| The Failla Award is named after the second
president, and one of the founding members, of the Radiation Research Society, Dr. Gino
Failla. This award is for the highest scientific distinction in the field of Radiation
Research. This year’s Failla Award winner and lecturer is Howard Thames, Ph.D. Howard
obtained his BA and PhD in Chemistry at Rice University. Shortly after obtaining his Ph.D.
he joined the MD Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute as an Assistant Professor of
Biomathematics. Shortly thereafter he also became affiliated with the experimental
radiation oncology program. He has remained at MD Anderson ever since and he is now the
Helen Buchanan and Stanley Joseph Seeger Research Professor in the Department of
Biomathematics and Professor of Experimental Radiation Oncology. Howard has major
contributions to the quantification of radiation biology and radiation therapy,
particularly with respect to dose-fractionation He is one of those responsible for the A/B
ratios that our residents love to hear about and together with Withers and Peters and
others helped explain the severe late normal tissue responses seen with large doses per
fraction. As is fitting for a mathematician, he develops models including the incomplete
repair model now routinely used. Importantly, Howard represents a prime example of
interaction between biomathematics, experimental radiation biology and clinical radiation
therapy – a translational researcher!! It is with great pleasure that at this time I
ask Howard to present his Failla Memorial Lecture. RRS President L. Redpath
enthusiastically introducing Failla Lecturer Howard Thames Howard Thames presents the 38th Failla Memorial Lecture Les Redpath congratulates Howard Thames after the Failla Memorial Lecture. Return to Business Meeting Report Return to the August 2001 Table of Contents |
