dceg-rad-epi-course (Agenda)

Agenda

September 9-12, 2019

Registration - Daily from 8:00 to 9:00 am
Lectures - Daily from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm

Be sure to allow time to get through building security.
Please download a printable version of the Radiation Epidemiology and Dosimetry course agenda.

Day One: Monday, September 9, 2019
Topic Time Speaker
Fundamentals of Radiation Epidemiology, Dosimetry, and Risk Modeling
Registration 8:00 - 9:00  
Principles of epidemiology 9:00 - 10:20 Martha Linet, M.D., M.P.H.
Break 10:20 - 10:40  
Principles of radiation physics and dosimetry 10:40 - 12:00 Matthew Mille, Ph.D.
Lunch on your own 12:00 - 1:00  
Radiation risk modeling 1:00 - 2:20 Ethel Gilbert, Ph.D.
Break 2:20 - 2:40  
Introduction to EPICURE (with 10 min break midway) 2:40 - 5:00 Dale Preston, Ph.D.

 

Day Two: Tuesday, September 10, 2019
Topic Time Speaker
Overview of Radiation Health Effects & Exposure Assessment
Registration 8:00 - 9:00  
Radiation and cancer risks 9:00 - 10:20 Sara Schonfeld, Ph.D.
Break 10:20 - 10:40  
Radiation and risk of non-cancer diseases 10:40 - 12:00 Anssi Auvinen, M.D., Ph.D
Lunch on your own 12:00 - 1:00  
Radiobiology 1:00 - 2:00 David Brenner, Ph.D.
Radiation exposure assessment 2:00 - 2:40 Choonsik Lee, Ph.D.
Break 2:40 - 3:00  
Medical Radiation Exposure - Diagnostic
Diagnostic radiation exposures and cancer risks 3:00 - 4:00 Lene Veiga, Ph.D.
Dosimetry for epidemiologic studies of diagnostic radiation exposures 4:00 - 4:40 David Borrego, Ph.D.

 

Day Three: Wednesday, September 11, 2019
Topic Time Speaker
Medical Radiation Exposure - Therapeutic
Registration 8:00 - 9:00  
Cancer risks from conventional radiotherapy 9:00 - 9:50 Flora van Leeuwen, Ph.D.
Cardiac effects of radiation therapy 9:50 - 10:40 Carolyn Taylor, D.Phil.
Break 10:40 - 11:00  
Dosimetry for epidemiologic studies of conventional radiotherapy 11:00 - 11:40 Rebecca Howell, Ph.D.
Lunch on your own 11:40 - 12:40  
Cancer and non-cancer risks from emerging radiotherapy techniques 12:40 - 1:10 Amy Berrington, D.Phil.
Dosimetry for epidemiologic studies of emerging radiotherapy 1:10 - 1:40 Yeon Soo Yeom, Ph.D.
Occupational Radiation Exposure
Cancer and non-cancer risks among medical workers 1:40 - 2:20 Cari Kitahara, Ph.D.
Dosimetry for epidemiologic studies of medical workers 2:20 - 2:50 Daphnée Villoing, Ph.D.
Break 2:50 - 3:10  
Cancer and non-cancer risks among nuclear workers 3:10 - 4:00 David Richardson, Ph.D.
Dosimetry for epidemiologic studies of nuclear workers 4:00 - 4:30 Robert Daniels, Ph.D.
Potential for cancer and non-cancer risks among space workers 4:30 - 5:00 Mark Little, D.Phil.

 

Day Four: Thursday, September 12, 2019
Topic Time Speaker
Environmental Radiation Exposure
Registration 8:00 - 9:00  
Cancer and non-cancer risks after nuclear accidents 9:00 - 9:50 Maureen Hatch, Ph.D.
Dosimetry for epidemiologic studies of environmental exposures 9:50 - 10:20 Vladimir Drozdovitch, Ph.D.
Break 10:20 - 10:40  
Cancer and non-cancer risks in the A-bomb survivors 10:40 - 11:20 Dale Preston, Ph.D.
Cancer risks from natural background radiation and radon 11:20 - 12:00 Gerry Kendall, Ph.D.
Lunch on your own 12:00 - 1:00  
Susceptibility to Radiation Health Effects
Genetic and genomic laboratory tools 1:00 - 1:50 Meredith Yeager, Ph.D.
Genetics of radiation-related cancer 1:50 - 2:40 Lindsay Morton, Ph.D.
Break 2:40 - 3:00  
Genetics of radiation-related non-cancer diseases 3:00 - 3:30 Catharine West, Ph.D.
Non-ionizing Radiation
Ultraviolet (UV) light dosimetry and epidemiology 3:30 - 4:15 Lisa Cahoon, Ph.D.
Cell phones and cancer risk 4:15 - 5:00 Anssi Auvinen, M.D., Ph.D.