Radiotherapy Research

Seminar Series

Why are we offering this and why would you

wish to attend?

Who is this session for?

This is relevant to qualified and student therapy radiographers but we

welcome attendance from anyone with an interest in the topic area

or an interest in research.

If you would like to attend please contact Gemma Burke

(hwbgp@exchange.shu.ac.uk) or Laura

Charlesworth(hwblp1@exchange.shu.ac.uk)

Sessions are outside formal conference attendance,

see leading professionals in your field present their research experiences

Ask questions and discuss topics with colleagues,

sharing your experiences with students who also attend the seminars

Free CPD activity

Staff have previously commented...

“These seminar series are invaluable. It's really

informative and useful for radiotherapy students to

actually see what trials and studies are being done

currently, and how this may impact on future clinical practice. Also, useful for our own studies”

AND

“Excellent and very interesting and enjoyable. Extremely

well explained concepts and insight into related research”

The SuPPORT 4 All study team have created a novel bra (S4A

bra) for patients to wear during radiotherapy treatment for breast

cancer. This presentation will focus on the pre-clinical testing of

the S4A bra using a non-invasive imaging system called 3D

stereophotogrammetry (3dMD). This system was used to

evaluate breast positional accuracy in relation to anatomical

landmarks in 20 healthy volunteers. The results of this study,

and the potential for 3dMD to be used to evaluate other

immobilisation devices for radiotherapy will be discussed.

Topic: Investigating tools to assess reproducibility of immobilisation devices for radiotherapy.

Speaker: Keeley RosbottomSheffield Hallam UniversityDate: 6sh October 20178.30 for coffee (RWB F514) 9am startVenue: RWB F518

Keeley RosbottomKeeley’s background is in BSc Medical Sciences (IIi hons) which she studied

at the University of Leeds, from this degree stems her passion and interest in

anatomy and physiology.

After graduating she worked as an Intelligence Analyst for West Yorkshire

Police before undertaking the PGDip Radiotherapy & Oncology course at

Sheffield Hallam University. She graduated in 2008 and worked at St James'

hospital in Leeds as a Radiographer and then a Specialist Practitioner.

At St James’ hospital she was a key trainer in Moving and Handling,

delivering training to staff and students. She worked in pre-treatment and on

the treatment machines.

She joined Sheffield Hallam as a lecturer in April 2012 since then she has

completed her MSc in Radiotherapy & Oncology and PGCert ed. in Learning

and Teaching in Higher education. She is a Fellow of the Higher Education

Academy and is involved in teaching Undergraduate, Postgraduate and

International students being module leader on 2 undergraduate modules and

the professional issues lead for all students. She is the Professional

Development Facilitator at Royal Derby hospital.

She is seconded to the Support 4 All research project and started her PhD

part time in September 2015. Her research interests include using 3D

Stereophotogrammetry to evaluate new immobilisation devices for tissue

stabilisation, positioning and accuracy during radiotherapy treatment.