Grants and Contracts Support
UT GSBS Medical Physics Program Faculty

UT MDACC Department of Radiation Physics
Principal Investigator Title
Funding Agency
Project Period
Current Funding
(Direct Costs)
Briere, Tina M. Performance of the new design of the implantable detectors (DVS)
Sicel Technologies
08/02/06-08/31/07
$15,000
Dong, Lei Varian Master Agreement Varian Medical Systems
06/01/04-05/31/07
$99,084
Guerrero, Thomas 4D Analysis of Lung Cancer Imaging UTMDACC-Physician Scientists
09/01/04-08/31/07
$310,000
Ibbott, Geoffrey Advanced Technology Radiation Therapy Quality Assurance Review Consortium Washington University
07/01/06-06/30/07
$89,882
Ibbott, Geoffrey Dosimetric Characterization of Cesium-131 Brachytherapy Sources IsoRay Medical, Inc.
08/30/06 - 08/30/07
$31,774
Ibbott, Geoffrey 5 U10 CA010953 38 Radiological Physics Center NCI/DHHS/NIH
09/01/78-12/31/10
$1,960,714
Ibbott, Geoffrey 5 U24 CA081647 08 Advanced Technology Radiation Therapy Quality Assurance Review Consortium Washington University
09/16/02-06/30/07
$89,882
Ibbott, Geoffrey

LS2006-00017796JW
Dosimetric Characterization of Cesium-131 Brachytherapy Sources

IsoRay Medical, Inc.
08/30/06-08/30/07
$31,784
Ibbott, Geoffrey Sun Nuclear (Phase II, Yr. 1) Benchmark Beam Data: Improved Accuracy in Radiotherapy Sun Nuclear Corp.
07/01/06-06/30/07
$37,100
Mohan, Radhe Image-guided IMRT for Inter-Fractional Changes NCI/DHHS/NIH
06/01/04-05/31/09
$208,889
Mohan, Radhe Respiration-Induced Motion of Tumors and Normal Tissues - Consequences, Remedies and their Potential Gain Varian Medical Systems
07/01/04-07/31/07
$49,867
Mohan, Radhe Varian Master Agreement Varian Medical Systems
06/01/04-05/31/09
$317,920
Mourtada, Firas Commissioning of BEBIG 106Ru/106Rh Eye Plaques: A Practical Clinical Procedure BEBIG
03/27/06-03/27/08
$8,333
Newhauser, Wayne Varian Master Agreement Varian Medical Systems
06/01/04-05/31/07
$93,339
Shiu, Almon Varian Master Agreement Varian Medical Systems
06/01/04-05/31/07
$94,926
Stovall, Marilyn Support Services for Medical Radiation Dosimetry for Epidemiology Studies NCI/DHHS/NIH
04/15/06-04/14/10
$298,874
Stovall, Marilyn Genetic Consequences of Therapies for Cancer International Epidemiology Institute, Ltd.
06/01/06-05/31/07
$16,698
Stovall, Marilyn Radiation Dose and Risk of Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer in Cancer Survivors Lance Armstrong/ University of Minnesota
01/01/06-12/31/08
$61,639
Titt, Uwe Varian Master Agreement Varian Medical Systems
06/01/04-05/31/07
$93,456
Zhang, Sean Selective Targeting Microscopic Breast Cancer Cells Using Nanoshell Bioconjugates US Department of Defense
09/01/06-09/30/07
$75,000
Zhu, Xiaorong Varian Master Agreement Varian Medical Systems
10/01/05-09/30/07
$96,000

UT MDACC Department of Imaging Physics
Principal Investigator Title
Funding Agency
Project Period
Current Funding
(Direct Costs)
Bidaut, Luc R21 CA106564 Multimodality Virtual Endoscopy with Hybrid PET/CT Units
NCI/DHHS/NIH
05/15/06-03/31/08
$275,000
Cody, Dianna R01 EB004898-01 Collaborative Research on a Dynamic Data-Driven System for Laser Treatment of Cancer NCI/DHHS/NIH
09/15/05-06/30/06
$465,619
Hazle, John CNS-0540063 Collaborative Research on a Dynamic Data-Driven System for Laser Treatment of Cancer NSF
10/01/05-09/30/08
$169,380
Hazle, John AAPM - Clinical Residency Fellowship in Diagnostic Medical Physics AAPM
07/01/06-06/30/08
$36,000
Hazle, John 5 T15 LM007093 Obtaining Quantitative Measurements of Water Diffusion in the Human Brain Using High Resolution Diffusion MRI and a Multi-Compartmental Model Rice University
06/15/03-Present
$31,141
Hazle, John 5 P30 CA016672-31 Cancer Center Support Grant NCI/DHHS/NIH
07/01/04-06/30/08
$837,345
Jackson, Edward U54 CA090810 Targeted Assessment of Antiangiogenic Therapy NCI/DHHS/NIH
07/16/01-12/31/06
$497,869
Jackson, Edward T32 CA119930-01 Medical Physics Training Grant for Image-Guided Therapy Research NCI/DHHS/NIH
08/04/06-07/31/09
$1,028,035
Jackson, Edward P50 CA116199 Non-Invasive MRI and MRS Techniques for Assessing Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Locally Advanced Breast Cancer, Career Development Award NCI/DHHS/NIH
09/23/05-Present
$47,450
Ma, Jingfei Evaluation of Quantitative Fat and Quantitative Diffusion MR Imaging Techniques for Differentiation between Benign and Malignant Vertebral Lesions RSNA
07/01/04-06/30/07
$150,000
Ma, Jingfei Whole-Body MRI for Detecting Breast Cancer Metastases Susan Komen Foundation
05/01/06-04/30/07
$187,320
Mawlawi, Osama LS2003-00009876HM PET/CT Imaging in the Presence of X-Ray Contrast Enhancing Agents GE Medical Systems
07/10/03-Present
$20,000
Mawlawi, Osama CS2003-00009880HM Accurate Quantification of Small Lung and Nodules Based on PET/CT Image GE Medical Systems
07/10/03-Present
$40,000
Mawlawi, Osama CS2006-00017039SS Pet Image Reconstruction with Motion Compensation Bio Tex, Inc.
02/28/06-03/31/07
$8,000
Mawlawi, Osama CS2006-00017040SS Comparison of Image Quality between D-ST and D-RX Using Standard Versus Vue Point Reconstruction in 2D and 3D Modes Bio Tex, Inc.
02/28/06-03/31/07
$48,200
Pan, Tinsu CS2005-00012856SP 4D Cone Beam CT Varian Medical Systems
06/01/04-05/31/09
$120,000
Pan, Tinsu CS2006-00017040SS 4D Positron Emission Tomography (PET)/Computed Tomography (CT) Imaging of the Lung and Esophageal Tumors in the Lower Thorax GE Medical Systems
02/28/06-03/31/07
$48,200
Shaw, Chris 5 RO1 EB000117-04 aSi/CsI FP Digital Chest Imaging with Scatter Rejection and Exposure Equalization NIBIB/DHHS/NIH
06/01/02-03/31/07
$1,573,567
Shaw, Chris R 501 CA104759-02 Optimized Digital Mammography with an a-Se FP Imager NCI/DHHS/NIH
06/01/04-05/31/08
$1,643,705
Sokolov, Konstantin RO1 EB003540-02 Polarization Spectroscopy and Imaging of Pre-Cancer NIBIB/DHHS/NIH
05/11/05-02/28/09
$929,562
Sokolov, Konstantin RO1 CA103830-02 Optical Systems for In Vivo Molecular Imaging of Cancer NCI/DHHS/NIH
08/01/04-07/31/09
$416,264
Stafford, Jason R44 CA079282-04 Interative Image-Guided Closed Loop Thermal Therapy System NCI/DHHS/NIH
01/01/06-Present
$48,850
Stafford, Jason R44 AG019276-04 Interactive Image-Guided Closed Loop Thermal Therapy System NCI/DHHS/NIH
05/01/06-04/30/07
$110,164

 

UT Medical School Department of Radiology (Physics)
Principal Investigator Title Funding Agency
Project Period
Current Funding (Direct Costs)
Narayana, Ponnada 5 RO1 EB002095-05 Automated MR Image Analysis in MS: Identification of a Surrogate NIH/NIBIB
09/15/02-09/14/07
$440,088
Narayana, Ponnada 5 RO1 NS30821-14 Magnetic Resonance of Spinal Cord Injury NIH/NINDS
04/01/02-03/31/07
$383,078
Narayana, Ponnada 5 RO1 NS045624-02 MRI of Angiogenesis in Spinal Cord Injury NIH/NINDS
08/03/05-06/30/10
$397,825
Narayana, Ponnada 1 RO1 NS045719-01A1 Combination Therapy in Multiple Sclerosis NIH/NINDS
12/01/03-11/30/08
$10,073,501
Narayana, Ponnada 5 PO1 HD039833 Brain Cell Death Mechanisms After Perinatal Ischemia NIH/NICHD
07/01/06-06/30/07
$52,334
Narayana, Ponnada 1 UL1 RR024148-01 Center for Clinical and Translational Research NIH/NCRRR
10/01/06-06/30/11