UCLA Journal of Radiation Oncology Issue 4 - Flipbook - Page 11
UCLA RADIATION ONCOLOGY JOURNAL
YI LAO, PhD
Dr. Yi Lao completed her PhD in Biomedical Engineering at the
University of Southern California. Her PhD work focused on
developing mathematical and numerical tools for brain structural and
diffusion MR imaging processing and applying these tools to analyze
different types of brain abnormalities. After completing her PhD, she
took her postdoctoral training in the Radiation Oncology department
at Cedars Sinai medical center and UCLA. Her postdoctoral work
involves a wide variety of research topics, including early cancer
imaging biomarker development, quantitative tumor resectability and
treatment response characterization, localized recurrence prediction,
surface dose modeling, as well as automatic treatment planning.
MICHAEL LAURIA, PhD
Dr. Lauria, originally from Rochester, NY, earned his BS degree in
nuclear engineering at Purdue University while researching bioelectrics.
He joined the Physics and Biology in Medicine Graduate Program at
UCLA to study medical physics. His PhD work under Dr. Low focused
on fast-helical, free-breathing CT and its potential applications within
radiotherapy and pulmonology, including motion compensation
in cone-beam CT reconstruction, ventilation mapping, and
computational fluid dynamics modeling. As a medical physics resident,
Dr. Lauria’s primary interests include motion management, adaptive
radiotherapy, and helping to bring novel research topics to the clinic.
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