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Radiation Biology Training Program
| This is a program designed to train radiation biologists who will have knowledge of the molecular, cellular and tissue effects of radiation. 6 predoctoral and 4 postdoctoral trainees per year participate in this program. Training is offered in the radiation biology and associated laboratories of the Division of Oncology Research and the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. The program involves formal coursework, a lecture series and a journal club designed for the trainees. The research projects focus on various aspects of the currently funded research areas in the participating laboratories; for research projects, trainees utilize techniques developed in modern biology to perform mechanistically-oriented studies in radiation biology/oncology. The research areas in which the 14 training directors and supervisors are involved are broadly based in cancer research, including molecular mechanisms of carcinogenesis and mutagenesis, molecular and cellular radiation biology, radiation chemistry and biochemistry, DNA repair processes, cancer prevention and radiation oncology. It is expected that graduates of the training program will continue with their research and academic careers in radiation biology and oncology. |
Preceptors
| Ann R. Kennedy, D.Sc. | Project Director; Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology |
| Cameron J. Koch, Ph.D. | Associate Project Director; Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology |
| Gary D. Kao, M.D., Ph.D. | Trainee Coordinator; Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology |
| Marcello G. Kazanietz, Ph.D. | Director of Recruitment; Professor, Department of Pharmacology |
| Steven H. Hahn, M.D. | Henry P. Pancoast Professor, Chairman of Radiation Oncology |
| Assistant Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology | |
| Wafik S. El-Deiry, M.D., Ph.D. | Professor, Department of Hematology-Oncology |
| Sydney M. Evans, V.M.D. | Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology |
| Jeffrey M. Field, Ph.D. | Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology |
| Amit Maity, M.D., Ph.D. | Associate Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology |
| Randall N. Pittman, Ph.D. | Professor, Department of Pharmacology |
| Thomas Stamato, Ph.D. | Assistant Professor, Wistar Department of Radiation Biology |
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Effects of ionizing radiation on the morphology of the developing central nervous system and eye in zebrafish embryos --a model system developed throught the Radiation Biology Training Program. Left images show H&E-stained sagittal sections of the cranial structures of representative surviving zebrafish embryos at 144 hpf after exposure at 4 hpf to 0 (Control ), 10, 20, or 10 Gy with amifostine. Right images show H&E-stained transverse sections through the central retina of surviving zebrafish embryos at 144 hpf after exposure at 4 hpf to 0 (Control), 10, or 10 Gy with amifostine. Insets, representative eyes from identically treated embryos from a coronal erspective. [link to PDF (Geiger, et al. Cancer Research, 2006)] |
| For information about the Radiation Biology Training Program, contact the Program Director (by email: akennedy@mail.med.upenn.edu or telephone: (215) 898-0079 or send your application to the Program Director at the address shown below) |
Dr. Ann R. Kennedy
Department of radiation Oncology
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
195 John Morgan Building
3620 Hamilton Walk
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6072
Training Program Preceptors
Radiation and Cancer Biology Course
Previous Program Trainees (PDF) (1992-Present)
Radiation Biology Seminar Series 2008 (PDF)
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