Sara C. Rockwell, Ph.D.

Sara C. Rockwell, Ph.D., professor of therapeutic radiology and pharmacology and associate dean for scientific affairs, has been named one of 11 ASTRO fellows for 2009 by the American Society for Radiation Oncology, the leading organization in radiation oncology, biology, and physics. Members of ASTRO are eligible to become a fellow if they have been part of the society for at least 20 years and have shown excellence in research, patient care, education, leadership, and service. Rockwell, who joined the Yale faculty in 1974, was one of the first researchers to study the effects of hypoxia on the response of malignant cells in culture and solid tumors in vivo to radiation, anticancer drugs, and combined modality therapy.