Dr. Samantha Lloyd

Samantha Lloyd (PhD, FCCPM) is a Medical Physicist at BC Cancer Vancouver. Dr. Lloyd completed graduate degrees at the University of Victoria, and a radiation oncology physics residency at the University of California, San Diego. After working for a year in St. John’s, Newfoundland, Dr. Lloyd joined the team in Vancouver in 2019 where her clinical responsibilities include HDR brachytherapy, surface guidance in radiation therapy (SGRT) and CBCT-based online adaptive radiotherapy. Dr. Lloyd is an active member of both COMP and the AAPM, serving as the current director of Professional Affairs on the COMP Board of Directors.

Research Areas

Automation in external beam and HDR brachytherapy treatment planning

CBCT-based online adaptive radiotherapy

Surface guided radiation therapy (SGRT)

Machine learning for outcomes prediction

Appointments & Affiliations

Clinical Investigator - Department of Clinical Research, BC Cancer

Assistant Clinical Professor – Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, UBC

Honorary Lecturer – Department of Physics and Astronomy, UBC

Board Member - Canadian Organization of Medical Physicists - Professional Affairs Committee

Board Member - Canadia Organization of Medical Physicists - Communications Committee

Member - Canadia Organization of Medical Physicists

Member- American Association of Physicists in Medicine

Member - British Columbia Assciation of Medical Physicists

Students

Current

Lorna Tu – PhD Candidate

Previous

Grace Nehring – AAPM Summer Undergraduate Fellow (2024)

Mitchell Halajian – AAPM Summer Undergraduate Fellow (2023)

Publications

Google Scholar Publication List

Grants

2024 Sprakkar Physics Research Award