Alexandra Rink
@alexandrarink79.bsky.social
Medical Physicist, Brachytherapy enthusiast, Associate Professor at UofT, flautist (she/her), views my own
Read the latest publication from our lab in @springernature.com Communications Materials, spearheaded by Rohith Kaiyum, MSc. Thank you to all the authors for all the hard work getting this out!
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Evaluation of radiochromic formulations for dosimetry in high-energy photon and proton beams
Communications Materials - Even though radiochromic crystals are promising for dosimetry in diverse radiotherapy modalities, and their response can be optimized through monomer composition,...
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November 19, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Read the latest publication from our lab in @springernature.com Communications Materials, spearheaded by Rohith Kaiyum, MSc. Thank you to all the authors for all the hard work getting this out!
@radmedpm.bsky.social
rdcu.be/eQKPX
@radmedpm.bsky.social
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Well done!
Starting off #AAPM2025 with a very humid, very sweaty #halfmarathon along Georgetown with Sarah Aubert!! Bring on the #medphys fun!!! @aapmhq.bsky.social @comp-ocpm.bsky.social
July 26, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Well done!
Excited to share our experience on MRI-alone interstitial brachytherapy needle reconstruction at the ABS 2025 Annual Conference. Hoping for a great turnout and looking forward to learning from other faculty in my session!
June 11, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Excited to share our experience on MRI-alone interstitial brachytherapy needle reconstruction at the ABS 2025 Annual Conference. Hoping for a great turnout and looking forward to learning from other faculty in my session!
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Weekly #cancerresearch highlight: With funding from @cancersociety.bsky.social, @bhaibeka.bsky.social is leading a team to create an online platform that makes it easier for researchers to share data generated from samples donated by people with #cancer.
Learn more: is.gd/bhaibeka
Learn more: is.gd/bhaibeka
May 22, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Weekly #cancerresearch highlight: With funding from @cancersociety.bsky.social, @bhaibeka.bsky.social is leading a team to create an online platform that makes it easier for researchers to share data generated from samples donated by people with #cancer.
Learn more: is.gd/bhaibeka
Learn more: is.gd/bhaibeka
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#RECALL: BASDEHEN kitchen faucets with model CFDTTH-000-YGH were tested and found to contain lead that can leach into water at levels that can be harmful to children. Stop using and contact @Amazon seller Chenfeng Store for refund. Full recall notice: www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2025...
May 29, 2025 at 2:20 PM
#RECALL: BASDEHEN kitchen faucets with model CFDTTH-000-YGH were tested and found to contain lead that can leach into water at levels that can be harmful to children. Stop using and contact @Amazon seller Chenfeng Store for refund. Full recall notice: www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2025...
Bright and early talk by @jtleek.bsky.social at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre Grand Rounds on building and scaling AI engines in oncology.
May 22, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Bright and early talk by @jtleek.bsky.social at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre Grand Rounds on building and scaling AI engines in oncology.
Excellent representation from our lab at the UT-DRO and Stars 21 Research Day. Great job Rohith Kaiyum, Ruiyan Ni, and Madeline Rapley!
May 13, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Excellent representation from our lab at the UT-DRO and Stars 21 Research Day. Great job Rohith Kaiyum, Ruiyan Ni, and Madeline Rapley!
Congratulations to Ruiyan Ni on her new publication detailing an alternative way to evaluate organs-at-risk segmentation accuracy in high dose-rate brachytherapy. Well done!
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<em>Medical Physics</em> | AAPM Journal | Wiley Online Library
Background Deep learning methods are promising in automating segmentation of organs at risk (OARs) in radiotherapy. However, the lack of a geometric indicator for dosimetry accuracy remains to be a ...
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April 26, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Congratulations to Ruiyan Ni on her new publication detailing an alternative way to evaluate organs-at-risk segmentation accuracy in high dose-rate brachytherapy. Well done!
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Concerning New Study Finds Nation’s Poverty Growing Faster Than Officials Can Build Prisons
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April 3, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Concerning New Study Finds Nation’s Poverty Growing Faster Than Officials Can Build Prisons
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Hell yeah:
"Excluding entire topics and demographics from scientific study...divides and polarizes communities, undermines our shared sense of reality, and demonizes marginalized groups. Challenging these actions is vital for science, for equality, and for democracy.”
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"Excluding entire topics and demographics from scientific study...divides and polarizes communities, undermines our shared sense of reality, and demonizes marginalized groups. Challenging these actions is vital for science, for equality, and for democracy.”
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Researchers Challenge NIH’s Politically Driven Grant Cancellations | American Civil Liberties Union
Lawsuit demands restoration of funding and a court order barring NIH from terminating any further awards in this manner
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April 2, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Hell yeah:
"Excluding entire topics and demographics from scientific study...divides and polarizes communities, undermines our shared sense of reality, and demonizes marginalized groups. Challenging these actions is vital for science, for equality, and for democracy.”
www.aclu.org/press-releas...
"Excluding entire topics and demographics from scientific study...divides and polarizes communities, undermines our shared sense of reality, and demonizes marginalized groups. Challenging these actions is vital for science, for equality, and for democracy.”
www.aclu.org/press-releas...
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It's critical for everyone to remember what an Executive Order is. It is the President communicating orders to members of the executive branch. Policies to pursue, actions to take, etc. They are not laws. They are not close to being laws. They are formalized memos to employees. That's all.
March 25, 2025 at 11:53 PM
It's critical for everyone to remember what an Executive Order is. It is the President communicating orders to members of the executive branch. Policies to pursue, actions to take, etc. They are not laws. They are not close to being laws. They are formalized memos to employees. That's all.
For anyone interested in #brachytherapy, please check out the Curietherapies Annual Conference held in Montreal this coming May. The workshops are a blast, but fill up quickly! So if interested, register as early as possible
March 24, 2025 at 4:18 PM
For anyone interested in #brachytherapy, please check out the Curietherapies Annual Conference held in Montreal this coming May. The workshops are a blast, but fill up quickly! So if interested, register as early as possible
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Today I lost an NIH grant training clinicians to do research about intimate partner violence with perinatal women.
More women are murdered in the perinatal period than die of obstetric complications.
I didn't just lose a grant. We lost an entire cohort of people building careers to prevent that.
More women are murdered in the perinatal period than die of obstetric complications.
I didn't just lose a grant. We lost an entire cohort of people building careers to prevent that.
March 22, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Today I lost an NIH grant training clinicians to do research about intimate partner violence with perinatal women.
More women are murdered in the perinatal period than die of obstetric complications.
I didn't just lose a grant. We lost an entire cohort of people building careers to prevent that.
More women are murdered in the perinatal period than die of obstetric complications.
I didn't just lose a grant. We lost an entire cohort of people building careers to prevent that.
Thank you @drcamidge.bsky.social for inviting me to talk about a career in medical physics on your podcast! It was great fun!
Tune into the latest episode of OncLive On Air's series: How This Is Building Me with @drcamidge.bsky.social and Alexandra Rink, PhD.
Key topics:
✅ Rink's early career interest in forensics.
✅ How physics factor into radiation therapy delivery.
✅ More!
Listen here: www.onclive.com/view/how-med...
Key topics:
✅ Rink's early career interest in forensics.
✅ How physics factor into radiation therapy delivery.
✅ More!
Listen here: www.onclive.com/view/how-med...
March 20, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Thank you @drcamidge.bsky.social for inviting me to talk about a career in medical physics on your podcast! It was great fun!
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As a proud Canadian-owned and operated company, we want to do our part to support Canadians. As a family we have decided to absorb all immediate increases in our costs due to the Trump-tariffs for the rest of the year to maintain our prices. We will continue to reinforce our Canadian-first policies.
March 7, 2025 at 9:33 PM
As a proud Canadian-owned and operated company, we want to do our part to support Canadians. As a family we have decided to absorb all immediate increases in our costs due to the Trump-tariffs for the rest of the year to maintain our prices. We will continue to reinforce our Canadian-first policies.
Do it.
The next Canadian Prime Minister should appoint Trudeau as Ambassador to the United States.
March 7, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Do it.
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President Trump signed an executive order on Thursday seeking to severely punish the law firm Perkins Coie, which did work for Democrats during the 2016 campaign, by stripping its lawyers of security clearances and access to government buildings and officials.
Trump Ramps Up Attacks on Law Firms With Order Targeting Perkins Coie
The order against the firm, which did work for Democrats during the 2016 campaign, represents an escalation of efforts to punish groups the president sees as aiding his enemies.
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March 7, 2025 at 2:40 AM
President Trump signed an executive order on Thursday seeking to severely punish the law firm Perkins Coie, which did work for Democrats during the 2016 campaign, by stripping its lawyers of security clearances and access to government buildings and officials.
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RFK Jr. Vows To Make Measles Deaths So Common They Won’t Be Upsetting Anymore
RFK Jr. Vows To Make Measles Deaths So Common They Won’t Be Upsetting Anymore
WASHINGTON—Addressing the ongoing outbreak in Texas that has infected at least 124 state residents and killed one child, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. vowed Thursday to mak...
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February 27, 2025 at 8:00 PM
RFK Jr. Vows To Make Measles Deaths So Common They Won’t Be Upsetting Anymore
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Boss Thinks Female Employee Might Be Ready To Handle Job She’s Been Doing For Past 2 Years
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February 26, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Boss Thinks Female Employee Might Be Ready To Handle Job She’s Been Doing For Past 2 Years
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Try not to think things can't get any worse because you're setting yourself up for disappointment.
February 24, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Try not to think things can't get any worse because you're setting yourself up for disappointment.
To other academics: how many times will you take a paper rejection as you go down the IF list before you give up and choose the path of least resistance? Whole numbers only, please... :)
February 12, 2025 at 6:18 PM
To other academics: how many times will you take a paper rejection as you go down the IF list before you give up and choose the path of least resistance? Whole numbers only, please... :)