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Alexandra Rink

ResearcherRadiation Oncology/Medical PhysicsUniversity of Toronto

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Alexandra Rink

Researcher

Radiation Oncology/Medical Physics

Health Sciences

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
20 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 5 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 4 research grants (2 NSERC, 2 CIHR), most recently in 2023.
Supervised 3 trainees who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2025.

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Research

Artificial Intelligence Automated Segmentation Cervical Cancer Deep Learning Machine Learning Magnetic Resonance Imaging Organs At Risk Radiotherapy Targets

Latest papers

Dosimetric Predictors of Sexual Toxicity in Cervical Cancer Patients Treated With Definitive Chemoradiation and Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Guided Brachytherapy.
International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics · 2026
Trends in brachytherapy utilization in Canada from 2011 to 2020.
Physics and imaging in radiation oncology · 2026
Real-Time Magnetic Resonance Imaging Guidance to Enable Brachytherapy: A Case Series.
Practical radiation oncology · 2026

All 38 publications

Latest funding

Automatic Segmentation for Targets and Organs at Risk in Cervical High Dose Rate Brachytherapy via Deep Learning
CIHR · 2025 · Supervisor
$1,500
Automatic Segmentation in Cervical High-Dose Rate Brachytherapy
CIHR · 2023 · Supervisor
$1,500
Solid state polymerization of diacetylene crystals for ionizing radiation dosimetry
NSERC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$56,000

All 7 grants and awards

38 publications.

Dosimetric Predictors of Sexual Toxicity in Cervical Cancer Patients Treated With Definitive Chemoradiation and Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Guided Brachytherapy.

Gulstene S, Chuk E, Conway J, Hanuschak J, Han K, Milosevic M, Lukovic J, Ferguson SE, Salman A, Santiago AT, Rink A, Croke JM

International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2026.03.021 PMID: 41862031

Trends in brachytherapy utilization in Canada from 2011 to 2020.

Dumančić M, Zou Y, Glickman H, Kouraneh SG, Pater P, Alexander A, Aviles JEA, Cherpak A, Marchant K, Menon G, Morton D, Olding T, Paudel M, Rink A, Spadinger I, Enger SA

Physics and imaging in radiation oncology2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.phro.2026.100974 PMID: 42111058

Real-Time Magnetic Resonance Imaging Guidance to Enable Brachytherapy: A Case Series.

Mathew JM, Weersink R, Berlin A, Gutierrez Valencia E, Rink A, Serban M, Johny C, Malik N, Patel A, Chan K, Chung PW, Glicksman RM

Practical radiation oncology2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.prro.2025.12.009 PMID: 41485538

MRI-guided brachytherapy for vaginal recurrence of endometrial cancer.

Maina J, Liu ZA, Milosevic M, Croke J, Lukovic J, Malik N, Rink A, Beiki-Ardakani A, Weersink RA, Serban M, Skliarenko J, Rauth S, Conway JL, Han K

Brachytherapy2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.brachy.2025.10.007 PMID: 41274827

Pain control and opioid use as a function of workflow in MRI-guided interstitial cervix brachytherapy.

Gulstene S, Liu ZA, Milosevic M, Croke J, Lukovic J, Malik N, Rink A, Beiki-Ardakani A, Weersink RA, Serban M, Skliarenko J, Rauth S, Conway JL, Han K

Radiotherapy and oncology : journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2025.111239 PMID: 41161391

Intra-operative process efficiency for in-room MRI-guided combined intracavitary/interstitial brachytherapy for cervical cancer.

Chan K, Ballantyne H, Liu ZA, Milosevic M, Croke J, Fyles A, Lukovic J, Rink A, Beiki-Ardakani A, Borg J, Serban M, Weersink RA, Conway JL, Rauth S, Skliarenko J, Xie J, Simeonov A, Han K

Brachytherapy2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.brachy.2025.07.001 PMID: 40750473

A novel technique for the quality assurance of dwell positions for ovoid applicators using 2D optical imaging.

Borg J, Beiki-Ardakani A, Mohseni H, Golshan M, Rink A, Weersink RA

Brachytherapy2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.brachy.2025.03.003 PMID: 40254516

Roadmap: medical physics technologies in brachytherapy.

Song WY, Roumeliotis M, Lee J, Fenster A, Rodgers J, Trumpour T, Glicksman RM, Berlin A, Carlsson Tedgren Å, Vijande J, Beaulieu L, Morén B, Meyers S, Rink A, Gao Y, Fahimian BP, China D, Ding K, Podder TK, Carver EN, Rivard MJ, Richardson S, Grkovski M, Meftahi M, Gardner U, Kumar R, Scanderbeg D, Yashar C, Naqa IE, Viswanathan AN, Jia X

Physics in medicine and biology2025

DOI: 10.1088/1361-6560/ade21f PMID: 40480262

Geometrically focused training and evaluation of organs-at-risk segmentation via deep learning.

Ni R, Chuk E, Han K, Croke J, Fyles A, Lukovic J, Milosevic M, Haibe-Kains B, Rink A

Medical physics2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1002/mp.17840 PMID: 40280876

Evaluation of radiochromic formulations for dosimetry in high-energy photon and proton beams.

Kaiyum R, Hoehr C, Tattenberg S, Shum RL, Mermut O, Rink A

Communications materials2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1038/s43246-025-00978-x PMID: 41281976

Automatic Segmentation for Targets and Organs at Risk in Cervical High Dose Rate Brachytherapy via Deep Learning

SupervisorCIHR2025Travel Awards - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Ni, Ruiyan

Keywords: Ics Travel Awards

$1,500

Automatic Segmentation in Cervical High-Dose Rate Brachytherapy

SupervisorCIHR2023Travel Awards - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Ni, Ruiyan

Keywords: Artificial Intelligence; Automatic Segmentation; Cervical Cancer; Deep Learning; Ics Travel Awards; Machine Learning; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Organs At Risk; Radiotherapy Targets; Radiotherapy Treatment Planning

$1,500

Solid state polymerization of diacetylene crystals for ionizing radiation dosimetry

Principal investigatorNSERC2023Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Rink, Alexandra

Keywords: diacetylene crystals; flash dosimetry; linear energy transfer; post-irradiation development; radiation dosimetry; radical polymerization; solid state polymerization

$56,000

Dosimetric characterization of modified radiochromic materials

SupervisorCIHR2023Travel Awards - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: kaiyum, Rohith

Keywords: Doismetry; Optical Physics; Polymer Physics; Radiochromic

$1,500

Solid state polymerization of diacetylene crystals for ionizing radiation dosimetry

Principal investigatorNSERC2023Discovery Launch Supplement

Principal investigators: Rink, Alexandra

$12,500

AI Assisted Organ and Target Segmentation for Cervix Brachytherapy Treatment Planning

Nominated PICIHR2022Project Grant

Principal investigators: Rink, Alexandra; Haibe-Kains, Benjamin

Keywords: Artificial Intelligence; Automated Segmentation; Cervical Cancer; Deep Learning; Machine Learning; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Organs At Risk; Radiotherapy Targets; Radiotherapy Treatment Planning

$837,675

A universal self-calibrating in vivo real-time optical radiation dosimeter for quality assurance and quality control of radiotherapy treatment.

Nominated PICIHR2018Project Grant

Principal investigators: Rink, Alexandra; Mermut, Ozzy

Keywords: Advanced Deposition Techniques; Dosimeter; Inkjet Printing; Optical Fibre; Radiochromic; Real-Time; Self-Calibrating; Spectroscopy

$317,476

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Alexandra Rink

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Dosimetric Predictors of Sexual Toxicity in Cervical Cancer Patients Treated With Definitive Chemoradiation and Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Guided Brachytherapy.

Trends in brachytherapy utilization in Canada from 2011 to 2020.

Real-Time Magnetic Resonance Imaging Guidance to Enable Brachytherapy: A Case Series.

MRI-guided brachytherapy for vaginal recurrence of endometrial cancer.

Pain control and opioid use as a function of workflow in MRI-guided interstitial cervix brachytherapy.

Intra-operative process efficiency for in-room MRI-guided combined intracavitary/interstitial brachytherapy for cervical cancer.

A novel technique for the quality assurance of dwell positions for ovoid applicators using 2D optical imaging.

Roadmap: medical physics technologies in brachytherapy.

Geometrically focused training and evaluation of organs-at-risk segmentation via deep learning.

Evaluation of radiochromic formulations for dosimetry in high-energy photon and proton beams.

Automatic Segmentation for Targets and Organs at Risk in Cervical High Dose Rate Brachytherapy via Deep Learning

Automatic Segmentation in Cervical High-Dose Rate Brachytherapy

Solid state polymerization of diacetylene crystals for ionizing radiation dosimetry

Dosimetric characterization of modified radiochromic materials

Solid state polymerization of diacetylene crystals for ionizing radiation dosimetry

AI Assisted Organ and Target Segmentation for Cervix Brachytherapy Treatment Planning

A universal self-calibrating in vivo real-time optical radiation dosimeter for quality assurance and quality control of radiotherapy treatment.

Frequent collaborators

Kathy Han

Michael Milosevic

Jennifer Croke

Alejandro Berlin

Jelena Lukovic

Monica Serban

Robert Weersink

Ozzy Mermut

Benjamin Haibe-Kains

Samuel Kadoury

Samuel Kadoury

Teodor Stanescu

Mary Gospodarowicz

David Jaffray

Warren Foltz

Neesha Dhani

Aaron Fenster