Rehan Ali
Academic Appointments
- Postdoctoral Research fellow, Radiation Oncology
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Professional Overview
Honors and Awards
- SMIS Postdoctoral Fellowship, MIPS, Stanford University (2010-11)
- Travel grant, Matt's Trust Fund for Cancer (2008)
- DPhil Scholarship, EPSRC Life Sciences Interface Doctoral Training Centre, University of Oxford (2004-8)
Professional Education
| Doctor of Philosophy: | University of Oxford (2009) |
| Masters: | University of Oxford, Biochemistry (2002) |
Stanford Advisors
| Edward Graves: | Postdoctoral Faculty Sponsor |
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Current Research Interests
The response of tumors to radiation therapy is said to be governed by "4 Rs", namely reoxygenation, repopulation, repair and redistribution. Although this simplifies the actual situation, it provides a useful starting point for my research. My overall aim is to improve our ability to predict the status of these biological traits, and thus the likely tumor response to radiotherapy, in specific tumors using non-invasive "molecular" imaging. The first part of this project is to better understand the information that can be derived from such imaging data, and I am currently investigating the significance of variations in the uptake of the hypoxia-specific PET radiotracer [18F]-EF5. The second part is to use these imaging-derived observations to generate predictions of tumor response using mathematical models. Finally we aim to use these predictions to guide patient-specific treatment strategies, for example through specially adapted dose maps for conformal radiotherapy.
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