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   Kristin Rae Swanson PhD

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In the News

> 2009-10-26 Dr. Swanson receives NIH Physical Sciences Oncology Center (PSOC) grant funding As part of an interdisciplinary team, Dr. Swanson will lead project # 3, titled "E = mc2: Environment-driven Mathematical Modeling for the physical microenvironment in clinical cancer imaging."

> 2009-08-06 Dr. Swanson and Rita Sodt featured in UWeek article

> 2009-06-08 Dr. Swanson receives NIH Funding for Radiotherapy Grant

> Patient Power An interview with Dr. Jason Rockhill discussing advances in radiation therapy in the treatment of gliomas and the role of the Swanson Lab's research

> UW Undergraduate Academic Affairs "Meet Susan Massey." Lab alumn and current employee Susan Massey is featured in the UW academic affairs e-news

> King 5 TV Special "Researcher outsmarts brain tumors with math" Local news media covers Dr. Swanson's work (Originally aired 12/24/08 5:30pm Ch 5)

> Can Mathematics Treat Cancer? An article from Lifeweek news magazine in China featuring Dr. Swanson's work
See our translation from our own Mindy Szeto!

> Can Math Cure Cancer? A FORBES article on the future of cancer research featuring Dr. Swanson's work

> The Right Equation: Mathematicians Work to Predict Tumor Growth A Journal of the National Cancer Institute article featuring the Swanson Lab as one of the few labs applying mathematical modeling tools to patient-specific data.

> UWMC Neuro-Oncology Consult Fall 08 featuring Dr. Swanson's glioma model simulations

>Modeling Cancer Biology Biomedical Computation Review

> Over $30,000 in scholarship funding for our student researchers this year!

  • Rita Sodt: Levinson and Mary Gates Scholarships, Barry M. Goldwater Nominee (12-3-08)
  • Mindy Szeto: Amgen Research Scholarship, Washington Research Foundation Fellowship, Mary Gates, and VIGRE Scholarships
  • Julia Moore: Barry M. Goldwater and Mary Gates Scholarships
  • Shokouh Pardakhtim: McNair Research Scholarship
  • Stanley Gu: Amgen Research, Mary Gates and VIGRE Scholarships
  • Mahlet Assefa: NIH Step-Up Research Scholarship
  • And many, many more over the past year! We are very proud of our high achieving students!
   Of course none of these scholarships would be possible without Dr. Swanson's award winning mentorship of student researchers!