Description
The scope of this Committee is to continually assess, revise and renew the comprehensive plan initiated with Where Are the Radiation Professionals? (WARP) to replenish the nations dwindling number of radiation professionals in all areas: government, medicine, private sector, industry, biology and radiation research, epidemiology, emergency response, risk modeling and assessment, regulations, environmental remediation, military, and the many associated fields. A nationally-coordinated effort should continue to educate, train, engage and retain radiation protection professionals to meet the radiation-related needs of the nation.
Goal
To promote a government led initiative to develop and strengthen human capital in radiation science and radiation protection. It might build upon existing government programs on Science Technology Engineering Mathematics which stimulate the high school educational programs in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Reports, statements, workshops, and annual meetings would emphasize the critical concern about the dwindling human capital in the radiation sciences at a time when radiation uses and concerns are continually on the rise. Realistic and achievable solutions to meeting the needs of the nation will be proposed, assessed and modified.
Scheduled Activities
- March 17, 2017: Commenced preparation of a commentary with the formation of seven writing teams (WT)
- March 25, 2017: Chair + Staff Consultant meeting re Dropbox.com and Google Docs resources via Webinar/teleconference
- March 30, 2017: First meeting of WT captains (Webinar/teleconference)
- April 6, 2017: First meeting of Medicine WT (Webinar/teleconference)
- April 14, 2017: First meeting of Radiobiology WT (teleconference)
- April 21, 2017: First meeting of Health Physics WT (Webinar/teleconference)
- April 26, 2017: First meeting of Medical Physics WT (Webinar/teleconference)
- May 9, 2017: First meeting of Nuclear Engineering WT (Webinar/teleconference)
- June 5, 2017: First meeting of Radiation Epidemiology WT (Webinar/teleconference)
- June 19, 2017: First meeting of Radiochemistry WT (Webinar/teleconference)
- June 30, 2017: Second meeting of WT captains (Webinar/teleconference)
- July 20, 2017: Second meeting of Radiation Epidemiology WT (Webinar/teleconference) scheduled
- July 30, 2017: Target date for first draft commentary initial sections (Health Physics, Medical Physics & Medicine)
- Week of August 4th: Third meeting of WT captains (Webinar/teleconference) planned
Membership
![]() WAYNE D. NEWHAUSER![]() is the Director of the Medical and Health Physics Program at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, holder of the Dr. Charles M. Smith Chair in Medical Physics, and Chief of Physics at the Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center. He is a board certified and licensed medical physicist with specialization in advanced-technology radiotherapies. Dr. Newhauser is an expert in proton radiation therapy, dose reconstructions, and risk estimation and reduction. His current research projects seek to improve long-term outcomes of survivors of childhood and adult cancers. He and his multidisciplinary team of collaborators are known for their early use of Monte-Carlo methods and high-performance computing in proton therapy, including neutron shielding, treatment planning, and estimation of stray radiation exposures. He received the Innovation Excellence Award in 2012 in recognition of his laboratory's research involving in-silico clinical trials to compare advanced-technology radiotherapies. Dr. Newhauser has published more than 85 peer-reviewed journal articles, leads federal research grants, and mentors graduate students and post-doctoral fellows. He has served in leadership roles in the American Association of Physicists in Medicine, the American Nuclear Society, and the Health Physics Society. He serves on the International Advisory Board of the journal Physics In Medicine and Biology and is a corresponding member of EURODOS. After receiving a BS in nuclear engineering and MS and PhD degrees medical physics from the University of Wisconsin, he worked at the German National Standards Laboratory, Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, and The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. |
![]() JACQUELINE P. WILLIAMS![]() completed her undergraduate degrees at the University of Nottingham, followed by her post-doctoral training in radiation biology at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, University of London, United Kingdom. Shortly after completing her studies, she joined the faculty at the University of Rochester, New York, in the department of Radiation Oncology and, later, in the department of Environmental Medicine. Over her career, Dr. Williams has served as the President of the Radiation Research Society, the Research Chair on the Board of the American Society for Radiation Oncology, and Council Member to the International Association for Radiation Research, as well as associate editor on several radiation-related journals, including the International Journal of Radiation Biology. Although now semi-retired, Dr. Williams has accrued nearly 40 y of experience in radiation biology and related fields and has been involved in a wide range of research areas, clinically-related oncologic studies and clinical trials, tumor blood flow studies, long-term carcinogenic studies, and pharmacological and toxicological projects. In particular, her research involved identifying mechanisms that underlie the initiation and progression of radiation-induced late normal tissue effects as a consequence of accidental exposures or the low doses associated with either space travel or mass terrorism events, with the goal of developing protection and/or mitigation strategies. |
Writing Team Leaders: |
![]() Edward I. Bluth![]() graduated cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania with special distinction in History. He earned his medical degree from the State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, completed his internship at the Medical College of Virginia, and his residency in diagnostic radiology at the Hospital of Pennsylvania. He is board certified in diagnostic radiology and has been on the staff since 1977 and is Chair Emeritus of the Department of Radiology. In the past, he was a member of the Board of Governors and Board of Directors of the Ochsner Clinic Foundation and its predecessors. Dr. Bluth is also Professor of Radiology at the Ochsner Clinical School of the University of Queensland School of Medicine. He is very active in numerous medical societies. He presently serves on the Board of Chancellors of the American College of Radiology as Chairman of the Commission on Human Resources. He is a member of the American College of Radiology Delegation to the American Medical Association. He currently serves as Team Leader of the CC 2 medicine writing team of the NCRP. He has been President of the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists and served on the Boards of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine and Society of Radiologists in Ultrasound. Additionally, he has served as Co -Chair of the National Forum on Quality Improvement in Healthcare sponsored by the Institute of Healthcare Improvement. Dr. Bluth is an active researcher and has published over 225 peer-reviewed articles and chapters. His present interests are Doppler ultrasound applications in transplants and HR issues related to the radiology workforce. He is author of 11 textbooks and serves on several editorial boards. He speaks both nationally and internationally on ultrasound, quality improvement, and the radiology workforce. |
![]() Michael A. Noska
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![]() Sergey Y. Tolmachev
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![]() Lawrence W. Townsend
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![]() Lydia B. Zablotska
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