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2025 Spring Schedule

Tuesdays 3:00-4:00 PM ET in Bryan Research Bldg Auditorium Rm 103 (unless noted otherwise).

DateSpeakerTopic
Jan 14Anna Rodrigues, PhD and Josh Wilson, PhDWorkshops for 1st- and 2nd-year students only,
Hock Classrooms. 3:05-4:20 PM
Jan 21Anna Rodrigues, PhD and Josh Wilson, PhDWorkshops for 1st- and 2nd-year students only,
Hock Classrooms. 3:05-4:20 PM
Jan 28Anna Rodrigues, PhD and Josh Wilson, PhDWorkshops for 1st- and 2nd-year students only,
Hock Classrooms. 3:05-4:20 PM
Feb 4Bastiaan Driehuys, PhDA Research Program Built on One Atom – Imaging Pulmonary Function using 129Xe MRI
Feb 11Justus Adamson, PhD

Medical Physics Graduate Program Faculty Seed Grant Presentation

Feb 18Stephanie Blocker, PhDTumor RadioHistology: translating preclinical magnetic resonance histology for clinical cancer applications
Feb 25Pat B. Zanzonico, PhDMIRDsoft: The Evolving MIRD Formalism in the Age of Theranostics.
Mar 4Isabel Montero
Dongrong Yang
PhD Showcases
Montero: Modeling the clinical CT scanner landscape for Virtual Imaging Trials
Yang: Developing Intelligent Reinforcement Learning Bots for Radiation Therapy Treatment Planning
Mar 11 Spring Break – no seminar
Mar 18Julianna Pollard-Larkin, PhD Motion Management the MD Anderson Way
Mar 25Jack Stevens
Jingtong Zhao
PhD Showcases
Stevens: 
Mathematical approaches to multiscale characterization of head and neck cancer
Zhao: Explainable AI (XAI) Methods for Radiation Oncology Applications
Apr 1Justin Solomon, PhD 
Chunhao Wang, PhD
Point and Counterpoint: “The use of machine learning in medical physics research is causing a reproducibility crisis” 
Apr 8Tina Tailor, MDLung Cancer Screening: From Evidence to Clinical Translation
Apr 15Angel Peterchev, PhDPrinciples and Applications of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
 For more information, or to share ideas for future seminars, contact Anna Rodrigues or Josh Wilson.