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PROGRAMME AND EXHIBITION GUIDE |

COMPANY AWARDS

ESTRO-VARIAN AWARD

KATHERINA FARR

Department of Oncology, Aarhus University Hospital

Aarhus, Denmark

Dr Katherina P. Farr received her MD from Aarhus University,

Denmark, in 2006. After completing surgery, general and

internal medicine rotation in 2006-2007, she is currently enrolled

in a specialist training (residency) programme in clinical

oncology, comprising medical and radiation oncology, at Aarhus

University Hospital.

Besides the clinical practice, she has conducted a PhD research

project concerning perfusion single-photon emission computed

tomography (SPECT) imaging and radiotherapy-induced

injury in the lung after curative radiotherapy for non-small cell

lung cancer. The project was conducted at the Department of

Oncology in close collaboration with the Department of Nuclear

Medicine and Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Centre

at Aarhus University Hospital. The PhD project was guided by

Prof C. Grau, Dr A. Khalil and Ass. Prof A. Morsing. Katherina

defended her PhD thesis in November 2015.

The primary focus of her research is on non-small cell lung

cancer patients undergoing curative radiotherapy with specific

interest in radiation side effects in the lungs, and measures to

reduce them. Her clinical research focuses on implementation

of functional imaging in radiotherapy planning. Katherina is

currently working on how to optimise radiotherapy planning

according to functional distribution.

Katherina Farr