Awarded for the 46th consecutive year on Aug. 23, 2024, the University of Wisconsin Department of Medical Physics is one of the longest funded training programs in the country to receive funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
The National Research Service Award (NRSA) Institutional Research Training Grant (T32) funds a cohort of PhD students and post-doctoral fellows to do extra training in cancer research, leadership, mentoring, and grant writing.
The Training Grant was re-funded in a competing continuation process for years 46 to 50, which will take the UW Radiological Sciences Training Program funding through 2029. Professors Bryan Bednarz and Brian Pogue co-lead this updated version of the program, with coordination from a team in medical physics and the training grant office.
“Supporting our students and helping to create future leaders is one of the most important things that we do,” says Graduate Program Manager Taylor Hartung. “We are happy to have this ongoing support for the next five years.”
T32 aims to prepare physicists and engineers for their research careers in fields such as radiological physics and dosimetry. T32 also covers research in the detection and treatment of cancer through functional, anatomical and interventional medical imaging.
Faculty trainers in this program are committed to excellence in research applied to cancer treatment, diagnosis, and prevention. The UW Radiological Science Training Program takes a multi-disciplinary approach that is strongly image-science based and is increasingly molecular-focused. Trainees are immersed in this comprehensive research environment. Research training is available in every major area of physics involved with cancer treatment and diagnosis, cancer biology, and in emerging areas of molecular imaging.