Dr. Sara Rapic has joined the DaCosta lab as a postdoctoral fellow in September 2017. She received her doctoral degree at the University of Antwerp in Belgium where she was working on non-invasive imaging of cancer hallmarks to identify predictive biomarkers in a colorectal cancer model. As part of Dr. DaCosta’s Terry Fox New Investigator Grant, she is investigating the radiation response of pancreatic tumors, their vasculature and microenvironment using in vivo imaging to identify new treatment strategies.