Departmental Forum: December

Maria Hawkins: Steps in understanding normal tissue toxicity to radiation

Prof Hawkins recently joined UCL and the Department of Medical Physics & Biomedical Engineering, where she will continue her work as a researchers and clinician. Specialising in advanced radiation oncology, Prof Hawkins is one of many UCL academics and clinicians for whom the 2020 opening of the UCLH Proton Beam Therapy Centre will provide new possibilities for research and treatment.

Gary Royle: Next-gen radiotherapy research and the UCLH Proton Beam Therapy Centre

Prof Royle’s work in radiotherapy recently received funding from Cancer Research UK, as part of the new RadNet national network of research to advance radiation therapy for cancer treatment. He outlines his work and what the opening of the UCLH Proton Beam Therapy Centre will mean for this department and the whole of UCL.