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Qihui Lyu, PhD

Assistant Professor in Residence
Division of Physics
Department of Radiation Oncology

Meet Dr. Lyu

I am motiviated to use physics and computation to invent novel treatment techniques and advance cancer care.

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Dr. Lyu is an Assistant Professor in Residence at the UCSF Department of Radiation Oncology. She received her bachelor’s degree in physics from Nanjing University in 2016, and her PhD in Medical Physics from University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in 2021. From 2021 to 2023, she received clinical training from the UCLA Medical Physics Residency Program. Her research focuses on image reconstruction, dual-energy CT, treatment plan optimization, machine learning, etc. Dr. Lyu developed optimization algorithms that open new dimensions in image-guided radiotherapy.

Education

2021-2023	University of California, Los Angeles	Medical Physics Resident	Radiation Oncology
2016-2021	University of California, Los Angeles	PhD	Physics and biology in medicine
2012-2016	Nanjing University	Bachelor of Science	Physics

Professional Experience

2023-present	University of California, San Francisco	Assistant Professor in Residence	Radiation Oncology

Awards & Honors

2022	John Cameron Early-Career Investigator Symposium, First place	American Association of Physicists in Medicine
2022	Norm Baily Awards, First place	AAPM South California Chapter
2021	AAPM research seed grant	American Association of Physicists in Medicine
2021	UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center (JCCC) research grant	University of California, Los Angeles
2020	Dissertation Year Fellowship	University of California, Los Angeles
2020	Dr. Moses A. Greenfield Award	University of California, Los Angeles

Publications

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Lyu%2C+Qihui%5BAuthor%5D&sort=

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=GmzBSjIAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao