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Jennifer Colleen O'Daniel

Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology
Radiation Oncology
3643 North Roxboro Street, Durham, NC 27704
00567 Duke South Red Zone Base, Box 3295 DUMC, Durham, NC 27710

Selected Presentations & Appearances


Prospective and Retrospective Risk Assessment: Learning from the Past to Predict the Future - Safety Retreat · November 2022 Invited Talk Duke Radiation Oncology,
Putting the Pieces Together to Increase Patient Safety - IMRT QA: Learning from our Past to Move Patient Safety Forward · January 2022 Invited Talk American Association of Physicists in Medicine,
Strategic Selection of Quality Checks Via FMEA to Maximize Effectiveness of IMRT QA - 2022 Annual Meeting · 2022 National Scientific Meeting American Association of Physicists in Medicine,
Managing Adversity and Uncertainty as a Medical Physics Professional · August 2020 Invited Talk UT-Houston Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences,
Implementation of TG100 (Prospective Risk Assessment) · November 2018 Instructional Course, Workshop, or Symposium Missouri River Chapter AAPM, Omaha, NE

Led a 1 day workshop with Saiful Huq on the practicalities of implementing TG-100 prospective risk assessment techniques.

Why Gamma Isn't Enough: Revisiting our Criteria and Interpretation of IMRT QA Results - Spring Clinical Meeting · March 2016 Invited Talk American Association of Physicists in Medicine,
Advances in Radiotherapy Quality Assurance Techniques · March 2016 Invited Talk American College of Radiation Oncology,
The Aftermath of TG-142: Quantitative Failure Mode and Effects Analysis of TG 142 - 57th Annual Meeting · July 2015 Invited Talk American Association of Physicists in Medicine,
Improving Linac QA with TG142 and Beyond - Failure Mode and Effects Analysis of TG142 - Spring Clinical Meeting · March 2015 Invited Talk American Association of Physicists in Medicine,

Service to the Profession


Member - AAPM TG-360 Performance validation of surrogate assessment systems in the context of medical physics applications · 2021 - 2027 Committee Service American Association of Physicists in Medicine,

Leading international prospective risk assessment of IMRT/VMAT-based radiotherapy

Board Member-at-Large · 2019 Event/Organization Administration American Association of Physicists in Medicine,
Vice-chair - Work Group on the Implementation of TG-100 · 2018 - 2019 Committee Service American Association of Physicists in Medicine,

Encouraging community adoption of prospective risk assessment by (1) creation of workshops and (2) creation of a repository for previous work

Member - Therapy Physics Committee · 2018 - 2019 Committee Service American Association of Physicists in Medicine,

The Therapy Physics Committee (TPC) is a committee of the Science Council and has direct authority and responsibility over all AAPM scientific activities pertaining to radiation therapy physics. The Therapy Physics Committee will achieve the following broad goals primarily through its Subcommittees, Working Groups and Task Groups.

Improve the accuracy and consistency of radiation therapy and other medical interventions through development and publication of scientific, technical and educational documents.
Improve therapeutic medical interventions through research in medical physics and promote scientific research in therapy applications of medical physics within AAPM.
Provide guidance to outside agencies and organizations relative to the scientific and clinical interests of AAPM membership.
Remain aware of developments from and collaborate with outside organizations.

Chair - UN38 - Review of WG100 Workshops · 2018 - 2019 Committee Service American Association of Physicists in Medicine,
Member - IROC Site Visit Team · 2018 - 2019 Committee Service American Association of Physicists in Medicine,
Associate Editor · 2018 - 2027 Editorial Activities Medical Physics,
Associate Editor · 2017 - 2027 Editorial Activities Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics,
Member - Work Group on the Implementation of TG-100 · 2016 - 2019 Committee Service American Association of Physicists in Medicine,
Member - Work Group on Radiation Dosimetry · 2012 - 2017 Committee Service American Association of Physicists in Medicine,
Member - TG 191 - AAPM Recommendations on the Clinical Use of Luminescent Dosimeters · 2012 - 2019 Committee Service American Association of Physicists in Medicine,
Reviewer · 2010 - 2027 Editorial Activities Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics,
Chair - Student and Trainees Subcommittee · 2007 - 2008 Committee Service American Association of Physicists in Medicine,
Reviewer · 2006 - 2027 Editorial Activities International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics,
Reviewer · 2005 - 2027 Editorial Activities Medical Physics,

Clinical Activities


Lead physicist, DRH
RSO, DRH