The 2024 Thaddeus Samulski Lectureship, honoring Dr. Samulski, an international leader in hyperthermia and chief physicist of Duke Radiation Oncology between 1992-2004, was held on Monday, October 7.
Deshan Yang, PhD, and Christopher Willett, MD, welcomed guests and Department members before Kyle Lafata, PhD, the Thaddeus V. Samulski Associate Professor, gave an overview of the professorship and his research.
Keynote speaker Hong Chen, PhD – associate professor of biomedical engineering and neurosurgery at Washington University in St. Louis – gave a talk on "Emerging Opportunities in Non-Ionizing Radiation: Ultrasound for Noninvasive Brain Interventions." Keynote speaker Michelle Howard, PhD – assistant professor of radiation oncology at the University of Iowa – gave a talk on "Overcoming Radiation Resistance in Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma through Targeted Redox Dysregulation."
As Duke celebrates its centennial this year, we were proud to have the 2024 Thaddeus Samulski Lectureship named a Duke Centennial event. The lectureship highlights Duke’s commitment to advancing knowledge and promoting excellence, as well as our dedication to celebrating influential figures and historical innovations. And in addition to honoring our past, by bringing experts like Drs. Chen and Howard to Duke, the lectureship highlights Duke's role in shaping the cutting-edge research of the future.
Thank you to everyone who attended and made this event a success.
