Focused Ultrasound Surgery Foundation Announces
2010 Young Investigator Award Recipients
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (November 4, 2010) Ten early career scientists have received 2010 Young Investigator Awards from the Focused Ultrasound Surgery Foundation. Their work was spotlighed during the recent 2nd International Symposium on MR-guided Focused Ultrasound in Chantilly, Virginia.
The Young Investigator Awards were established to encourage research in MR-guided focused ultrasound by graduate students, research and clinical fellows and junior faculty members. Each award included symposium registration and up to $1,000 in reimbursement for travel and lodging expenses.
“We applaud the work of these young researchers,” said Foundation Chairman, Neal Kassell, M.D. “They are making a major difference in the emerging field of MR-guided focused ultrasound and helping to chart its future direction.”
2010 Young Investigator Award recipients and their abstract titles are:
Esther Bouwsma, M.D.
Mayo Clinic, Department of Reproductive Endocrinology, Rochester, MN, USA
Clinical Predictors of Magnetic Resonance-guided Focused Ultrasound Surgery
Caitlin Burke
University of Virginia, Biomedical Engineering, Charlottesville, VA, USA
Composite Drug-Delivery Agents Comprised of 5FU-Bearing Controlled-Release Nanoparticles Bonded to Microbubbles Inhibit Glioma Growth Upon Activation with Ultrasound
Navid Farr
University of Washington, Department of Bioengineering, Seattle, WA, USA
Small Animal Adaptor Setup and Protocols for Magnetic Resonance-guided Focused Ultrasound
Ronit Machtinger, M.D.
Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Boston, MA, USA
Analyzing Screen Failures Prior to MRgFUS for Uterine Fibroids: Do African American (AA) Women Have Different Characteristics?
Jonathan Pagan, M.S.
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Radiation Oncology, Little Rock, AR, USA
High-intensity Focused Ultrasound Ablation Effect on Tumor Growth and the Migration of Endothelial Progenitor Cell
Allison Payne, Ph.D.
University of Utah, Mechanical Engineering, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Initial Experience with a Small Animal System for MRgFUS Targeted Drug Delivery
Nick Todd, Ph.D.
University of Utah, Utah Center for Advanced Imaging Research, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
High Resolution and Large Volume Coverage MR Temperature Measurements in Breast
Urvi Vyas
University of Utah, Bioengineering, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Non-invasive Determination of Patient-specific Tissue Acoustic Properties for MRgFUS
Marianne Voogt, M.D.
University Medical Center Utrecht, Department of Radiology, Utrecht, Netherlands
Novel Technique for Targeted Vessel Ablation During Magnetic Resonance Imaging-guided High Intensity Focused Ultrasound Treatment of Uterine Fibroids
Katherine Watson
University of California, Davis, Biomedical Engineering, Davis, CA, USA
Paper 1: Mechanisms of Ultrasound-enhanced Drug Delivery
Paper 2: Ultrasound-enhanced Drug Delivery during Epithelial-Mesenchymal Tumor Transition (EMT)
