UCLA Journal of Radiation Oncology Issue 4 - Flipbook - Page 27
UCLA RADIATION ONCOLOGY JOURNAL
Contributed by:
Dylan O'Connell, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology
Dr. O'Connell received his bachelor's degree in Physics from Tufts University in 2013, and his Ph.D in Biomedical Physics from UCLA in 2018.
Subsequently, he completed the medical physics residency program at UCLA before joining the faculty in 2020. His research interests include
improving 4DCT reconstruction using a respiratory motion model, motion compensated cone-beam CT reconstruction, online adaptive therapy,
and in-house clinical software safety.
Daniel Low, PhD, DABMP
Professor and Vice Chair of Physics
Dr. Low joined UCLA Radiation Oncology in 2010 as the Vice Chair and Director of Medical Physics. Dr. Low is board certified by the American
Board of Medical Physics in Therapeutic Medical Physics and by the American Board of Radiology and is a fellow of the American Association of
Physicists in Medicine. He has published nearly 300 peer-reviewed articles, including the most cited article in Medical Physics Journal’s history. His
research interests include modeling of human breathing motion, radiation therapy safety, quality assurance methods, and image-guided radiation
therapy including magnetic resonance-image guided radiation therapy.
Michael Lauria, PhD
Medical Physics Resident PGY-1
Dr. Lauria 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.
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