NCI Cancer Bulletin for February 22, 2011 - National Cancer Institute: Radiation Epidemiology Branch

Radiation and Cancer Symposium to Honor DCEG’s Elaine Ron


Dr. Elaine Ron

On March 9, NCI will sponsor a symposium on research strategies in radiation and cancer. The event will honor the groundbreaking research of the late Dr. Elaine Ron, former branch chief and senior investigator of the Radiation Epidemiology Branch in NCI’s Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics (DCEG).

Experts in the field of radiation and cancer epidemiology will discuss strategies for studying thyroid and other cancers caused by radiation exposure, as well as the carcinogenic effects of medical, environmental, occupational, and accidental radiation exposures. Speakers will identify promising new cancer research directions and strategies in radiation epidemiology, and the symposium will include a talk about international research opportunities by Dr. Christopher Wild, director of the International Agency for Research on Cancer.

► For more information and to register for free, visit the symposium Web site (Research Strategies in Radiation and Cancer: A Symposium Honoring Elaine Ron, PhD (1943-2010): Research Strategies in Radiation and Cancer: A Symposium Honoring Elaine Ron, PhD (1943-2010)).

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NCI Cancer Bulletin for February 22, 2011 - National Cancer Institute

▲ Radiation Epidemiology Branch
Radiation Epidemiology Branch