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2026 Spring Schedule

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

Date Speaker Topic
Jan 13

Anna Rodrigues, PhD
Josh Wilson, PhD

Workshops for 1st- and 2nd-year students only,
Hock Classrooms. 3:05-4:20 PM
Jan 20 Anna Rodrigues, PhD
Josh Wilson, PhD
Workshops for 1st- and 2nd-year students only,
Hock Classrooms. 3:05-4:20 PM

Jan 27

Anna Rodrigues, PhD
Josh Wilson, PhD
Workshops for 1st- and 2nd-year students only,
Hock Classrooms. 3:05-4:20 PM
Feb 3 Dan Ma, PhD MR Fingerprinting for Quantitative MRI and Pan-Contrast AI
Feb 10

Jackie Wu, PhD

Machine Learning for Treatment Planning

Feb 17 Tyler Kay
Yuhao Wang
PhD Showcase
Kay: “Creating Computational Models of Rare Disease Lesions for Virtual Imaging Trials”
Wang: “Virtual Trial of the Cardiac 5DCT Reconstruction”
Feb 24 Erik Sulman, MD, PhD The Vision for Radiation Oncology at Duke
Mar 3 Casey Heirman
Zhendong Zhang
PhD Showcase
Heirman: “Multiscale Imaging Biomarkers of Chemoradiation Resistance in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma”
Zhang: “Develop Novel Non-Invasive Methods for Tracking Continuous 3D Motion of Abdominal Tumors and Organs in Real-Time for Guiding Online Adapted Radiation Therapy Treatments”
Mar 10  

Spring break – no class

Mar 17 Susu Yan, PhD Global democratization of proton therapy
Mar 24 Steve Bache, MS
Justin Raudabaugh, PhD
Point and Counterpoint: To Shed the Lead or Not? That is the Question.
Mar 31 Terence Wong, MD, PhD Radiotheranostics at Duke
Apr 7 Christine Eyler, MD, PhD Epigenetic Mechanisms of Cancer Treatment Resistance and Tumor Initiation

Apr 14

Kyle Lafata, PhD
Megan Russ, PhD

Seed Grant Presentation
Imaging Physics Characterization of Tissue Batch Effects in Digital Pathology

For more information or to share ideas for future seminars, contact Anna Rodrigues or Josh Wilson.