Dr. Marjan
Boerma is a Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Director of the Division
of Radiation Health, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of
Pharmacy, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. She received her PhD in
radiation biology from Leiden University, the Netherlands in 2004 and followed
this with a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Arkansas for Medical
Sciences (UAMS). Her research interest is normal tissue injury from ionizing
radiation, specifically in the cardiovascular system. Her laboratory uses
animal models that address whole-body radiation exposure due to radiological
accidents, cardiac side effects of radiation therapy, and cardiovascular
effects of low- and high-linear energy transfer radiation to mimic exposures
during deep-space travel. She has co-authored more than 100 peer-reviewed
articles in this area, and her research funding has been provided by NIH, NASA,
and other federal and private funding sources.
Dr. Wayne Newhauser holds the Dr. Charles M. Smith Chair in Medical Physics in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Louisiana State University. He serves as Director of the Medical Physics Program. He is a board-certified and licensed medical physicist. After earning degrees in nuclear engineering and medical physics from the University of Wisconsin, he worked at the German National Standards Laboratory (PTB), Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, and the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center. He has published more than 80 peer-reviewed journal articles, leads federal research grants, and mentors students and post-doctoral fellows. In his spare time, he serves in leadership roles for the American Association of Physicists in Medicine and the American Nuclear Society.
Dr. Jeffrey Willey is a Professor at the Department of Radiation Oncology, Wake Forest School of Medicine. He completed his Master’s degree at Ohio University in 2001. He received his Ph.D. from Clemson University in 2008. His research interests are focused on the study of articular cartilage, whole-body irradiation, knee joints, space flight, hindlimb suspension, and osteoporosis. The research focus of his laboratory is to characterize the cause and extent of long-term musculoskeletal injuries caused by radiation therapy. He is a member of the Radiation Research Society, the American Society of Bone and Mineral Research, and the Orthopaedic Research Society.
Jacqueline P. Williams received her undergraduate training at Nottingham University in the U.K. in 1979 and then went on to gain her Ph.D. in Radiation Biology from the University of London in 1989. After moving to the U.S. in 1990 for her post-doctoral work, she joined the faculty of the University of Rochester where she has remained and is currently a Professor in the Departments of Environmental Medicine and Radiation Oncology. She has participated in a broad spectrum of research areas, including clinically related pharmacologic and toxicological projects, with her principal research interests involving the identification of the mechanisms that underlie the initiation and progression of acute and late radiation-induced normal tissue effects, and she has contributed to over 150 peer-reviewed publications. Throughout her career, she has been involved in the education and mentoring of post-doctoral and junior faculty. In addition, she has been a leader in the radiation community, including service as Vice-Chair/Chair of the Science Council on the Board of the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO)(2009-2013) and President of the Radiation Research Society (2011-2012). In the latter position, she championed support for early career scientists in the radiation field and initiated the formation of the Radiation Research Foundation in 2014, acting as its founding Chair until 2019, and she now serves as a board member.
Dr. Jeffery Chancellor is a scientist and expert consultant on radiation effects for manned spaceflight and the aerospace industry. He is currently an Assistant Professor of Physics in the Department of Physics & Astronomy at Louisiana State University. He is also the Director of the Space Radiation Transport and Applied Nuclear Physics (SpaRTAN) Laboratory. He was the Radiation Effects Program Manager at the National Space Biomedical Research Institute and held an academic appointment at the Center for Space Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine. Much of his research drive comes from his experience as a Senior Research Engineer with the Space Radiation Analysis Group (SRAG) at NASA’s Johnson Space Center. He completed his Master’s degree in Physics at the University of Houston in 2005. He holds a Ph.D. degree in Applied Physics from Texas A&M University. He is a member of the American Society for Gravitational and Space Research, the Aerospace Medical Society (AsMA), the Institute of Physics, and the American Physical Society.
