The Radiation Research Society recently presented the 2017 J.W. Osborne Award to David G. Kirsch, MD, PhD, the Barbara Levine University professor of Radiation Oncology and Pharmacology & Cancer Biology at Duke.
The J.W. Osborne Award honors a member of the Radiation Research Society who has contributed significantly to the understanding of normal tissue radiation responses. Kirsch is the leader of Duke Cancer Institute's (DCI) Radiation Oncology & Imaging Program and serves as vice chair for Basic and Translational Research in the Department of Radiation Oncology. His lab uses sophisticated genetically engineered mouse models to study mechanisms of tumor and normal tissue response to radiation.