Aria’s 3 Minute Thesis presentation, In your breast interest: A surface level talk about preventing skin toxicity, proceeded through the semi-finals yesterday and she will be part of the UBC 3 Minute Thesis Finals tomorrow, Thursday, March 16th at 12pm in the Robert H. Lee Alumni Centre (Jack Poole Hall South). If you can’t make it to campus, there is also an online option. Register to attend here, and cheer Aria on to the Regional Finals in Saskatchewan!
Congratulations to Aria Malhotra on her People’s Choice win during this week’s Graduate Physics & Astronomy heat of the UBC 3 Minute Thesis. If you missed it the first time, you can catch her presentation, In your breast interest: A surface level talk about preventing skin toxicity, on Tuesday, March 14th, 4-6pm in Dodson Room (302) on Level 3 of the Irving K. Baber Learning Center, 1961 East Mall. In person attendance is recommended. Registration and details available here.
Go Aria Go!!
Cheryl Duzenli and Tania Karan are starting 2023 off strong by co-chairing the COMP 2023 Winter School, held virtually this year, February 1-3. With presentations from Alanah Bergman, and collaborators Robynn Ferris, Quinn Matthews, Michelle Hilts, Ian Sun, Alan Nichol, Dave Voduc and Nathan Smela, this year’s Winter School boasts an action-packed, three-day program to start the year off right with best breast practices. Register before January 8th to get the Early Bird discount!
Bonne chance to all of our presenters in Quebec City this week for the annual meeting of the Canadian Organization of Medical Physicists! Here’s a preview of all the great content our researchers will be sharing with their colleagues from around the country and the world!
Congratulations to our grad students, Aria Malhotra, Cassidy Northway and Justin Poon, for passing the first ever Medical Physics Comprehensive Exam at UBC. A lot of hard work went into crafting the specialty exam, and we’re extremely pleased that it was successfully administered at the beginning of September. We’re all looking forward to being able to safely celebrate these and so many other achievements in the near future.
