Selected Invited Presentations (post 1993)

2005:
Occupational Internal Dosimetry, Past, Present and Future: The Actinide Example. Faculty Presentation at the Health Physics Society Summer School: “Operational Health Physics: Planning and Implementation”, Gonzaga University, Spokane, WA, July 5-8, 2005.

2004:
Implementing the ICRP Publication 66 Respiratory Tract Models. Faculty Presentation in the American Academy of Health Physics (AAHP) Course 1 – “Intakes and Doses” at the Health Physics 2004 Midyear Topical Meeting on “Air Monitoring and Internal Dosimetry”, Augusta, GA, February 7, 2004.

Use of the IMBA Expert? OCAS-Edition Software (Version 3.2). Presented at the Internal Dosimetry Training Course, Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU) Energy Employees’ Occupational Illness Compensation Program Dose Reconstruction Project, Cincinnati, OH, April 20, 2004.

Software Applications of the ICRP HRTM (ICRP 66) and Current ICRP Biokinetic Models. Physics-g434 Internal Dosimetry Course, Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID, April 28, 2004.

2003:
Software and Applications of the ICRP Human Respiratory Tract Model for Health Physics and Industrial Hygiene (PEP-M2). Presented (with Dr. Mark Hoover, NIOSH, Morgantown, WV) in the Health Physics Society Professional Enrichment Program (PEP), 48th Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, July 21, 2003.
2002:

Applying the ICRP Publication 66 Respiratory Tract Models. Faculty Presentation at the Health Physics Society Summer School: “Practical Applications of Internal Dosimetry”, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, June 9-14, 2002.

Case Studies with IMBA Expert? USDOE-Edition (Phase I) Software. Faculty Presentation at the Health Physics Society Summer School: “Practical Applications of Internal Dosimetry”, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, June 9-14, 2002.

IMBA Expert?: Software for Implementing ICRP’s Current Bioassay and Internal Dosimetry Recommendations. Seminar presented to Radiation protection Managers of the Korean Hydraulic & Nuclear Power Company (KHNPC), Korean Institute for Nuclaer Safety (KINS), Taejon, Republic of Korea, November 5, 2002.

IMBA Expert?: Software for Implementing ICRP’s Current Bioassay and Internal Dosimetry Recommendations. Seminar Presented to the Radiation Protection Division, Japan Nuclear Cycle Development Institute (JNC), Tokai-mura, Japan, November 5, 2002.

1996:
The New ICRP Lung Model: How Should It Be Applied For Radon And Thoron Progeny. Special Colloquium Presented at the BfS Information Center and RADIZ, Schlema, Germany, January 29, 1996. (To be published by Bundesamt für Strahlenschutz (BfS), Munich, Germany).

Radon Dosimetry: How Should We Apply Field Information on Radon Progeny Aerosol Size to Refine ICRP’s “Dose Convention?” Presented at the Special Radon Colloquium to Celebrate the 60th Birthday of Prof. Dr. Justin Porstendörfer, “Health Risk from Radon: Basics, History, and Current Information,” University of Göttingen, Germany, September 13, 1996.
1995:

An Update of the NRC’s (1991) Dosimetry Study Based on ICRP Publication 66 Recommendations. Presented at the BEIR VI Committee of the National Research Council’s Mini-Workshop on Radon and Thoron in the Lung: Comparative Dosimetry, June 4, 1995, Montréal, Québec, Canada.

1994:
Implications for Radon/Thoron Progeny Doses and ICRP's Dosimetric Risk Factors. Presented at the Symposium on the Fate of Aerosol Particles in the Airways (in Honor of Dr. Willi Stahlhofen), Frankfurt, Germany, March 25-26, 1994.

Dosimetric Applications of the New ICRP Lung Model. Faculty Presentation at the Health Physics Society Summer School, University of California, Davis, CA, June 20-24, 1994.

Dosimetry of Inhaled Radon and Thoron Progeny. Presented at the Health Physics Society Summer School, University of California, Davis, CA, June 20-24, 1994.

Assessing Exposure at the Level of the Cell. Presented at the American Statistical Society's Conference on Radiation and Health, Nantucket, MA, June 26 - July 1, 1994.

Dosimetric Parameters Needed to Assess Radon Risks in Different Environments. Presented at the International Workshop on Indoor Air: An Integrated Approach, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, November 27 - December 1, 1994.

1993:
Application of the Dog Data to Improve the Human Respiratory Tract Model for Radiological Protection. DOE/OHER Dog Workshop, Albuquerque, NM, February 16-18, 1993.

An Overview of the ICRP Task Group on the Human Respiratory Tract Model. Plenary Talk on Radiation Protection (New Trends) at the 33rd Annual Congress of the South African Association of Physicists in Medicine and Biology (SAAPMB), University of the Orange Fee State, Bloemfontein, South Africa, March 8-10, 1993.

The New ICRP Lung Model. Summer School Course in Radiation Protection presented at the SAAPMB Joint Medical Physics and Radiation Protection Summer School, Allemanskraal Dam, Transvaal, South Africa, March 11-12, 1993.

Teach-in on the New ICRP Lung Model. Presented at the Atomic Energy Corporation of South Africa Ltd Research Establishment, Pelindaba, Transvaal, South Africa, March 16, 1993.

Teach-in on the New ICRP Lung Model. Presented at the Koeberg Nuclear Power Station Establishment, Capetown, Cape Province, South Africa, March 18, 1993.

Dosimetric Factors in Evaluating Radon Risks. Presented at the National Research Council's Committee on Health Risks of Exposure to Radon (BEIR VI) Workshop, Albuquergue, New Mexico, April 19, 1993.

Physical Factors Affecting Health Risks from Indoor Radon. Presented at the CEC/USDOE/USEPA International Workshop on Indoor Radon Remedial Action, Rimini, Italy, June 27- July 2, 1993.

Radon Health Effects Data in Animals and Their Relationship to Human Cancer. Presented to the Subcommittee on Environmental Carcinogenesis, National Cancer Advisory Board, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, September 20, 1993.

The ICRP's New Lung Model for Radiological Protection. Presented at the American Nuclear Society's Topical Workshop on the Technical Basis for Measuring, Modeling, and Mitigating Toxic Aerosols, Albuquerque, NM, September 27-30, 1993.

New ICRP Lung Dosimetry and Its Risk Implications for Alpha Emitters. Presented at the Symposium on Radiobiology of Inhaled Nuclides (in Honor of Dr. William J. Bair), Richland, WA, November 9-10, 1993.