10 APRIL 2017
The future of treating cancer: Are we moving towards a more personalized approach? | 听鈾� 听Dr. Norma Ybarra
Cancer is a leading cause of death worldwide, and in Canada is responsible for 30% of all deaths.听[...]
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28听OCTOBER听2016
Brain Cancer: Time is of the essence! | 听鈾� 听Dr. Avishek Chatterjee
Glioblastoma is a highly invasive form of brain cancer without a clear cause.听[...]
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2听SEPTEMBER 2016
Personalized Medicine: Why It鈥檚 Important | 听鈾� Andr茅 Diamant
As more and more of the science behind diseases such as cancer is uncovered, the concept of personalizing one鈥檚 treatment has been brought to the forefront of medical research.听[...]
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8听AUGUST 2016
Why do scientists attend conferences? | 听鈾� 听Dr. Ives Levesque
I recently traveled to attend a scientific conference, and as these events are an important part of research, I thought I would share some impressions about conferences. Hint: it鈥檚 not (only) about the travel.听[...]
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15听JULY听2016
Soyons transparents dans nos recherches! | 听鈾� 听Martin Valli猫res
Excusez-le d'avance pour l'amertume ambiante de ce billet. Loin de moi l'id茅e d'茅taler du n茅gativisme sur la toile vis-脿-vis la recherche scientifique aussi facilement que l'on 茅tale du beurre de peanut sur nos toasts le matin, mais certaines choses doivent 锚tre dites par rapport 脿 la comp茅titivit茅 et 脿 la course effr茅n茅e 脿 la publication scientifique, particuli猫rement dans le contexte de la recherche m茅dicale. Si cela peut faire r茅fl茅chir un petit brin mes fans lisant ce texte, tant mieux! [...]
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6 JULY听2016
Prostate cancer: Medical Physicists are reducing the death rate | 听鈾� 听Dr. Jan Seuntjens
Prostate cancer is a disease where some prostate cells have lost their normal governance of growth and division. When this happens these cells no longer function as healthy cells. [...]听Underlying the development of all of these screening programs and treatment improvements, medical physicists have been key听[...]
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13 JUNE 2016
So you want to be a parent AND do your PhD? | 听鈾� 听Pete听Watson
Graduate school. Parenthood. The former is the pinnacle of higher education, where we attempt to exceed the boundaries of human knowledge. And the latter is the pinnacle of human evolution, where we attempt to exceed the boundaries of, well, sleep deprivation, patience, the ability to multi-task . . . Okay, so they're not that different. [...]
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20 MAY 2016
The importance of women in Medical Physics听| 听鈾� 听Dr. Shirin Enger
Women represent the majority of university graduates but they are underrepresented in the fields of science, technology, engineering, mathematics and computer science (STEM). In addition, of those who graduate with a STEM degree, relatively few pursue careers in research. According to a UNESCO report, only 28% of the researchers worldwide are women. [...]
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14 APR 2016
Dosimetry: How to save lives with radiation | 听鈾� 听Simon Dobri
When I tell people that I am studying medical physics, I am almost always met with the question听鈥淢edical physics? What is that?鈥�. There is no simple answer; any intersection of physics and medicine falls under the umbrella of medical physics. The field is incredibly broad and medical听physicists have a wide variety of workplace responsibilities. [...]
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16听MAR 2016
Graduating in 4-6 Months: What 平特五不中 Medical Physics can do for you听| 听鈾� 听James Renaud
I came to the Medical Physics Unit (MPU) nearly six years ago, fresh from completing my undergraduate degree in Physics at the University of Waterloo. What I thought I knew about Medical Physics at the time had been mostly shaped by my experiences working as a clinical research assistant at the London Regional Cancer Program and the Grand River Regional Cancer Centre. [...]
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18听FEB 2016
The importance of Medical Physics in 2016: The people behind the machines that treat cancer | 听鈾� 听Dr. Jan Seuntjens
Medical physicists are physicists that use their scientific skills to solve problems related to the diagnosis and treatment of disease.听Since medical physicists are both scientists and health professionals they are in a unique position to directly translate new discoveries into new treatments beneficial to patients.听[...]
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