Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship for the project HIPPOCRATE: Dr. Vasiliki Anagnostatou

We congratulate Dr. Vasiliki Anagnostatou for succeeding to obtain a prestigious Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship from the European Commission for her project HIPPOCRATE (Hybrid Imaging of PET and PrOmpt gamma for preCision RAnge- and biological-guidance in proton ThErapy). Dr. Anagnostatou joined our Department on June 1st, 2017, and will work on the project for the next 24 months. In the interview below she briefly introduces herself and the project HIPPOCRATE, named after the famous "Father of Modern Medicine" Hippocrates from her home country Greece:

"I am fortunate to be a recipient of a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship from the European Commission, which will enable me to be part of the Medical Physics research team at LMU, providing me with several opportunities of which I am grateful: the transfer of knowledge with expert scientists in the field, the numerous scientific collaborations with universities and research institutes at renowned national and international laboratories and the active contribution of the university to Medical Physics.

During my fellowship, I will work on the project HIPPOCRATE aiming at the development of an innovative hybrid detection system that combines PET and prompt gamma imaging to promote biological and dose guidance for personalized, high-precision proton therapy. I am eager to explore a revolutionary imaging approach for cancer and at the same time contribute to the development of health.

I come from a background that combines experimental nuclear physics (Ph.D., University of Surrey) and study on nuclear structure (Visitor Assistant in Research, Yale University) with radiation physics, radiation detection and instrumentation (Symetrica Security Ltd., UK). I am grateful that during the Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellowship I will be given the opportunity to apply my background and extend my skills and expertise as an independent medical physics scientist.

Last but not least, I am thankful for the continuous support from my supervisor Prof. Dr. Katia Parodi, who is an expert in the field with more than 15 years of studies on imaging of particle beams for cancer treatment with a world-wide recognition."