Below is a list of all training grant trainees, past and present.
| Name | Advisor | Project/Dissertation | Date Appointed |
| Taylor Johnson | Dr. Paul Ellison | Development of radiobrominated PARP inhibitor for the enhanced treatment of ovarian cancer, spanning all steps from cyclotron target creation to in vivo testing | 8/1/2024 |
| Jordan Teague | Dr. Bryan Bednarz | Developing 3D personalized dosimetry for Y-90 radioembolization therapy, namely investigating the impact of respiratory motion on SPECT-based 3D dosimetry for Y-90 liver treatment through phantom development, dose calculation comparison, and data-driven gating | 8/1/2024 |
| Alexander Remsik | Dr. Vivek Prabhakaran | Brain-Computer Interface in Brain Cancer Treatment | 11/14/2023 |
| Hayley Whitson | Dr. Timothy Hall | In-Vivo Quantitative Ultrasound Scattering Measurements of Liver Steatosis Using Regularized Methods | 9/1/2023 |
| Lucky Volety | Dr. Ali Pirasteh | Development of Novel MRI Techniques for Focal and Whole Body Tumor Detection | 9/1/2023 |
| William Thomas | Dr. Brian Pogue | Examining Radiobiological differences in ASPC-1 Cancer cells under Ultra-high dose rate and Conventional Radiotherapy | 9/1/2023 |
| Kendall Barrett | Dr. Jon Engle | Development of radio-labeled [5xMn]MnCl2 and [5xMn]Mangafodipir-Trisodium for dual-modality diagnostic imaging of pancreatic and liver cancer | 7/1/2023 |
| Meltem Uyanik | Dr. Alan McMillan | Simultaneous PET/MRI of Diffuse Gliomas Using 68Ga-FAPI | 2/27/2023 |
| Nicholas Summerfield | Dr. Carri Glide-Hurst | Implementing cutting-edge deep learning techniques to cardiac segmentation, namely implementing a first-of-kind UNEt+TRansformer (UNETR) algorithm and applying the techniques to a cancer patient cohort | 9/1/2022 |
| Muhsin Younis | Dr. Weibo Cai | 8/1/2022 | |
| Jessica Hsu | Dr. Weibo Cai | Targeted, X-ray responsive nanoparticles for improved RT planning and treatment efficacy in breast cancer | 8/1/2022 |
| Emily Shelton | Dr. Paul Campagnola | Developing a combined theoretical and experimental approach to use the SHG spatial emission pattern of SHG to investigate the collagen fibril assembly in ovarian cancer | 2/1/2022 |
| Zachary Rosenkrans | Dr. Reinier Hernandez | 11/21/2021 | |
| Kevin Treb | Dr. Ke Li | Development of a photon counting C-arm prototype system for image-guided interventions | 9/1/2021 |
| Collin Buelo | Dr. Diego Hernando | Towards Accurate and Robust Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping of the Liver | 9/1/2021 |
| Kaelyn Becker | Dr. Jon Engle | Cyclotron production of radioscandium from enriched calcium targets for cancer imaging applications | 9/1/2021 |
| Joseph Whitehead | Dr. Michael Speidel | Advanced X-ray Imaging Techniques for Hepatic Arterial Blood Velocity Measurement | 7/1/2021 |
| Jose Guerrero Gonzalez | Dr. Andrew Alexander | Multidimensional diffusion MRI with multivariate analyses for the investigation of tissue microscopic heterogeneity in brain cancer tumors | 11/1/2020 |
| Lawrence Lechuga | Dr. Oliver Wieben | Development and Translation of Fluorine-19 MRI for Lymphocyte Tracking | 10/1/2020 |
| Jason Mixdorf | Dr. Paul Ellison | 6/1/2020 | |
| Ian Marsh | Dr. Bryan Bednarz | Treatment Planning for Immunomodulatory Radiopharmaceutical Therapy | 10/1/2019 |
| Aeli Olson | Dr. Jon Engle | Develop production capabilities through increasing target beam capacity, implementing enriched 119Sn target material, increasing chemical separation and radioantimony retention, all the while maintaining a chelatable radioantimony species. | 10/1/2019 |
| Austin Bazydlo | Dr. Andrew Alexander | Associations of White Matter Microstructure to Memory Processes: Insights for Neuroplasticity and Cognitive Decline | 9/1/2019 |
| Cole Cook | Dr. Mary Meyerand | Toward the Clinical Implementation of Spectral Dynamic Causal Modeling: An Investigation into Slice Timing, Temporal Filtering, and Neurosurgical Planning | 9/1/2019 |
| Eduardo Aluicio Sarduy | Dr. Jon Engle | 8/1/2019 | |
| Daniel Huff | Dr. Robert Jeraj | Towards a risk-benefit optimized clinical decision support framework for immune-checkpoint inhibitor-treated metastatic melanoma | 12/1/2018 |
| Robert Pohlman | Dr. Tomy Varghese | 12/1/2018 | |
| Paul Begovatz | Dr. Sean Fain | 9/1/2018 | |
| Alexander Antolak | Dr. John Bayouth | 5/1/2018 | |
| Leonard Che Fru | Dr. Larry DeWerd | Measurement of hemoglobin oxygen saturation in tissue with an optical device | 5/1/2018 |
| Emily Ehlerding | Dr. Weibo Cai | Molecular Imaging for Personalized Cancer Immunotherapy | 9/1/2017 |
| Camille Garcia-Ramos | Dr. Mary Meyerand | Graph Theory on Neuroanatomical and Neurofunctional Development in New-Onset Pediatric Epilepsy | 6/1/2017 |
| Andrew Santoso | Dr. Timothy Hall | A MODEL-BASED APPROACH FOR TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION OF THE UTERINE CERVIX USING ULTRASONIC BACKSCATTER | 6/1/2017 |
| Kai Ludwig | Dr. Sean Fain | Development of quantitative magnetic resonance imaging techniques for cellular tracking and measuring organ function | 5/1/2017 |
| Sabrina Hoffman | Dr. Bryan Bednarz | Investigation of a DNA Damage Response Protein Targeted Meitner-Auger Electron Emitting Theranostic for Ovarian Cancer | 5/1/2017 |
| Carson Hoffman | Dr. Oliver Wieben | Quantitative Post-Processing Techniques for Angiographic Imaging | 5/1/2017 |
| Annie Malkus | Dr. Sean Fain | Can Diffusion Weighted MRI Delineate Microstructural Dimensions in Inflammatory Lung Disease? | 5/1/2017 |
| Tobey Betthauser | Dr. Bradley Christian | Investigation of Novel Positron Emission Tomography Radioligands for In Vivo Characterization of Alzheimer's Disease Pathophysiology | 4/1/2016 |
| Quinton Guerrero | Dr. Timothy Hall | On the Use of the Rhesus Macaque Model for Ultrasonic Backscatter Parameters in the Human Cervix | 1/1/2016 |
| Kirby Campbell | Dr. Paul Campagnola | True 3D Second Harmonic Generation Imaging and Optical Scattering Determination for Detecting Fibrillary Collagen Alterations in Ovarian Cancer | 12/1/2015 |
| Stephanie Harmon | Dr. Robert Jeraj | Molecular Imaging Biomarkers of Prostate and Lung Cancers | 11/1/2015 |
| Michael Pinkert | Dr. Kevin Eliceiri | Tools for multiscale imaging of collagen fiber organization | 9/1/2015 |
| Timothy Colgan | Dr. Scott Reeder | Algorithms and Calibration Techniques for High Resolution Microwave Breast Imaging | 8/12/2015 |
| Andrew Shepard | Dr. Bryan Bednarz | An ultrasound-based motion management system utilizing 2D/3D real-time tracking for use in radiotherapy | 6/1/2015 |
| Samantha Simiele | Dr. Larry DeWerd | Advancements in Electronic Brachytherapy Dosimetry Methods | 1/1/2015 |
| Kayvan Samimi | Dr. Tomy Varghese | Quantitative Ultrasound Imaging During Ablation Procedures | 1/1/2015 |
| Stephen Graves | Dr. Robert Nickles | Production and Applications of Long-Lived Positron-Emitting Radionuclides | 1/1/2015 |
| Christopher England | Dr. Weibo Cai | Development of Novel Antibody-based Agents for Cancer Imaging | 1/1/2015 |
| Lindsey Drehfal | Dr. Timothy Hall | Characterizing the Human Uterine Cervix using Quantitative Ultrasound and Second Harmonic Generation Microscopy Imaging | 7/1/2014 |
| David Niles | Dr. Sean Fain | MRI Biomarkers for Renal Function and Disease | 11/1/2013 |
| You Ming Yang | Dr. Bryan Bednarz | Concurrent Monte Carlo Transport and Fluence Optimization Theory, Development and Applications | 10/1/2013 |
| Benjamin Grabow | Dr. Walter Block | MR-Guided Neurological Drug Delivery | 7/1/2013 |
| Ansel Hillmer | Dr. Bradley Christian | Imaging α4β2 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors with [18F]Nifene PET | 4/1/2013 |
| Samuel Adams | Dr. Orhan Unal | Ultrashort Echo Time (UTE) MRI Techniques for Post Ablation Scar Visualization of Tumors | 1/1/2013 |
| Jeremy Bredfeldt | Dr. Thomas Mackie | Collagen Alignment Imaging and Analysis for Breast Cancer Classification | 11/1/2012 |
| Peter Scully | Dr. Robert Jeraj | Imaging Biomarkers of Treatment Response: Applications to Clinical Trials | 10/1/2012 |
| Karissa Tilbury | Dr. Paul Campagnola | Second Harmonic Generation Imaging of Ovarian Cancer | 10/1/2012 |
| Andrew Hahn | Dr. Sean Fain | Pulmonary MRI of Ventilation Distribution in Lung Disease | 10/1/2012 |
| David Campos | Dr. Michael Kissick | Radiation Induces Live-Cell Metabolic Fluxes: an In-Vitro Demonstration | 9/1/2012 |
| Paul Ellison | Dr. Onofre DeJesus | Cyclotron Production and Radiochemical Synthesis of Novel PET Tracers | 4/1/2012 |
| Nicholas Rubert | Dr. Tomy Varghese | Quantitative Ultrasound Imaging of Thermal Ablation Therapy in the Liver | 1/2/2012 |
| Andrew Ellis | Dr. Wolfgang Tome | Effects of Respiratory Motion and Risk-Region Misclassification on Subvolume Boosting in Radiotherapy | 1/1/2012 |
| Matthew Bayer | Dr. Timothy Hall | Ultrasonic Motion Tracking for Large Multi-Step Deformations | 11/1/2011 |
| Timothy Szczykutowicz | Dr. Charles Mistretta | Fluence field modulated computed tomography: Implemented using digital beam attenuation | 9/1/2011 |
| John Floberg | Dr. Charles Mistretta | Novel Denoising methods for Dynamic Positron Emission Tomorgraphy | 3/1/2011 |
| Regina Fulkerson | Dr. Larry DeWerd | Dosimetric characterization of surface applicators for use with high dose rate 192Ir and electronic brachytherapy sources | 3/1/2011 |
| Nicholas Bevins | Dr. Guang-Hong Chen | X-ray Phase Contrast Imaging: Evaluating Clinical Utility | 1/1/2011 |
| Dustin Wooten | Dr. Bradley Christian | The Development of PET Techniques to Study the 5-HT1A System | 12/1/2010 |
| Eric Nordberg | Dr. Timothy Hall | Interpreting Acoustic Autocorrelation Functions Through Image Based Simulations | 11/1/2010 |
| Athena Heredia | Dr. Doug Henderson | Developing a Directional High-Dose Rate Brachytherapy Source | 9/1/2010 |
| Gregory Severin | Dr. Robert Nickles | Calibration and the Use of a Superconducting Beta Spectrometer | 7/12/2010 |
| Joseph Zambelli | Dr. Guang-Hong Chen | Design and Characterization of a Phase Contrast X-ray CT System | 1/1/2010 |
| Jonathan Engle | Dr. Robert Nickles | Production of Electrophilic Radiohalogen PET Synthons: [18F]F2 and [34mCl]ClF | 1/1/2010 |
| Eric Bultman | Dr. Scott Reeder | Quantitative MR imaging: Applications to chronic liver disease and hepatocellular carcinoma | 10/1/2009 |
| Ryan DeWall | Dr. Tomy Varghese | Shear Wave Velocity Imaging Using Transient Needle Vibration for Monitoring Thermal Ablative Therapies | 10/1/2009 |
| Edward Bender | Dr. Wolfgang Tome | Non-Uniform Dose Distributions in Cranial Radiation Therapy | 10/1/2009 |
| David Duncan | Dr. Timothy Hall | Acoustics Scattering Theory and Compressed Sensing in Medical Ultrasound | 9/1/2009 |
| Robert Cadman | Dr. Sean Fain | Diffusion-Weighted Helium-3 MRI of the Lung | 8/3/2009 |
| Noah Arvidson | Dr. Wolfgang Tome | 6/1/2009 | |
| Patrick Hill | Dr. Thomas Mackie | Fan Beam Intensity Modulated Proton Therapy | 6/1/2009 |
| Matthew Smith | Dr. Sean Fain | Interventional MRI Hardware and Functional Imaging Techniques for Detection and Staging of Cancer | 6/1/2009 |
| Ted Fisher | Dr. Timothy Hall | Advancements Towards Real-Time Three Dimensional Ultrasound Elastography | 9/1/2008 |
| Matt Vanderhoek | Dr. Robert Jeraj | A Comprehensive Methodology For PET-Based Treatment Response Assessment | 7/1/2008 |
| Nicholas Vandehey | Dr. Robert Nickles | PET Assay of Extrastriatal Dopamine D2/D3 Receptors | 5/1/2008 |
| Chihwa Song | Dr. Sean Fain | Biomedical Image Processing and Analysis | 11/1/2007 |
| Karl Rasmussen | Dr. Wolfgang Tome | On the Use of Pulsed Reduced Dose Rate for Improvement of the Therapeutic Ratio | 11/1/2007 |
| David Westerly | Dr. Thomas Mackie | Strategies for Improved Accuracy and Efficiency with Advanced Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy Techniques | 9/7/2007 |
| Adam Hecht | Dr. Thomas Mackie | GEANT4 Monte Carlo Simulations of Dose from Charged Particle Beams | 7/23/2007 |
| Maria-Teresa Herd | Dr. Timothy Hall | Deformation Compounding as a Method to Improve Quantitative Ultrasound in Small Lesions | 1/12/2007 |
| Julie Raffi | Dr. Larry DeWerd | Dosimetry for Intracavitary Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation with High Dose Rate 192Ir and Electronic Brachytherapy Sources | 1/1/2007 |
| Maritza Hobson | Dr. Ernest Madsen | Prospects for Effective Uterine and Cervical Elastography | 4/1/2006 |
| John Graner | Dr. James Holden | Optimization of PET Study Design and Analysis by an Impulse Response Function Approach | 1/1/2006 |
| Rachel Barbee | Dr. Onofre DeJesus | Kinetic analysis of [18F]FLT, [18F]Fallypride and the environmental neurotoxin [11C]Paraquat in pregnant non-human Primates | 9/1/2005 |
| Angelica Perez-Andujar | Dr. Paul DeLuca | Theoretical and Experimental Neutron Dose Determination for Proton Therapy Delivery Techniques | 9/1/2005 |
| Timothy Betts | Dr. Michael Van Lysel | Metallic Alloys for Use in Radiographic Phantoms | 8/1/2005 |
| Lee Kiessel | Dr. Timothy Hall | Evaluation of a Pressure Sensing Array for use with Ultrasound Strain Imaging | 7/1/2005 |
| Catherine Moran | Dr. Walter Block | Accelerated Radial Magnetic Resonance Lesion Characterization | 12/1/2004 |
| Ryan Flynn | Dr. Robert Jeraj | A Comparison Of Intensity Modulated X-Ray Therapy To Intensity Modulated proton Therapy For the Delivery Of Non-Uniform Dose Distributions | 10/1/2004 |
| Michael Meltsner | Dr. John Vetter | Design and Optimization of a Brachytherapy Robot | 8/1/2004 |
| Jonathon Nye | Dr. Robert Nickles | Production Of Radiohalogens and [11C]-Methane at High Specific Activity | 7/1/2004 |
| Gregory Palmer | Dr. Nirmala Ramanujam | Experimental, Computational, and Analytical Techniques for Diagnosing Breast Cancer Using Optical Spectroscopy | 7/1/2004 |
| Brian Nett | Dr. Charles Mistretta | Image Guided Interventions Via Novel Cone-Beam Data Acquisition and Reconstruction Methods | 3/1/2004 |
| James Holmes | Dr. Sean Fain | Non-Invasive Fusion Imaging for Regional Evaluation of Obstructive Lung Disease Using MRI and PET | 10/1/2003 |
| Kurt Stump | Dr. Larry DeWerd | Absolute Calorimetric Calibration of Low Engergy Brachytherapy Sources | 7/1/2003 |
| Miklos Kiss | Dr. Tomy Varghese | Viscoelastic Characterization of in Vitro Uterine and Cervical Tissue | 7/1/2003 |
| Todd Barnhart | Dr. Robert Nickles | Radiotracer Methodology with Applications to Functional PET/TMS | 7/1/2002 |
| Richard Ross | Dr. Walter Peppler | Optimization of X-ray Capillary Optic Arrays for Mammography | 7/1/2002 |
| Timothy Stiles | Dr. Ernest Madsen | Diagnostic Ultrasound Exposimetry Using a Tissue-Mimicking Liquid | 5/1/2001 |
| David Ellerbusch | Dr. John Vetter | Objective Performance Evaluation Methods Adapted to Helical and Multislice CT Scanner | 2/1/2001 |
| Anthony Gerig | Dr. James Zagzebski | Ultrasonic Scatterer Size Estimation and Imaging with a Clinical Scanner | 1/1/2001 |
| Michael Speidel | Dr. Michael Van Lysel | Performance Characteristics of the Scanning-Beam Digital X-ray (SBDX) Cardiac Imaging System | 11/1/2000 |
| Jennifer Smilowitz | Dr. Larry DeWerd | Integration of Dose Measurements and Model-Based Treatment Planning Algorithms | 9/1/2000 |
| Julie Lengle | Dr. Ronald Wakai | 9/1/2000 | |
| David Dick | Dr. Robert Nickles | Investigation of [F-18]Fluoro-L-Thymidine with PET to Assess Radiotherapy Response | 9/1/2000 |
| Baxter Rogers | Dr. Mary Meyerand | Functional MRI Measurements of Effective Connectivity During Motor Tasks | 1/1/2000 |
| Jeffrey Kapatoes | Dr. Thomas Mackie | Delivery Verification and Dose Reconstruction in Tomotherapy | 9/1/1999 |
| Stephen Peterson | Dr. Bruce Thomadsen | Image-Based Dosimetry of an Implanted Radioactive Stent using Intravascular Ultrasound | 9/1/1999 |
| Karl Vigen | Dr. Charles Mistretta | Improved Temporal and Spatial Resolution in Time-Resolved Contrast-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Angiography | 9/1/1998 |
| Robert Aus | Dr. Bruce Thomadsen | The Calorimetric Measurement of Low Penetrating Brachytherapy Sources | 9/1/1998 |
| Michael Schueller | Dr. Robert Nickles | Investigating H2 140 and 10CO2 as Cerebral Blood Flow Tracers in PET | 9/8/1997 |
| Thaddeus Wilson | Dr. James Zagzebski | In Vivo Frequency Dependent Backscatter Estimations in Liver | 9/1/1997 |
| Joseph Modrick | Dr. Bruce Thomadsen | Low Energy Photon Dosimetry Using Monte Carlo and Convolution Methods | 9/1/1996 |
| Michael Taylor | Dr. Robert Nickles | F-18 Labeled Volatile Anesthetics: Synthesis and In Vitro Applications | 1/12/1996 |
| Timothy Lee | Dr. Paul DeLuca | 1/1/1996 | |
| Gregory Wilson | Dr. Paul DeLuca | NMR Relaxation Time Measurements of 129Xe Dissolved in Tissue and Blood: Toward MR Imaging of Laser-Polarized 129Xe in Tissue | 1/1/1996 |
| Bryan Mock | Dr. James Sorenson | Development and Evaluation of Data Collection and Analysis Strategies for Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) | 1/1/1996 |
| Kristin Wedding | Dr. Charles Mistretta | A Validation of the Ability of Magnetic Resonance Imaging to Measure Blood Flow in Canine Coronary Arteries | 9/1/1995 |
| Robert Pooley | Dr. James Holden | Evaluation of 14(R,S)-[Fluorine-18] Fluoro-6-Thia-Heptadecanoic Acid (FTHA) as a Positron Emission Tomography Fatty Acid Tracer of Beta-Oxidation in the Heart | 1/1/1995 |
| Gregory Cron | Dr. Giles Santyr | Quantitative Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Breast | 1/1/1995 |
| Rodney Milbrandt | Dr. Ernest Madsen | Tissue-Mimicking Phantoms for Performance Testing of 1H Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy of Brain | 5/16/1994 |
| Mark Holmes | Dr. William Zarnstorff | Variance Reduction Techniques for Monte Carlo Electron Dose Calculations | 1/1/1994 |
| Terrence Oakes | Dr. Robert Nickles | Clinical Investigation of the Dopaminergic System with PET and 18F-Fluoro-L-DOPA | 1/1/1994 |
| Jason Polzin | Dr. Charles Mistretta | Measurement of Coronary Flow and Flow Reserve Using Phase-Contrast Magnetic Resonance Imaging | 1/1/1994 |
| James Yang | Dr. Ernest Madsen | A Feasibility Study for Tomotherapy Beam Delivery | 1/1/1994 |
| Arthur Leuthold | Dr. Ronald Wakai | Magnetic Measurement of the Heart and Brain in the Human Fetus | 1/1/1994 |
| Christopher Endres | Dr. James Holden | Kinetics and Metabolism of 18-F Labeled L-DOPA Analog PET Tracers | 9/1/1993 |
| Wayne Newhauser | Dr. Paul DeLuca | Neutron Kerma Factor Measurements in the 25-MeV to 85-MeV Neutron Energy Range | 9/1/1993 |
| Eva Baker | Dr. James Sorenson | Feature Selection for Segmentation of Medical Images | 9/1/1993 |
| Stuart Swerdloff | Dr. James Holden | A Framework for the Study of the Significance of Differences in PET Images: An Objective Method for Quantifying Functional Change | 6/1/1993 |
| Joshua Reed | Dr. Larry DeWerd | Characterization of Low-Energy Photon-Emitting Brachytherapy Sources with Modified Strengths for Applications in Focal Therapy | |
| Megan Hyun | Dr. Larry DeWerd | Improving Dose Determination Accuracy in Nonstandard Fields of the Varian TrueBeam Accelerator | |
| Eric Schrauben | Dr. Oliver Wieben | 4D Flow MRI Post-Processing Strategies for Neuropathologies | |
| Leah Henze Bancroft | Dr. Walter Block | High Resolution Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Bilateral Breast Using an Accelerated 3D Radial Trajectory | |
| Martin Wagner | Dr. Charles Mistretta | Model-based Reconstruction of Time Dependent Volumes in Interventional Computed Tomography | |
| Swetha Subramanian | Dr. Timothy Hall | Thermal Ablation Monitoring Using Ultrasound Echo Decorrelation Imaging | |
| Andrew Alexander | |||
| Sean Fain | Dr. Charles Mistretta | Moving Table Whole Body Magnetic Resonance Angiography | |
| Michael Kissick | Dr. Thomas Mackie | Tomotherapy Dose Delivery Artifacts | |
| Alexander Converse | Dr. Andrew Roberts | Neuroscientific Applications of PET and MRI | |
| Ian Nelson | Dr. Bhudatt Paliwal | Use of commercially available treatment planning software to optimize Intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) for the treatment of breast cancers at many radiotherapy centers | |
| Michelle Quigley | Dr. James Sorenson | Functional MRI | |
| Bucky Badger | Dr. Wesley Culberson | ||
| Muntasir Shamim | Dr. Kevin Johnson |