teams"

Opening Remarks will be given by Peter WT Pisters, M.D. - President of MD Anderson

Darrell Simmons, B.A., J.D. - Leadership Practitioner, Leadership Institute, MD Anderson
"Building Strong Team Foundations"

Andrew Futreal, Ph.D. - Professor and Chair, Dept. of Genomic Medicine; Vice President for Strategic Translational Research Programs, MD Anderson
"Building Collaborative Research Teams"

Eugene J. Koay, M.D., Ph.D. - Associate Professor, Dept. of GI Radiation Oncology, MD Anderson
"Successful Team Science Collaborations: U54 Grants"
C. Dave Fuller, M.D., Ph.D. - Associate Professor, Dept. of Radiation Oncology; Research Director, Radiation Oncology, MD Anderson
"Successful Team Science Collaborations: P01 Grants"
Jennifer K. Litton, M.D. - Professor, Dept. of Breast Medical Oncology; Vice President of Clinical Research, MD Anderson
"Successful Team Science Collaborations: Multi-Institutional Clinical Trials"
Juan Fueyo, M.D. - Professor, Dept. of Neuro-Oncology, MD Anderson
"Successful Team Science Collaborations: SPORE Grants"

A recording of this workshop will be available soon.

November 12, 2021    11 a.m.-1 p.m. CST     Zoom Workshop* 

"Getting Started With AI: Day 2 - Leveraging Resources and Tools for Research in AI"

Bastien Rigaud, Ph.D. - Postdoctoral Fellow, Morfeus Lab, Dept. of Imaging Physics, MD Anderson
Raji Muthusivarajan, Ph.D. - Postdoctoral Fellow, Fuentes Lab, Dept. of Imaging Physics, MD Anderson
Jia Wu, Ph.D. - Assistant Professor, Dept. of Imaging Physics, MD Anderson
Callistus Nguyen, Ph.D. - Computational Scientist, Court Lab, Dept. of Radiation Physics, MD Anderson
Ankit B. Patel, Ph.D. - Assistant Professor, Dept. of Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine; Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rice University 
John Wood, M.S. - Computational Scientist, Dept. of Imaging Physics, MD Anderson

A recording of this workshop will be available soon.

November 11, 2021    10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. CST     Zoom Workshop* 

"Getting Started With AI: Day 1 - AI Resources and Tools"

Caroline Chung, M.D. - Vice President and Chief Data Officer, MD Anderson
"An XNAT Overview"
John Wood, M.S. - Computational Scientist, Dept. of Imaging Physics, MD Anderson
"Using Docker for AI Research"
James Lomax, M.S. - Data Scientist, MD Anderson
"Enterprise Data Science Environments"
Bradley Broom, Ph.D. - Professor, Dept. of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, MD Anderson
"HPC at MD Anderson"
William (Joe) Allen, Ph.D. - Research Associate, Texas Advanced Computing Center, University of Texas at Austin
"Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC)"
Brian M. Anderson, Ph.D. - Medical Physics Resident, University of California - San Diego
"AI Tools, Tips, and Tricks"

A recording of this workshop will be available soon.

May 28, 2021    12-2 p.m. CST     Zoom Workshop* 

"Bridging In Vivo Imaging and Histopathology with the Emit Xerra System: Applications in Biomedical Sciences"

Kristy K. Brock, Ph.D. - Professor, Dept. of Imaging Physics; Executive Director, Image Guided Cancer Therapy Research Program, MD Anderson
Mat Brevard - Co-Founder and CEO, Emit Imaging
Charles V. Kingsley - DI Operations Manager, MD Anderson
Natalie W. Fowlkes, D.V.M., Ph.D. - Assistant Professor, Dept. of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery, MD Anderson
Mark D. Pagel, Ph.D. - Professor, Dept. of Cancer Systems Imaging, MD Anderson
Rony Avritscher, M.D. - Associate Professor, Dept. of Interventional Radiology, MD Anderson

A recording of this workshop will be available soon.

January 6, 2021    11 a.m.-1:30 p.m. CST     Zoom Workshop* 

"An Overview and Workshop on Docker"

William (Joe) Allen, Ph.D. - Research Associate, Texas Advanced Computing Center, University of Texas at Austin
Pingjun Chen, Ph.D. - Postdoctoral Fellow, Wu Lab, Dept. of Imaging Physics, MD Anderson

January 29, 2020    1-3 p.m. CST     Workshop in FCT3.5012 (B)

"How to Get Started in AI"

Carlos Cardenas, Ph.D. - Assistant Professor, Dept. of Radiation Physics, MD Anderson
Brian M. Anderson, B.S. - PhD Candidate, Morfeus Lab, Dept. of Imaging Physics, MD Anderson

December 7, 2022     1-2 p.m. CST     Zoom Guest Seminar*     

"At the Intersection of AI and Ethics: How do we Engage the Public?"

Jodyn E. Platt, MPH, Ph.D. - Associate Professor, Learning Health Sciences, University of Michigan Medical School 

A recording of this seminar will be available soon.

November 18, 2022     1-2 p.m. CST     Zoom Seminar*     

"Radiation-Therapy Related Cardiac Disease in Childhood Cancer Survivors"

Rebecca M. Howell, Ph.D. - Professor, Dept. of Radiation Physics; Director, Medical Physics Graduate Program, MD Anderson Cancer Center

A recording of this seminar is available. Please click here to view.

October 19, 2022     11 a.m. - 12 p.m. CST     Zoom Seminar*     

"Image-Guided, Robot-Assisted Surgery: From High-Precision to High-Reliability"

Jeffrey H. Siewerdsen, Ph.D. - Professor, Depts. of Imaging Physics, Neurosurgery, and Radiation Physics; Director of the Surgical Data Science Program, Institute for Data Science (IDSO), MD Anderson Cancer Center

A recording of this seminar is available. Please click here to view.

September 13, 2022     3-4 p.m. CST     Zoom Guest Seminar*     

"Identifying Imaging Features that Predict Radiation Therapy Response in a Preclinical Setting."

Tien T. Tang, Ph.D. - Postdoctoral Associate, Dept. of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine

A recording of this seminar is available. Please click here to view.

August 9, 2022     12-1 p.m. CST     Zoom Research Showcase* 

"IGCT Summer Undergraduate Student Showcase"

2022 Awardees:

Best Design & Graphics Award - Rachel Ivy (Mentor: Dr. Caroline Chung)
Best Overall Presentation - Yining Zha (Mentor: Dr. Kristy Brock)
Best Potential for Clinical Impact - Ella Aldridge (Mentor: Dr. Kate Hutcheson)

A recording of this seminar is available. Please click here to view.

June 1, 2022     12-1 p.m. CST     Zoom Seminar*     

"Anatomical Modeling to Improve the Precision of Image Guided Liver Ablation: A COVER-ALL Clinical Trial Update"

Caleb O'Connor, M.S. - Medical Physics Assistant, Dept. of Imaging Physics, MD Anderson
Yuan-Mao (Gary) Lin, M.D. - Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept. of Interventional Radiology, MD Anderson
Iwan Paolucci, Ph.D. - Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept. of Interventional Radiology, MD Anderson
Bruno C. Odisio, M.D. - Associate Professor, Dept. of Interventional Radiology, MD Anderson

A recording of this seminar is available. Please click here to view.

May 19, 2022     2-3 p.m. CST     Zoom Guest Seminar*     

"Quantitative Analysis of Ki67, a Prognostic Biomarker in Gastroenteropancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors"

Toby C. Cornish, M.D., Ph.D. - Associate Professor, Dept. of Pathology, School of Medicine, University of Colorado - Anschutz Medical Campus

A recording of this seminar will be available soon.

April 11, 2022     1-2 p.m. CST     Zoom Seminar*     

"Advances in Image Guided Biopsy"

Ignacio I. Wistuba, M.D. - Professor, Dept. of Translational Molecular Pathology, MD Anderson
"MD Anderson Moon Shot APOLLO Platform"
Alda L. Tam, M.D. - Professor, Dept. of Interventional Radiology, MD Anderson
"Image-Guided Research Biopsies: Best Practices"

A recording of this seminar will be available soon.

March 29, 2022     12-1 p.m. CST     Zoom Guest Seminar*     

"Seeing is Believing - But Where's the Evidence"

Søren M. Bentzen, Ph.D. - Professor, Dept. of Epidemiology and Public Health; Professor, Dept. of Radiation Oncology; Division Director, Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, University of Maryland School of Medicine

A recording of this seminar will be available soon.

February 14, 2022     12-1 p.m. CST     Zoom Guest Seminar*     

"Artificial Intelligence and Computational Imaging: Opportunities for Precision Medicine"

Pallavi Tiwari, Ph.D. - Assistant Professor, Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University

A recording of this seminar will be available soon.

January 19, 2022     11-12 p.m. CST     Zoom Guest Seminar*     

"Interpretable Neural Networks for Computer Vision: Clinical Decisions that are Computer-Aided, not Automated"

Cynthia Rudin, Ph.D. - Professor, Dept. of Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Statistical Science; Director, Prediction Analysis Lab, Duke University

A recording of this seminar will be available soon.

December 6, 2021     12-1 p.m. CST     Zoom Seminar*     

"Theranostics: Current Status and Emerging Opportunities at MD Anderson"

S. Cheenu Kappadath, Ph.D. - Associate Professor, Dept. of Imaging Physics, MD Anderson
"Updates on Y90-Radioembolization Dosimetry and Dose-Response"
Gregory C. Ravizzini, M.D.  - Associate Professor, Dept. of Nuclear Medicine, MD Anderson
"Current Status of Prostate Theranostics"
H. Charles Manning, Ph.D. - Professor, Dept. of Cancer Systems Imaging, MD Anderson
"Emerging Opportunities in Theranostics Research"

November 4, 2021     12-1 p.m. CST     Zoom Seminar*     

"Functional Mapping for Brain Tumor Surgery"

Vinodh A. Kumar, M.D. - Associate Professor, Dept. of Neuroradiology, MD Anderson
"Introduction to Pre- and Intra-Operative MRI"
Sujit S. Prabhu, M.D. - Professor, Dept. of Neurosurgery, MD Anderson
"Intra-Operative Direct Cortical Simulation for Functional Mapping"
Kyle R. Knoll, Ph.D. - Assistant Professor, Dept. of Neuro-Oncology, MD Anderson
"Assessment of Neurocognitive Function and Outcome"
Ho-Ling Anthony Liu, Ph.D. - Professor, Dept. of Imaging Physics, MD Anderson
"Technical Challenges in Functional MRI"

October 18, 2021     11 a.m.-1 p.m. CST     Zoom Lecture*     

"Stereotactic Image-Guided Ablation of Malignant Liver Tumors - From Bench to Bedside"

Iwan Paolucci, Ph.D. - Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept. of Interventional Radiology, MD Anderson
Part 2 of 2 in this lecture series.

A recording of this lecture will is available. Please click here to view.

October 4, 2021     11 a.m.-1 p.m. CST     Zoom Lecture*

"Stereotactic Image-Guided Surgery - An Introduction for Non-Engineers"

Iwan Paolucci, Ph.D. - Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept. of Interventional Radiology, MD Anderson
Part 1 of 2 in this lecture series.

A recording of this lecture is available. Please click here to view.

September 20, 2021     1- 2 p.m. CST     Zoom Seminar*     

"Pancreatic Cancer Therapy: Advances & Challenges, Radiomics Prediction in Treatment Response, and Endoscopic Guided Therapies"

Anirban Maitra, M.B.B.S. - Professor, Dept. of Pathology; Scientific Director, Ahmed Center for Pancreatic Cancer Research, MD Anderson
"Pancreatic Cancer - Advances & Challenges"
Eugene J. Koay, M.D., Ph.D. - Associate Professor, Dept. of GI Radiation Oncology, MD Anderson
"Radiomics Prediction in Pancreatic Treatment Response"
Manoop S. Bhutani, MD  - Professor, Dept. of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition; Director, Endoscopic Research and Development, MD Anderson
"EUS in PDAC: The Application of Endoscopic Guided Therapies"

August 5, 2021     11 a.m.-12 p.m. CST     Zoom Research Showcase* 

"IGCT Summer Undergraduate Student Showcase"

2021 Awardees:

Best Design & Graphics Award - Maggie Lee
Best Scientific Progress Award - Richard Lee
Best Speaking Skills - Brandon Curl
People's Choice Award - Aparajith Kannapiran

June 30, 2021     4-5 p.m. CST     Zoom Guest Seminar*

"Can Focused Ultrasound Change the Pain Game?"

Julie Pilitsis, M.D., Ph.D. - Professor and Chair, Dept. of Neuroscience and Experimental Therapeutics, Albany Medical College

May 12, 2021     9 a.m.-10 a.m. CST     Zoom Seminar*

"Advanced 3D Imaging and Correlative Pathology with Xerra CFT"

Amer N. Najjar, Ph.D. - Assistant Professor, Dept. of Pediatrics, MD Anderson
Richard R. Bouchard, Ph.D. - Associate Professor, Dept. of Imaging Physics, MD Anderson
Kristy K. Brock, Ph.D.  - Professor, Dept. of Imaging Physics, MD Anderson

April 26, 2021     12-1 p.m. CST     Zoom Seminar*

"First-in-Human Hyperpolarized MRI for Thyroid Cancer"

Stephen Y. Lai, M.D., Ph.D. - Professor, Dept. of Head & Neck Surgeyr, MD Anderson
James A. Bankson, Ph.D. - Professor, Dept. of Imaging Physics, MD Anderson

March 24, 2021     12-1 p.m. CST     Zoom Guest Seminar*

"Expanding the Imaging Toolbox with Radiometal PET Imaging Agents"

Suzanne E. Lapi, Ph.D. - Professor, Depts. of Radiology and Chemistry; Vice Chair of Translational Research, Dept. of Radiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham

March 12, 2021     8-9 a.m. CST     Zoom Guest Seminar* 

"Augmented and Virtual Reality Applications in Biomedical Sciences"

Colin McCarthy, M.D. - Assistant Professor, Dept. of Interventional Radiology, MD Anderson
"Virtual and Augmented Reality for Image-Guided Procedures - Beyond the Hype"
Erez Lieberman Aiden, Ph.D. - Associate Professor, Dept. of Human and Molecular Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine
"Human Vision Modification Using Augmented Reality"

February 23, 2021     10-11 a.m. CST     Zoom Guest Seminar* 

"Advances in Theranostics - Nanoparticle Applications in Cancer Therapy"

Rachael Siriani, Ph.D. - Associate Professor, Dept. of Neuroscience, UTHealth McGovern School of Medicine
"Nanoparticle Drug Delivery in Pediatric Neuro-Oncology"
Chun Li, Ph.D. - Professor, Dept. of Cancer Systems Imaging, MD Anderson
"Multifunctional Nanoparticles for Image-Guided Photothermotherapy"

February 11, 2021     10-11 a.m. CST     Zoom Seminar* 

"The Stereotactic RadPath Trial: Clinical Aspects and Analysis"

Dawid Schellingerhout, M.D. - Professor, Dept. of Neuroradiology, MD Anderson
David Fuentes, Ph.D. - Associate Professor, Dept. of Imaging Physics, MD Anderson

December 10, 2020     7-8 a.m. CST     Zoom Seminar* 

"Leveraging Our Legendary Clinical Volume: The MD Anderson Diagnostic Medicine Team Science Initiative"

Gregory N. Fuller, M.D., Ph.D. - Professor, Dept. of Pathology; Section Chief, Neuropathology Section, MD Anderson

November 18, 2020     5-6 p.m. CST     Zoom Guest Seminar* 

"Optimum Clinical In Vivo Imaging with InVivage by OptiScan"

Darren Lurie - CEO, Optiscan
Lindsay Bussau, Ph.D. - Application Specialist, OptiScan
Camile Farah, MDSc, Ph.D. - Professor, Australian Centre for Oral Oncology Research and Education

November 12, 2020     3-4 p.m. CST     WebEx Guest Seminar* 

"Integrating Radiotherapy with Targeted Agents - Mechanistic Models to Learn from Patient Data"

Clemens Grassberger, Ph.D. - Assistant Professor, Dept. of Radiation Oncology; Head, Radiation-Drug Treatment Design Lab Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital

October 15, 2020     2-3 p.m. CST     WebEx Guest Seminar* 

"Semi-Supervised StyleGan for Disentanglement Learning"

Weili Nie, B.S. - PhD Candidate, Dept. of Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine; PhD Candidate, Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Rice University

September 30, 2020     11 a.m.-12 p.m. CST     WebEx Seminar* 

"Point of Care Molecular Cancer Imaging"

Konstantin V. Sokolov, Ph.D. - Professor, Dept. of Imaging Physics, MD Anderson
Richard R. Bouchard, Ph.D. - Associate Professor, Dept. of Imaging Physics, MD Anderson

August 26, 2020     3-4 p.m. CST     WebEx Seminar* 

"Expanding the Role of Minimally Invasive Lung Surgery"

Guillaume Cazoulat, Ph.D. - Assistant Professor, Dept. of Imaging Physics, MD Anderson
Ravi Rajaram, M.D. - Assistant Professor, Dept. of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery, MD Anderson

July 31, 2020     2-3 p.m. CST     WebEx Guest Seminar* 

"Calculation to Clinic: Applications of Deep Learning Within Clinical Oncology"

Sanjay Aneja, M.D. - Assistant Professor, Dept. of Therapeutic Radiology, Yale School of Medicine

June 3, 2020     3-4 p.m. CST     WebEx Guest Seminar* 

"Optimization of the Treatment Quality in Head and Neck Radiation Oncology"

Nicholas J. Lowther, Ph.D. - University of Canterbury; Dept. of Radiation Oncology, Wellington Blood & Cancer Centre

May 19, 2020     11 a.m.-12 p.m. CST     WebEx Seminar* 

"Advances in Image Guided Liver Cancer"

Eugene Koay, M.D., Ph.D. - Associate Professor, Dept. of Radiation Oncology, MD Anderson
A. Kyle Jones, Ph.D. - Associate Professor, Dept. of Imaging Physics, MD Anderson
Bruno Odisio, M.D. - Associate Professor, Dept. of Interventional Radiology, MD Anderson

April 10, 2020     2-3 p.m. CST     WebEx Seminar* 

"Advances in Image Guided Cervical Cancer Treatment"

Ann H. Klopp, M.D., Ph.D. - Associate Professor, Dept. of Radiation Oncology, MD Anderson
Aradhana M. Ventakesan, M.D. - Professor, Dept. of Abdominal Imaging, MD Anderson

March 2, 2020     2-3 p.m. CST     Seminar in FCT3.5001

"Imaging Innovation for Head and Neck Cancer Evaluation and Elimination of Toxicity"

C. David Fuller, M.D., Ph.D. - Associate Professor, Dept. of Radiation Oncology, MD Anderson
Stephen Y. Lai, M.D., Ph.D. - Professor, Dept. of Head and Neck Surgery, MD Anderson
Kate A. Hucheson, Ph.D. - Professor, Dept. of Head and Neck Surgery, MD Anderson

February 19, 2020     4-5:30 p.m. CST     Guest Seminar in FCT2.4142 (B)

"Deep Learning for Segmentation, Registration, and Image Reconstruction"

Jonas Tuewen, Ph.D. - Assistant Professor, Netherlands Cancer Center

February 17, 2020     3:30-4:30 p.m. CST    Guest Seminar in FCT3 Rooms 2 & 7

"AI for Breast Imaging: Better, Faster, Less!"

Ioannis Sechopoulos, Ph.D. - Professor, Radboud University Medical Center

January 27, 2020     1-2:30 p.m. CST    Seminar in FCT3.5012 (Lab B)

"Radiofrequency and Microwave Ablation"

Erik N.K. Cressman, Ph.D. - Associate Professor, Dept. of Interventional Radiology, MD Anderson