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The ASRT Foundation announced the International Collaborative Research Grants will be awarded to three research groups totaling $148,763, the highest amount the Foundation has awarded since the grant’s inception.

Grant recipients include:

U.S.–based principal investigator Maria Dimopoulos, Ph.D., R.T.(T), and Canadian-based co-investigator Yat Tsang, Ph.D. Additional co-investigators include: Samantha Skubish, M.S., R.T.(R)(T), Nicole Harnett, M.Ed., MRT(T), and Caitlin Gillan, Ph.D. for their project “Laying the Groundwork for System-Level Advanced Practice RT Integration: An International Needs Assessment to Inform Resource Development.”

U.S.–based principal investigator Kori L. Stewart, Ph.D., R.T.(R)(CT), CIIP, and London-based co-investigator Christina Malamateniou, Ph.D., DIC, FCR, SFHEA, for their project “Empathy Meets Innovation: Digital Twins in Radiography Education.”

U.S.–based principal investigator Kristi Moore, Ph.D., R.T.(R)(CT), and South African–based co-investigator Riaan van de Venter, DRad, MTech: Rad (Res), BTech: Rad (D), NDip: Rad (D), PGDip: Tertiary Edu., PGDip: Distance Higher Edu., for their project “Global Perspectives on Radiation Protection: A Collaborative Approach to Enhancing Occupational Safety Education.”

The International Collaborative Research Grant supports medical imaging and radiation therapy professionals aspiring to partner with an international colleague to conduct research on topics affecting the medical imaging and radiation therapy profession. The goal is to enhance the profession’s body of knowledge and to promote international research collaboration with a maximum timeline of two years.