We were thrilled to launch the ISTU On-Air Webinar Series in 2020. The Webinar Series was designed to promote knowledge of Therapeutic Ultrasound and increase discussion among the ISTU community. A committee led by Kim Butts Pauly and Cyril Lafon developed the programming for the 2020 webinar series.
June 25, 2020: Our inaugural webinar featured the 2020 Frederic Lizzi Early Career Award winners.
View the lectures and Q & A from the following links:
- Joo Ha Hwang, M.D., Ph.D
- Hong Chen, Ph.D.
- Meaghan O'Reilly, Ph.D.
- Questions and Answers
This session was moderated by Tatiana (Tanya) Khokhlova, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Research from the University of Washington, who specializes in ultrasound technology for cancer diagnostics and therapy.
July 23, 2020: Alfred Yu, Ph.D., "Sonoporation: It's More Than a Poke"
Alfred Yu, Ph.D. is a Professor in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Waterloo, Canada. He leads the NSERC Collaborative Research Training Program on "Next-Generation Innovations in Ultrasonics" in Canada. His research interests include therapeutic ultrasound biophysics and sonoporation-mediated drug delivery. Dr. Yu is an AIUM Fellow. His scientific research is recognized by various prizes, including the Frederic Lizzi Award from ISTU, the IEEE Ultrasonics Early Career Investigator Award, and the Ontario Early Researcher Award. He is currently an ISTU Board Member and Associate Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics & Frequency Control. He also chaired the IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium Medical Ultrasound Group from 2017-2019.
This session was moderated by Ayache Bouakaz, Ph.D., Director of Research at INSERM, where he is currently the Head of the Ultrasound and Imaging Laboratory. His research focuses on imaging and therapeutic applications of ultrasound and contrast agents.
August 27, 2020: Joan Vidal-Jové M.D., Ph.D., "The Presence of FUS in Oncology: Linking Daily Oncology Practice with Basic Research"
This session was moderated by Matthew Bucknor, Associate Professor in the Musculoskeletal Imaging section of the Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) where he serves as Director of Focused Ultrasound.
September 24, 2020: Kullervo Hynynen, M.Sc., Ph.D., "Ultrasound Transducer Technology"
Dr. Hynynen is a Senior Scientist from Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. His research has focused on studying the effects of ultrasound beams on tissue and their utilization in therapy. He is investigating the use of focused ultrasound for noninvasive surgery, vascular surgery, targeted drug delivery and gene therapy. He has developed theoretical models to help understand treatment parameters and to allow optimization of treatment devices. He has conducted in vivo experiments to investigate the various biological end points that can be induced by controlling the sonication parameters.
His research on ultrasound transducers has been used to design and develop new phased array applicators and better ways to deliver therapy. He is also looking at the use of magnetic resonance imaging to detect and quantify noninvasive ultrasound exposure in vivo. He has developed several systems that are being tested clinically. Dr. Hynynen is currently exploring new ways to utilize ultrasound for imaging with the aim of using the methods for controlling delivery of therapy and aid in tumour diagnosis.
This session was moderated by Shin-ichiro Umemura, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus as well as a Research Scientist of Biomedical Engineering at Tohoku University. His research interests are in biomedical ultrasonics, especially therapeutic ultrasound enhanced by cavitation and microbubbles including sonodynamic therapy. They are extended to ultrasonic imaging, especially that for monitoring the noninvasive therapeutic processes.
He was a Professor of Electrical and Biomedical Engineering at Tohoku University, from 2007 to 2018 and from 2008 to 2018, respectively. He also has experiences in both industry and medical academia though being an R&D member of Hitachi and a Professor in the Department of Human Healthcare at Kyoto University, from 1980 to 2005 and from 2005 to 2006, respectively. He is an IEEE Fellow since 2000, a Fellow of the Acoustical Society of America since 2009, and a Fry Honorary Fellow of the International Society of Therapeutic Ultrasound since 2010.
October 22, 2020: Wynn Legon, Ph.D., "Human Applications of Low-Intensity Focused Ultrasound in Neuromodulation"
December 10, 2020: Professor Gail ter Haar, "History of Focused Ultrasound"
Professor Gail ter Haar is investigating the use of high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) to rapidly heat and kill tumors of the liver or kidney. She is the founding President of ISTU. In 2014, her team was recognized by being made a Centre of Excellence for HIFU physics and bone studies by the Focused Ultrasound Foundation.
Professor ter Haar took her first degree in Physics from Oxford University. Following a Masters degree in Medical Physics from Aberdeen University, she studied for her PhD in Physics at Guy's hospital, in London. She also holds a D.Sc. in clinical medicine from Oxford University.
Her research interests have always lain primarily in understanding the way in which medical ultrasound interacts with tissue, especially the physical mechanisms involved in producing bio-effects (primarily heating & acoustic cavitation) with a view to understanding its safety when used in diagnosis, and to harnessing these effects for therapeutic benefit. Most recently her research has concentrated on developing devices and protocols for ultrasound based treatments of cancer.
Professor ter Haar is an honorary member of the British Medical Ultrasound Society (BMUS), honorary fellow of the American Institute for Ultrasound in Medicine, and fellow of both the Acoustical Society of America and the Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine (IPEM). She is Deputy Editor of Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, associate editor of Ultrasonics and on the editorial boards of International Journal of Hyperthermia and Medical Physics.
This session was moderated by Christy K. Holland, Ph.D., an American scientist and professor of internal medicine and biomedical engineering at the University of Cincinnati. Dr. Holland serves as Editor-in-Chief of Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, the official Journal of the World Federation of Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology.
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