ASTRO 2024 Advance Rate deadline, New webinar offered in Spanish, ASTRO-NRG Fellowship
August 14, 2024
| ASTRO 2024: Last chance to save - Advance Rate ends Thursday! | |
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Hurry! Time is running out to take advantage of the Advance Rate discount for the ASTRO Annual Meeting. Register by Thursday, August 15 to save! Don’t forget to book your housing before our room blocks sell out. Visit the Annual Meeting Portal after registering to plan your schedule and meeting experience. We can’t wait to have you join us in Washington, DC for ASTRO 2024! |
| Hotel and registration fraud alert |
| It has come to our attention that individuals not affiliated with ASTRO or our official registration and housing vendor, SPARGO, Inc. are purporting to represent ASTRO and misleading prospective attendees into registering and booking hotel rooms through their third-party websites. SPARGO, Inc. is the only official registration and housing provider for the ASTRO Annual Meeting. Please notify the ASTRO Registration and Housing Center if you are contacted by someone other than from SPARGO, Inc. representing that they are with ASTRO. Learn more. |
| Registration open for Aspiring Scientists and Physicians Program |
| Undergraduate, graduate and medical students interested in learning more about careers in radiation oncology and the radiation sciences should attend the 2024 Aspiring Scientists and Physicians Program (ASPP). This event provides an opportunity for students to meet and have lunch with radiation oncology faculty, residency program directors, physicists and residents to learn more about radiation oncology, cancer treatment and cancer research as they consider their career options. Students have the option to attend the in-person event or the livestreamed program. Please help us spread the word about this amazing opportunity for the next generation of potential radiation oncology scientists and physicians. The ASPP registration deadline is September 12. |
| Attention Spanish-speaking members: Register for the 2024 eContouring webinar, free to members-in-training |
| Registration is now open for the eContouring for Central Nervous System Webinar - In Spanish. This webinar will take place October 23, 2024, at 6:00 p.m. Eastern time and will be led by Michelle Alonso-Basanta, MD, PhD. This ASTRO Academy webinar offers access to hands-on contouring practice on real cases in addition to a live webinar with time for Q&A. ASTRO members receive a discount and members-in-training and international members-in-training can register for free. Free registration for residents is supported by the Radiation Oncology Institute’s Juan A. del Regato Fund. |
| Celebrating top reviewers for ASTRO’s journals |
| ASTRO’s scientific publications rely on the generosity of thousands of reviewers each year. We are pleased and grateful to announce the Top Reviewers of 2023-2024: individuals who have completed five or more reviews on time for a given journal between July 2023 and July 2024. The Top Reviewer program is one of the many benefits offered to ASTRO journal reviewers, in addition to perks such as CME/CAMPEP and FASTRO credit. Please contact the editorial office with any questions about becoming a frequently-invited reviewer. |
| Attention residents: Apply now for ASTRO’s 2025 Government Relations Fellowship |
| Are you a radiation oncology resident interested in government relations, including congressional advocacy? If yes, ASTRO’s Government Relations (GR) Fellow program is for you. The GR Fellow will participate in advocacy meetings and functions, including meetings with members of Congress or their staff. The GR Fellow will also receive an Emerging Advocacy Grassroots Leader award for travel to Advocacy Day. Apply by August 23. |
| Deadlines approaching for public comments: ASTRO radiopharmaceutical therapy safety white paper and compendium for DVH metrics |
| Please provide feedback on the following:
Quality and Safety Considerations for Radiopharmaceutical Therapy: An ASTRO Safety White Paper (draft). This consensus-based document focuses on the initiation and maintenance of a therapeutic radiopharmaceutical program in radiation oncology, workflow considerations, and quality and patient safety considerations. Please review the document and submit comments via the webform through Sunday, August 18. Draft DVH metrics for targets and normal tissues for six disease sites: lung, head and neck, breast, prostate, rectal and liver. Each disease site can be reviewed individually. Please review and submit comments for one or more disease sites via the webform through Tuesday, August 20. |
| Non-malignant Disease Task Force involvement application! |
| ASTRO is initiating a task force on radiation therapy for non-malignant disease. ASTRO strives to avoid bias and to assemble diverse task forces with respect to race, ethnicity, gender, experience, practice setting and geographic location. To expand the pool of potential task force members, interested members may apply for consideration. The application deadline is TODAY, Wednesday, August 14, 2024. |
| ASTRO-NRG Health Equity Fellowship: Apply by September 20! |
| ASTRO in partnership with the RTOG Foundation supports one of the NRG Oncology's Health Equity Fellowships which are now open for applications! This program provides mentorship for early-stage radiation oncology researchers with a focus on diversity. Apply by September 20, 2024. Awards will be announced in October. General information and program details are available on the NRG Oncology website. |
| APEx welcomes new facilities |
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Congratulations to the following facilities for achieving initial accreditation through ASTRO’s APEx - Accreditation Program for Excellence®:
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