{"57691":{"#nid":"57691","#data":{"type":"news","title":"First IE Professor Receives Whitaker Foundation Biomedical Grant","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EProfessor Eva K. Lee has been awarded a $206,452 grant from the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.whitaker.org\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EWhitaker Foundation\u003C\/a\u003E for her groundbreaking biomedical research. The grant is one of the most prestigious awards in biomedical research, and this marks the first time it has been awarded to an industrial engineer. Dr. Lee\u0027s expert system, in which MRS-imaging and treatment are bonded together within an automated planning procedure, is a breakthrough for the fight against prostate cancer. It promises to have a significant impact on the recurrence rate and quality of life of prostate cancer patients.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDr. Lee also has been invited to present on Mathematics in Medicine at the Annual Meeting of the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.aaas.org\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EAmerican Association for the Advancement of Science\u003C\/a\u003E, to be held in February in San Francisco. This is one of the oldest and most prestigious general science organizations, which publishes Science magazine. Dr. Lee\u0027s talk will involve mathematics and optimization techniques applied to treatment planning in radiation therapy, with case studies focusing on prostate cancer and brain tumors.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27279","created_gmt":"2001-03-01 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:06:35","author":"Barbara Christopher","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2001-03-01T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2001-03-01T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"57458","name":"ISyE External News"}],"categories":[{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003EBarbara Christopher\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIndustrial and Systems Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=bt3\u0022\u003EContact Barbara Christopher\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404.385.3102\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["bchristopher@isye.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}