GRK 2274: Advanced Medical Physics for Image-Guided Cancer Therapy

癌症是一个重大的社会挑战，将新的成像和计算技术与先进的治疗策略相结合是早期诊断、准确的肿瘤特征和成功治疗的关键。拟议的研究培训小组(GRK2274)的目标是在这一快速增长的医学物理领域促进来自自然科学和医学的年轻科学家。GRK2274涵盖基础、翻译和临床研究，基于慕尼黑两所大学(LMU，TUM)和Helmholtz中心(HMGU)在生物医学研究方面的悠久传统。多学科和跨学科研究计划将涉及计算机、成像和治疗的创新领域，这些领域在协同博士和医学博士项目中涉及，共同目标是推进图像引导的癌症治疗。最初的资格概念将以广泛的强制性和合格的培训活动为特色，以确保不仅学术卓越和科学独立，而且还发展基本的个人有效性。对于每个博士生候选人，将设立一个由物理学家、内科医生和行业代表(如果适用)组成的个人咨询委员会。GRK2274的成员将获得充分的跨学科和国际联网机会，包括著名国际科学家的访问和在国外的研究停留。对内科肿瘤学物理学家的培训和参与临床肿瘤委员会是提供多学科知识和临床观点的创新方法的例子。拟议的网络将4Proposal GRK2274-图像引导癌症治疗的高级医学物理学受益于大量资源，这些资源包括机构间和学科间的联系、最先进的实验和临床基础设施、已建立的研究生院和一个卓越的集群。因此，GRK2274m为在德国发展国际公认的医学物理学研究和培训计划提供了理想的平台，促进了具有潜在高社会影响的肿瘤学创新，并形成了在学术界、临床和工业具有良好职业前景的下一代科学家。

Cancer is a major societal challenge, where the combination of novel imaging and computational techniques with advanced therapeutic strategies is key to early diagnosis, exact tumour characterization and successful treatment. The goal of the proposed Research Training Group (GRK2274) is to promote young scientists from natural sciences and medicine in this rapidly growing field of medical physics. GRK2274 covers basic, translational and clinical research, building upon a long tradition of excellence in biomedical research in Munich from the two universities (LMU, TUM) and the Helmholtz center (HMGU). The multi- and interdisciplinary research programme will touch upon innovative areas of computing, imaging and therapy, addressed in synergistic Ph.D. and M.D. projects with the common goal to advance image- guided cancer therapy. The original qualification concept will feature a broad spectrum of compulsory and eligible training activities, to ensure not only academic excellence and scientific independence, but also the development of fundamental personal effectiveness. For each doctoral candidate, an individual advisory committee of physicists, physicians and, if applicable, industrial representatives will be instated. The members of GRK2274 will be given ample opportunities for interdisciplinary and international networking, including the visit of distinguished international scientists and research stays abroad. Training of physicists in medical oncology and participation in clinical tumor boards are examples of the innovative approaches to provide multidisciplinary knowledge and clinical perspectives. The proposed network will 4Proposal GRK2274 - Advanced Medical Physics for Image-Guided Cancer Therapy benefit from vast resources in terms of interinstitutional and interdisciplinary connections, state-of-the-art experimental and clinical infrastructures, established graduate schools and a Cluster of Excellence. GRK2274 m\\ thus provide the ideal platform to develop an internationally recognized research and training programme in medical physics in Germany, promoting innovations in oncology with a potentially high societal impact, and to form the next generation of scientists with excellent career prospects in academia, clinic and industry.