The Varian Prize for Radiation Oncology of the Swiss Society of Radiobiology and Medical Physics (SSRMP) is awarded since 1991. So far, the following persons have been awarded:
Year |
Applications |
Main Award
|
Recognition Award
|
2023 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
2022 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
2021 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
2020 |
4 |
1 |
3 |
2019 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
2018 |
5 |
2 |
3 |
2017 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2016 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2015 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
2014 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
2013 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
2012 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2011 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
2010 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2009 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2008 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
2007 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2006 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2005 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
2004 |
4 |
1 |
2 |
2003 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
2002 |
5 |
1 |
1 |
2001 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
2000 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
1999 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1998 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
1997 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
1996 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
1995 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1994 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
1993 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
1992 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
1991 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
Total |
80 |
27 |
29 |
Award winners:
2023 |
T. T. Böhlen, J.-F. Germond, J. Bourhis, M.-C. Vozenin, E. M. Ozsahin, F. Bochud, C. Bailat, R. Moeckli (Main Award) [59]
A. Duetschler, G.Bauman, O. Bieri, P.C. Cattin, S. Ehrbar, G. Engin-Deniz, A. Giger, M. Josipovic, C. Jud, M. Krieger, D. Nguyen, G.F. Persson, R. Salomir, D.C. Weber, A.J. Lomax, Y. Zhang (Recognition Award) [60] |
2022 |
F. Amstutz, L. Nenoff, F. Albertini, C.O. Ribeiro, A.C. Knopf, J. Unkelbach, D.C. Weber, A.J. Lomax, Y. Zhang (Recognition Award) [57]
V. Maradia, A.C. Giovannelli, D. Meer, D.C. Weber, A.J. Lomax, J.M. Schippers, S. Psoroulas (Recognition Award) [58] |
2021 |
R. Küng (Main Award) [54]
D. Vuong, S. Tanadini-Lang, Z. Wu, R. Marks, J. Unkelbach, S. Hillinger, E.I. Eboulet, S. Thierstein, S. Peters, M. Pless, M. Guckenberger, M. Bogowicz (Recognition Award) [55]
F. Emert, J. Missimer, P.A. Eichenberger, M. Walser, C. Gmür, A.J. Lomax, D.C. Weber, C.M. Spengler (Recognition Award) [56] |
2020 |
P. Gonçalves Jorge, M. Jaccard, K. Petersson, M. Gondré, M.T. Durán, L. Desorgher, J.-F. Germond, P. Liger, M.-C. Vozenin, J. Bourhis, F. Bochud, R. Moeckli, C. Bailat (Main Award) [50]
M. Jaccard, A. Champion, A. Dubouloz, C. Picardi, J. Plojoux, P. Soccal, R. Miralbell, G. Dipasquale, F. Caparrotti (Recognition Award) [51]
R. Moeckli (Recognition Award) [52]
L. Nenoff, C.O. Ribeiro, M. Matter, L. Hafner, M. Josipovic, J.A. Langendijk, G.F. Persson, M. Walser, D.C. Weber, A.J. Lomax, A.-C. Knopf, F. Albertini, Y. Zhang(Recognition Award) [53] |
2019 |
Dorota M. Dudka, Ning Chang, Andreas Joosten, Jonas P. Koch, Eleonora Orlando, Aurélie Quintin, Matúš Medo, Michaela Medová and Kathrin Zaugg (Recognition Award) [47]
J. Krayenbuehl, M. Zamburlini, S. Ghandour, M. Pachoud, S. Lang-Tanadini, J. Tol, M. Guckenberger and W. F. A. R. Verbakel (Recognition Award) [48]
M Matter, L Nenoff, G Meier, D C Weber, A J Lomax and F Albertini (Recognition Award) [49] |
2018 |
Silvan Müller, Inselspital, Bern (Main Award) [42]
Stefanie Ehrbar, Alexander Jöhl, Michael Kühni, Mirko Meboldt, Ece Ozkan Elsen, Christine Tanner, Orcun Goksel, Stephan Klöck, Jan Unkelbach, Matthias Guckenberger, Stephanie Tanadini-Lang, Universitätsspital, Zürich (Main Award) [43]
Marta Bogowicz, Ralph T.H. Leijenaar, Stephanie Tanadini-Lang, Oliver Riesterer, Martin Pruschy,
Gabriela Studer, Jan Unkelbach, Matthias Guckenberger, Ender Konukoglu, Philippe Lambin, Universitätsspital, Zürich (Recognition Award) [44]
C. Winterhalter, A. Lomax, D. Oxley, D. C. Weber, S. Safai, Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen (Recognition Award) [45]
Olivier Pisaturo, Hôpital Fribourgeois, Fribourg (Recognition Award) [46] |
2017 |
Thengumpallil Sheeba, Unité de Radiothérapie, Clinique des Grangettes, Genève (Recognition Award) [41] |
2016 |
Thiago V.M. Lima, Strahlenschutz, Kantonsspital, Aarau (Recognition Award) [40] |
2015 |
Carles Gomà, Centre for Proton Therapy, Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen (Main Award) [39] |
2014 |
Dominik Henzen, Abteilung Medizinische Physik, Inselspital Bern (Main Award) [37]
Stephanie Lang, Jörg Zeimetz, Gregor Ochsner, Marianne Schmid Daners, Oliver Riesterer, Stephan Klöck, Universitätsspital, Zürich (Main Award) [38] |
2013 |
Roger Hälg, Klinik Hirslanden, Aarau (Main Award) [35]
G. Dipasquale, P. Nouet, M. Rouzaud, A. Dubouloz, R. Miralbell, T. Zilli, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève (Recognition Award) [36] |
2012 |
Andreas Joosten, CHUV-IRA, Lausanne (Main Award) [34] |
2011 |
H. Schiefer, A. Fogliata, G. Nicolini, L. Cozzi, W.W. Seelentag, E. Born, F. Hasenbalg, J. Roth, B. Schnekenburger, K. Münch-Berndl, V. Vallet, M. Pachoud, B. Reiner, G. Dipasquale, B. Krusche, M.K. Fix, Kantonsspital St.Gallen und Teilnehmerinstitutionen (Main Award) [31]
A. Knopf, C. Bert, D. Richter, E. Hug, E. Pedroni, S. Safai, F. Albertini, S. Zenklusen, D. Boye, M. Söhn, M. Soukup, B. Sobotta, A. Lomax, PSI Villigen und Workshop Committee (Recognition Award) [32]
S. Zenklusen, E. Pedroni, D. Meer, C. Bula, S. Safai, PSI Villigen (Recognition Award) [33] |
2010 |
no award |
2009 |
Matthias Peterhans, Institute for Surgical Technology & Biomechanics, Universität Bern (Main Award) [30] |
2008 |
Daniel Schmidhalter, Abteilung Medizinische Physik, Inselspital Bern (Main Award) [27]
Nicolas Peguret, Service de Radio-Oncologie, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève (Recognition Award) [28]
David W. G. Montgomery, Division de Médicine Nucléaire, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève (Recognition Award) [29] |
2007 |
no award |
2006 |
Valéry Olivier Zilio, Radio-Oncologie, Hôpital de Sion (Recognition Award) [26] |
2005 |
Ulf-Dietrich Braumann, Interdiszipl. Zentrum Bioinformatik, Univ. Leipzig (Main Award) [24]
Sairos Safai, PSI, Villigen (Recognition Award) [25] |
2004 |
Peter Manser, Abt. Med. Strahlenphysik, Inselspital Bern (Main Award) [21]
Roger E. Achermann, Vetsuisse-Fakultät der Univ. Zürich (Recognition Award) [22]
Antonella Fogliata, Istituto Oncologico della Svizzera Italiana, Unità die Fisica Medica (Recognition Award) [23] |
2003 |
Habib Zaidi, Div. de Méd. Nucleaire, Hôpital Cant. Universitaire, Genève (Recognition Award) [20] |
2002 |
Michael Fix, Abt. Med. Strahlenphysik, Inselspital Bern (Main Award) [18]
Martin Pruschy, Labor f. Molekulare Radiobiologie, Universitätsspital Zürich (Recognition Award) [19] |
2001 |
Stephan Klöck, Kantonsspital Münsterlingen (Main Award) [17] |
2000 |
Pierre-Alain Tercier, IRA, Lausanne (Main Award) [16] |
1999 |
Peter Pemler, Triemli-Spital, Zürich (Main Award) [14]
Catalin Constantin Cris, Inselspital Bern (Recognition Award) [15] |
1998 |
Barbara Schaffner, PSI, Villigen (Main Award) [12]
Philippe A. Coucke, CHUV, Lausanne (Main Award) [13] |
1997 |
Karl T. Beer, Radioonkologie, Inselspital Bern (Main Award) [10]
Werner Roser, Dept. Med. Radiologie, Kantonsspital Basel (Recognition Award) [11] |
1996 |
Benjamin Haas, Phil.-nat. Fakultät, Universität Bern (Main Award) [9] |
1995 |
Youri Popowski, Hôpital Cantonal Universitaire, Genf (Main Award) [8] |
1994 |
Markus Notter, Strahlentherapie, Kantonsspital Aarau (Main Award) [5]
Stefan G. Scheib, PSI, Villigen (Main Award) [6]
Uwe Schneider, PSI, Villigen (Recognition Award) [7] |
1993 |
Raymond Miralbell, Radio-Oncologie, Hôpital Cantonal Univ., Genf (Main Award) [4] |
1992 |
no award |
1991 |
Hans Neuenschwander, Med. Strahlenphysik, Inselspital Bern (Main Award) [1]
Philippe Gardel, IRA, Lausanne (Recognition Award) [2]
Horst W. Nemec, Abt. Radiolog. Physik, Kantonsspital Basel (Recognition Award) [3] |
Title
of the awarded works :
[60] |
Alisha Duetschler et al.: Synthetic 4DCT(MRI) lung phantom generation for 4D radiotherapy and image guidance investigations |
[59] |
Till Tobias Böhlen et al.: Normal Tissue Sparing by FLASH as a Function of Single-Fraction Dose: A Quantitative Analysis |
[58] |
V. Maradia et al.: A new emittance selection system to maximize beam transmission for low-energy beams in cyclotron-based proton therapy facilities with gantry(Med. Phys. 48 (2021) 7613–7622) |
[57] |
D. Amstutz et al.: An approach for estimating dosimetric uncertainties in deformable dose accumulation in pencil beam scanning proton therapy for lung cancer (Phys. Med. Biol. 66 (2021) 105007) |
[56] |
F. Emert et al.: Enhanced Deep-Inspiration Breath Hold Superior to High-Frequency Percussive Ventilation for Respiratory Motion Mitigation: A Physiology-Driven, MRI-Guided Assessment Toward Optimized Lung Cancer Treatment With Proton Therapy (Front. Oncol. 11:621350 (2021)) |
[55] |
D. Vuong et al.: Radiomics Feature Activation Maps as a New tool for Signature Interpretability (Front Oncol. 10:578895 (2020)) |
[54] |
R. Kueng et al.: Development of an extended Macro Monte Carlo method for efficient and accurate dose calculation in magnetic fields (Med. Phys. 47:12 (2020) 6519-6530) |
[53] |
L Nenoff et al.: Deformable image registration uncertainty for inter-fractional dose accumulation of lung cancer proton therapy (Radiotherapy and Oncology 147 (2020) 178–185) |
[52] |
R. Moeckli et al.: Dose indicator for CyberKnife image-guided radiation therapy (Med. Phys. 47:5 (2020) 2309-2316) |
[51] |
M. Jaccard et al.: Clinical experience with lung-specific electromagnetic transponders for realtime tumor tracking in lung stereotactic body radiotherapy (Physics and Imaging in Radiation Oncology 12 (2019) 30–37) |
[50] |
P. Gonçalves Jorge et al.: Dosimetric and preparation procedures for irradiating biological models with pulsed electron beam at ultra-high dose-rate (Radiotherapy and Oncology 139 (2019) 34-39) |
[49] |
Matter M et al.: Alternatives to patient specific verification measurements in proton therapy: a comparative experimental study with intentional errors (Phys. Med. Biol. 63 (2018) 205014) |
[48] |
Krayenbuehl J et al.: Planning comparison of five automated treatment planning solutions for locally advanced head and neck cancer (Radiation Oncol. 2018;13:170) |
[47] |
Dudka D et al.: Unravelling the molecular response to dose-rate and delivery time of ionising radiation in 2D vs 3D cell culture |
[46] |
Oliver Pisaturo et al.: TransitQA — A new method for transit dosimetry of Tomotherapy patients (Med. Phys. 45, 0094-2405 (2018)) |
[45] |
C Winterhalter et al.: A study of lateral fall-off (penumbra) optimisation for pencil beam scanning (PBS) proton therapy (Phys. Med. Biol. 63 (2018) 025022(14pp)) |
[44] |
M Bogowicz et al.: Post-radiochemotherapy PET radiomics in head and neck cancer – The influence of radiomics implementation on the reproducibility of local control tumor models (Radiotherapy and Oncology 125 (2017) 385–391) |
[43] |
Stefanie Ehrbar and coworkers: ELPHA: Dynamically deformable liver phantom for real-time adaptive radiotherapy treatments (Phys. Med. Biol. 62 (2017) 5840–5860) |
[42] |
S Mueller et al.: Simultaneous optimization of photons and electrons for mixed beam radiotherapy (Phys. Med. Biol. 62 (2017) 5840–5860) |
[41] |
Thengumpallil S et al.: Impact of respiratory-correlated CT sorting algorithms on the choice of margin definition for free-breathing lung radiotherapy treatments (Radiother Oncol. 2016 Jun;119(3):438-43) |
[40] |
Thiago V.M. Lima et al.: Monte Carlo Calculations Supporting Patient Plan Verification in Proton Therapy (Front Oncol. 6:62, (2016)) |
[39] |
Carles Gomà et al.: Proton beam monitor chamber calibration (Phys. Med. Biol. 59(17), 4961 (2014)) |
[38] |
Stephanie Lang and co-workers: Development and evaluation of a prototype tracking system using the treatment
couch (Med. Phys. 41, 021720 (2014)) |
[37] |
Dominik Henzen: Forward treatment planning for modulated electron radiotherapy
(MERT) employing Monte Carlo methods (Med. Phys. 41, 031712 (2014)) |
[36] |
G. Dipasquale and co-workers: In vivo thermoluminescent dosimetry assessment of target dosedelivery using image-guidance and volumetric modulated arc therapy for ano-rectal cancer treatment |
[35] |
Roger Hälg: Systematic measurements of whole-body imaging dose distributions in image-guided radiation
therapy (Med. Phys. 39, 7650 (2012)) |
[34] |
Andreas Joosten: Variability of a peripheral dose among various linac geometries for second cancer risk
assessment(Phys. Med. Biol. 56, 5131 (2011)) |
[33] |
Silvan Zenklusen and co-workers: A feasibility demonstration of the simulation of scattering on the PSI’s proton scanning Gantry 2 |
[32] |
Antje Knopf and co-workers: Special report: Workshop on 4D-treatment planning actively scanned particle therapy – Recommendations, technical challenges, and future research directions (Med. Phys. 37, 4608 (2010)) |
[31] |
Hans Schiefer and co-workers: The Swiss IMRT dosimetry intercomparison using a thorax phantom (Med. Phys.37, 4424 (2010)) |
[30] |
Matthias Peterhans: Monte-Carlo dose calculation on deforming anatomy. |
[29] |
David W. G. Montgomery and co-workers: Fully automated segmentation of oncological PET volumes using a combined multiscale and statistical model. |
[28] |
Nicolas Peguret: A 4D software for breathing adapted radiotherapy of Lung cancer. |
[27] |
Daniel Schmidhalter and co-workers: Leaf transmission reduction using moving jaws for dynamic MLC IMRT |
[26] |
Valéry Olivier Zilio: Développement et validation de méthodes dosimétriques en ligne pour le traitement du cancer de la prostate. |
[25] |
Sairos Safai: Development of a dosimetric phantom; system for 3D verification dosimetry for scanned proton beam. |
[24] |
Ulf-Dietrich Braumann and co-workers: 3D reconstruction and quantification of cervical carcinoma invasion fronts from histological serial sections. |
[23] |
Antonella Fogliata and co-workers:
Comparative dosimetric evaluation of the simultaneous integrated boost with photon intensity modulation in head and neck cancer patients.
The Simultaneous Integrated Boost with proton beams in head and neck patients. |
[22] |
Roger E. Achermann and co-workers: Oxygenation of spontaneous canine tumors during fractionated radiation therapy. |
[21] |
Peter Manser: Verification of intensity modulated radiotherapy with an amorphous silicon portal imaging device. |
[20] |
Habib Zaidi and co-workers:
Fuzzy clustering-based segmented attenuation correction in whole-body PET imaging
The role of positron emission tomography in the management and monitoring of response to radiation treatment of lung cancer |
[19] |
Martin Pruschy and co-workers:
Differential p53-dependent mechanism of radiosensitization in vitro and in vivo by the Protein Kinase C-specific inhibitor PKC412
The Phosphatidylinositide 3′-Kinase/Akt survival pathway is a target for the anticancer and radiosensitizing agent PKC412, an inhibitor of Protein Kinase C
Effect of VEGF receptor inhibitor PTK787/ZK222548 combined with ionizing radiation on endothelial cells and tumor growth |
[18] |
Michael Fix: Monte Carlo models for dosimetry in photon beam radiotherapy (Dissertation ETHZ) |
[17] |
Stephan Klöck: Ein genaues und objektives Lagerungsverfahren für Patientinnen und Patienten in der Strahlentherapie auf der Grundlage der optischen 3-D-Abtastung (Artikel St.Galler Tagblatt) |
[16] |
Pierre-Alain Tercier: Étude des critères et méthodes de la répartition de dose en radiochirurgie stéréotaxique |
[15] |
Catalin Constantin Cris: Transport der Sekundärenergie im Rahmen einer makroskopischen Monte Carlo-Methode und Modellierung klinischer Bestrahlungsfelder mit Hilfe von Monte Carlo-Verfahren |
[14] |
Peter Pemler: Entwicklung, Bau und Test eines Detektorsystems für in vivo Protonenradiographie [FROG] |
[13] |
Philippe A. Coucke: The Ribonucleoside Diphosphate Reductase Inhibitor (E)-2’Deoxy(Fluoromethylene) Cytidine acts as a cytotoxic rediosensitizer in vivo |
[12] |
Barbara Schaffner: Range precision of therapeutic proton beams |
[11] |
Werner Roser: Dosimetrie ionisierender Strahlen mittels 1H-MRS – Eine neue Technik zur raschen lokalisierten Dosisbestimmung |
[10] |
Karl T. Beer: Reflexotalgie: Ihre prädiktive Bedeutung in der lokalradikalen Radiotherapie von Oropharynxkarzinomen |
[9] |
Benjamin Haas: Generation of inhomogeneous radiation Fields by dynamic control of multileaf collimators |
[8] |
Youri Popowski et al.: Intraarterielle Brachytherapie mit einer Beta-Quelle zur Verhinderung der Re-Stenose der Coronararterien nach transluminaler Angioplastie |
[7] |
Uwe Schneider: Proton Radiography: A tool for quality control in proton therapy |
[6] |
Stefan G. Scheib: Spot-Scanning mit Protonen: Experimentelle Resultate und Therapieplanung |
[5] |
Markus Notter: Die kombinierte Radiotherapie-Hyperthermie-Behandlung von malignen Tumoren: Erfahrungen der Strahlentherapie Aarau in den Jahren 1988 – 1993 |
[4] |
Raymond Miralbell et al.: Can an optimized total body irradiation technique be fast and reproducible? |
[3] |
Horst W. Nemec: Zum Strahlenschutz an medizinischen Elektronenbeschleunigern: Vergleich zwischen Messungen und Berechnungen |
[2] |
Philippe Gardel: Resultats de la comparaison du calorimètre de 1’IRA avec l’étalon ionométrique du BIPM pour la mesure de la dose absorbée dans le graphite |
[1] |
Hans Neuenschwander: A macroscopic Monte Carlo method for electron beam dose calculations |
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