Jennifer Wei Zou

Faculty
Jennifer Wei Zou

Jennifer Wei Zou, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Department: Radiation Oncology

Contact information

Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine
3400 Civic Center Blvd
Radiation Oncology, TRC-2 West
Philadelphia, PA 19104

Email:
wei.zou@uphs.upenn.edu

Education:
BS (Physics)
Nanjing University, 1993.
PhD (Theoretical and Applied Mechanics)
Cornell University, 2001.
MS (Medical Physics)
University of Pennsylvania, 2010.

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Selected Publications

Vallabhaneni S, Wang Y, Zhang Y, Smith A, Zou W, Feigenberg S, Plastaras, J, Freedman G, Witschey WR, Ky B, Han Y: Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance in Early Detection of Radiation Associated Cardiotoxicity with Chest Radiation. Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine May 2022.

Pakela J, Dong L, Rucinski A, Knopf AC, Zou W: Motion Management in Charged Particle Therapy: Past, Present, and into the Future. Frontiers in Oncology accepted, 2022.

Zou W and Mihailidis DN: Modelling Radiotherapy Side Effects. Med. Phys. Jul 2021 Notes: https://doi.org/10.1002/mp.15004.

Yang F, He Z, Duan H, Zhang D, Li J, Yang H, Dorsey J F, Zou W, Ali Nabavizadeh S, Bagley S J, Abdullah K, Brem S, Zhang L, Xu X, Byrne K T, Vonderheide R H, Gong Y and Fan Y: Synergistic immunotherapy of glioblastoma by dual targeting of IL-6 and CD40. Nature Communications 12(1), June 2021 Notes: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23832-3.

Zou W, Diffenderfer E S, Ota K, Boisseau P, Kim M M, Cai Y, Avery S M, Carlson D J, Wiersma R D, Lin A, Koumenis C, Cengal K, Metz J M, Dong L and Teo B K: Characterization of a high-resolution 2D transmission ion chamber for independent validation of proton pencil beam scanning of conventional and FLASH dose delivery Med. Phys. Apr 2021 Notes: DOI: 10.1002/mp.14882.

Czerska K, Emert F, Kopec R, Langen K, McClelland J R, Meijers A, Miyamoto N, Riboldi M, Shimizu S, Terunuma T, Zou W, Knopf A and Rucinski A: Clinical Practice vs. State-of-the-art Research and Future Visions: Report on the 4D Treatment Planning Workshop for Particle Therapy. Phys. Med. 82: 54-63, Feb 2021 Notes: doi: 10.1016/j.ejmp.2020.12.013.

Zou W, Kurtz G, Nakib M, Burgdorf B, Alp M, Li T, Lustig R, Xiao Y, Dong L, Kassaee A and Alonso-Basanta M: A Probability-Based Investigation on the Setup Robustness of Pencil-beam Proton Radiation Therapy for Skull-Base Meningioma. Int. J. Part. Ther. 7(3): 34-45, Jan 2021.

Kassaee A, Cheng C, Yin L, Zou W, Li T, Lin A, Swisher-McClure S, Lukens J N, Lustig R A, O’Reilly S, Dong L, Ms R H and Teo B-K K: Dual-Energy Computed Tomography Proton-Dose Calculation with Scripting and Modified Hounsfield Units. Int. J. Part. Ther. 8, 2021 Notes: https://doi.org/10.14338/IJPT-20-00075.1.

Yin L, Zou W, Kim MM, Avery S M, Wiersma RD, Teo B-K K, Dong L, Diffenderfer ES: Evaluation of Two-voltage and Three-voltage Linear Methods for Deriving Ion Recombination Correction Factors in Proton FLASH Irradiation. IEEE Trans. Radiat. Plasma Med. Sci. 2021 Notes: DOI: 10.1109/TRPMS.2021.3078885.

Krishnamoorthy S, Teo B-K K, Zou W, McDonough J, Karp J S and Surti S: A Proof-of-Concept Study of an In-Situ Partial-Ring Time-of-Flight PET Scanner for Proton Beam Verification. IEEE Trans. Radiat. Plasma Med. Sci. Page: 1-1, Dec 2020 Notes: doi: 10.1109/TRPMS.2020.3044326.