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Brenda Tieden

PhD Defense – Bobby Dawson

Join us at 10:00AM on Monday, July 13, 2026, for Bobby Dawson’s dissertation defense titled “Advancements in Mesh-Based Computational Phantom Modeling and Dosimetry”. The defense will take place in room J280 in the Biomedical Engineering Building.

MS Research Presentation – John Francis

Join us for a research presentation by John Francis, MS student, at 1:00PM on Wednesday, July 1, 2026, in J280 in the Biomedical Engineering Building. John’s presentation is titled “Physical Phantom Validation of Radiation Detector Models for the GECAT Radiological Triage Screening Software“.

MS Research Presentation – Lu Mapplebeck

Join us for a research presentation by Lu Mapplebeck, MS student, at 10:00AM on Thursday, June 25, 2026, in L2-101 at the McKnight Brain Institute. Lu’s presentation is titled “Quantitative Evaluation of Bone Mineral Density Response to Physical Therapy in Horses Using Photon-Counting Dual-Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry“.

MS Research Presentation – Ryleigh Chandler

Join us for a research presentation by Ryleigh Chandler, MS student, at 12:30PM on Thursday, June 25, 2026, in L2-101 at the McKnight Brain Institute. Ryleigh’s presentation is titled “Retrospective Analysis of the University of Florida’s Stereotactic Radiosurgery Case Complexities and Trends Among Various Diagnoses“.

MS Research Presentation – Jason Burch

Join us for a research presentation by Jason Burch, MS student, at 10:00AM on Wednesday, June 17, 2026, via Zoom. Jason’s presentation is titled “Comparison of Detector-Specific Output Factors to TRS-483 Standards Using Reference Data“.

Johns Hopkins CaREER Prgm – Emily Hayes

Congratulations to Emily Hayes, UF Medical Physics graduate student, who was accepted to the Johns Hopkins CaREER (Cancer Research Excellence in Radiotherapy) program, a National Institutes of Health (NIH)/National Cancer Institute (NCI) -funded R25 grant designed to prepare the next generation of radiation oncology trainees, medical students, and researchers.

PhD Defense – Amanda Jackson

Join us at 10:00AM on Tuesday, July 7, 2026, via Zoom for Amanda Jackson’s PhD defense titled “Mixed Reality Applications in Radiation Oncology”.

MS Research Presentation – Giovana Gouvea

Join us for a research presentation by Giovana Gouvea, MS student, at 2:00PM on Monday, June 1, 2026, in L2-101 at the McKnight Brain Institute. Giovana’s presentation is titled “Robotic Equine Imager System Image Acquisition Software“.

Research Highlight – Dr Marshall

Congratulations to Dr Emily Marshall, Assistant Professor, on the publication of her research titled “Deriving target exposure indices for common radiography exams based on automatic exposures of flat-field phantoms” in the April 2026 edition of the Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics.

Research Highlight – Dr Moretti

Congratulations to Dr TJ Moretti, 2nd year resident, on the publication of his research titled “Dosimetric impact of clinical planning methodology for Yttrium-90 microsophere radioembolization” in the May 2026 edition of Medical Physics, the International Journal of Medical Physics Research and Practice.