Robert Hunter

Robert Hunter is an Assistant Professor of Interdisciplinary Science at McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada. He teaches core medical-physics courses within the Medical Physics graduate programme and maintains an active research portfolio centred on brachytherapy physics, image-guided radiation therapy, and treatment-plan optimization. Hunter has co-authored 34 peer-reviewed publications since 1997 and participates in multi-centre clinical trials and technology-development projects.

Education & Teaching:

• Instructor, Medical Imaging Systems I (MEDPHYS 770) — 2023-2025
• Instructor, Professionalism and Ethics (MEDPHYS 786) — 2024
• Instructor, Radioactivity & Radiation Interactions (MEDPHYS 6B03) — 2020
• Instructor, Radioactivity & Radiation in Medical Physics (MEDPHYS 4B03) — 2020
• Instructor, Radiation Protection & Radiation Biology in Radiation Therapy (MEDRADSC 3U03) — 2018

Research Focus:
Professor Hunter’s work integrates experimental medical physics with clinical translation. His main interest is high-dose-rate (HDR) brachytherapy for gynecological, thoracic, and upper-gastrointestinal malignancies. He investigates applicator design, real-time image guidance using 2D/3D registration, MR/CT-based dose verification, and organ-at-risk sparing techniques. Additional scholarly activity includes optical spectroscopy of tissue oxygenation and algorithmic evaluation of segmentation methods.

Across 29 mapped publications, 72 % lie in radiation therapy and 14 % in radiology, with the remainder spanning developmental biology and thoracic surgery. Recurrent themes are dosimetric quality assurance, prospective clinical comparisons, and palliative effectiveness of intraluminal brachytherapy.

Scientific Awards & Funding:
No specific awards or active grants are listed in the McMaster VIVO database at the time of scraping.

Collaboration & Supervision:
Hunter collaborates with >20 co-investigators, most frequently Drs Ranjan Sur, Joseph Hayward and Thomas Farrell. No formal student advisees are recorded in the supplied text.

Laboratory & Teams:
While no standalone laboratory title is provided, his teaching assignments and publication network indicate integration with the Medical Physics unit and the Juravinski Cancer Centre at McMaster.