Source: UF College of Medicine
The Conquer Cancer Foundation of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) announced on May 28, 2020 that Raymond Mailhot Vega, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology at the University of Florida Health Proton Therapy Institute, was named a recipient of ASCO’s prestigious Conquer Cancer Global Oncology Foundation Young Investigator Award.
The award, a one-year grant of $50,000 given annally to promising investigators, encourages and promotes quality research in clinical oncology. Dr. Mailhot Vega (left) was recognized at the Conquer Cancer Grants and Award Ceremony on Friday, May 29, and joined other UF radiation oncologists who presented their research at the annual ASCO conference, held virtually this year from May 29-31, 2020.
“We are extremely proud of Dr. Mailhot Vega’s achievement and the way in which his research here at the University of Florida will have a global impact in the fight against cancer,” said Paul Okunieff, MD, Professor and Chair of the UF Department of Radiation Oncology.
Dr. Mailhot Vega, a Honduran-American passionate about improving cancer outcomes in minority populations in the U.S., has maintained a global focus on cancer care in Latin America. His specialties include pediatric and breast cancers and he leads his department’s hematology service. His research evaluating the comparative effectiveness of proton therapy has been published in journals like Cancer and the International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics. He serves on the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO)’s Committee for Health Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion and has served as a Domestic Ambassador for ASTRO since 2015, a role which allowed him to lead previous educational workshops in Latin America.
His research efforts in global health, pubished in journals like Cancer and Brachytherapy, have evaluated the downstream effects to children of maternal mortality from breast and cervical cancer, didactic experiences in Latin American radiotherapy education, and the optimization of gynecologic brachytherapy selection in Latin America. He was a 2019 finalist for the University of Florida Junior Faculty International Educator of the Year award.
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