Patricia Oliver

Education

• BSc in Physics (Dalhousie University)
• PhD in Physics, specialization in Medical Physics (Carleton University) 
• Radiation Oncology Medical Physics Residency (Nova Scotia Health)

Research Interests

• Monte Carlo Simulations for radiation dosimetry
• Stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) and stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT)
• MR-guided radiotherapy

Awards and honours

• Nova Scotia Health Innovation Catalyst Award (2023-2024)
• IOP Publishing Outstanding Reviewer Award (2019, 2022)
• Sylvia Fedoruk Prize  (2020)
• Moses & Sylvia Sorkin Greenfield Award (2020)

Recent publications

• PAK Oliver, TR Wood and LN Baldwin, “A customizable, open-source Winston-Lutz system for multi-target, single isocentre radiotherapy,” Biomed. Phys. Eng. Express 8 (6), 065005 (2022).
• PAK Oliver, M Yewondwossen, C Summers, C Shaw, S Cwajna and A Syme, “Influence of intra- and inter-fraction motion on planning target volume margin in liver SBRT using breath hold,” Adv. Radiat. Oncol. 6, 100610 (2021).
• PAK Oliver and TT Monajemi, “Skin dose in chest wall radiotherapy with bolus: a Monte Carlo study,” Phys. Med. Biol. 65 (15), 155016 (2020).
• PAK Oliver and RM Thomson, “Investigating energy deposition in glandular tissues for mammography using multiscale Monte Carlo simulations,” Med. Phys. 46 (3), 1426-1436 (2019).

Other interests and Achievements

• Member of the Canadian College of Physicists in Medicine (MCCPM) (2020 – present)
• Beatrice Hunter Cancer Research Institute, Associate Scientist (2023 – present)
• AAPM Work Group on Radiation Dosimetry, member (2022 – present)