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The Department of Radiation Medicine & Applied Sciences (RMAS) has a strong commitment to research in a wide variety of disciplines including imaging, health outcomes and equity, basic science and radiobiology, technology development and implementation, clinical trials, education, and systems engineering and design. RMAS researchers are funded by multiple societies and organizations including the National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Cancer Institute (NCI), Department of Defense (DOD), American Society of Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) and the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA). RMAS Research Faculty are members of three different Research Centers: Center for Precision Radiation Medicine (CPRM), Center for Health Equity, Education and Research (CHEER) and the Quality, Innovation, Value & Efficiency in Radiotherapy (QUIVER) Center.

Quality, Innovation, Value & Efficiency in Radiotherapy (QUIVER)

Quality, Innovation, Value & Efficiency in Radiotherapy (QUIVER)

Center for Precision Radiation Medicine (CPRM)

Center for Precision Radiation Medicine (CPRM)

Center for Health Equity, Education & Research (CHEER)

Center for Health Equity, Education & Research (CHEER)

14

Research-Focused
Radiation Oncologists
and Medical Physicists

147

Journal Publications Last Year

50+

Separate Journals
with RMAS Publications Last Year

7

Faculty with 10+
Publications Last Year

12

Active Federal Grants

$12.1M+

Total Active Grant Funding

UCSD Radiation Medicine Federally-Funded Grants

Optimizing Efficiency and Quality of Brachytherapy
for Cervical Cancer using Machine Learning Based
Automation
Five-year, $1.2M (NCI K08CA267068)
P.I. Sandra Meyers PhD

UCSD Radiation Medicine Federally-Funded Grants

Elucidation and therapeutic exploitation of PAK-mediated radioresistance
Seven-year, $2.5M (NCI R37CA2150810)
P.I. Sunil Advani MD

UCSD Radiation Medicine Federally-Funded Grants

Image-Guided Cognitive-Sparing Radiosurgery for Brain
Metastases: Avoidance of Eloquent White Matter and Hippocampal Regions
Three-year, $1.7M (NCI R01CA238783)
P.I. Jona Hattangadi-Gluth MD

UCSD Radiation Medicine Federally-Funded Grants

Interactive contouring simulation (iContour) to improve outcomes of cancer patients treated with radiation therapy
Five-year, $1.94M (AHRQ R18HSo26881)
P.I. Jim Murphy MD

UCSD Radiation Medicine Federally-Funded Grants

Active Surveillance for African-American Men with Prostate Cancer
Four-year, $806K (DOD W18XWH-18-1-0362)
P.I. Brent Rose MD

UCSD Radiation Medicine Federally-Funded Grants

Improving assessment of prostate cancer bone metastases using advanced diffusion imaging
Four-year, $804K (NIMIB K08EB026503)
P.I. Tyler Seibert MD PhD

UCSD Radiation Medicine Federally-Funded Grants

Effectiveness of image-guided intensity modulated radiation therapy for locally advanced cervix cancer on NRG Trial GY006
Four-year, $724K (NCI R01CA197059)
P.I. Loren Mell MD

UCSD Radiation Medicine Federally-Funded Grants

Role of B-cell mediated anti-tumor antibodies in responses to radiation and immunotherapy in HNSCC
Five-year, $1.8M (NIH R01DE028563)
P.I. Andrew Sharabi MD PhD

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Research News

Associate Professor Sunil Advani MD awarded a NIH R37 MERIT (Method to Extend Research in Time) Award for his research focused on PAK-CRAF Signaling
Jyoti Mayadev MD, Associate Professor and Gynecologic Cancers Service Chief, has been appointed GYN Track Vice Chair for the ASTRO Scientific Committee
Assistant Professor Andrew Sharabi MD PhD is a Co-Investigator on a $4.3M NIH Moonshot U01 Grant together with investigators from the Moores Cancer Center and the La Jolla Institute for Allergy & Immunology
Androgen Deprivation Therapy and Dementia Big Data Study authored by Brent Rose MD, Jim Murphy MD and Danny Simpson MD published in JAMA Oncology
RMAS Faculty Catheryn Yashar MD and Loren Mell MD inducted into the UC San Diego Academy of Clinical Scholars
Associate Professor Jona Hattangadi-Gluth MD awarded NIH R01 Grant to study Image-Guided Cognitive-Sparing Radiosurgery

Spotlight on Brain Cancer Research: Learn more about Dr. Hattangadi-Gluth's groundbreaking research

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