ASRT, Elekta announce 2010 radiation therapy scholarship winners

The American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT) Education and Research Foundation and Stockholm-based clinical oncology and neurosurgery provider Elekta have announced this year’s Elekta Radiation Therapy Educators Scholarship recipients.

According to the Albuquerque, N.M.-based society, each $5,000 scholarship is bestowed to ASRT members who are a director, faculty member, clinical coordinator or clinical instructor pursuing their bachelor’s, master’s or doctoral degrees.

The 2010 winners are:
  • Megan L. Trad of Austin, Texas, currently enrolled in a doctoral degree program in adult professional and community education at Texas State University;
  • Shellie I. Warino of Mineral Ridge, Ohio, enrolled in a master’s program in health education at Kent State University;
  • Jeannie L. Jimerson of Martinsville, Ind., enrolled in a master’s degree program in dosimetry at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale; and
  • Nishele D. Lenards of Prior Lake, Minn., enrolled in a doctoral program in education.
Application deadlines and eligibility requirements for the Elekta Radiation Therapy Educators Scholarship program can be found at www.asrtfoundation.org.

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