Bio-Mathematical Modeling of Lymphocytes during Radiotherapy and Clinical Implications

The National Cancer Institute (NCI) Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis invites you to join the Technology Development Seminar Series with Dr. Clemens Grassberger on October 7, 2026, from 11:00 am-12:00 pm ET. 

Speaker selected by the Radiation Research Program.

Advance registration is required. Register here.

Dr. Grassberger is an Associate Professor in Radiation Oncology at University of Washington, with a joint appointment at Fred Hutch Cancer Center. He has a long-standing interest in mathematical modeling of cancer and its response to treatment, particularly the immune response to radiotherapy and how to optimize radiation-drug combination regimen. He received the 2021 AAPM John S. Laughlin Early-Career Scientist Award, and his work describing the first framework to calculate dose to circulating lymphocytes won the Roberts Prize 2022 for best paper published in Physics in Medicine and Biology. His lab has a wide range of interests, connected by mathematical modeling of cancer treatment response. His group builds models that either predict clinically actionable outcomes in patients or simulate biological system to gain increased understanding of underlying mechanisms.

Read about past presenters and view available recordings for select seminars here. 

Contact Jung S. Byun, PhD, MPH for more information.