PRESENTATION TITLE
Radiobiology of Heavy Ion Therapy

PRESENTER(S)
Eleanor A. Blakely, Ph.D.
Senior Staff Biophysicist, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory


PRESENTER BIO
Eleanor A. Blakely is a graduate of the University of San Diego, San Diego, CA (B.A. Biology with Chemistry minor), and the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL (M.S. Biophysics and Ph.D. Physiology) as a U.S. Atomic Energy Commission Special Fellow in Radiation Science and Protection. She has spent her entire professional career at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) where she is a Senior Staff Biophysicist with more than 46 y of professional experience in molecular, cellular and animal radiobiological research directed at studying the basic mechanisms of radiation responses, with an emphasis on charged particle radiation effects. She held a Faculty Affiliate Appointment in the Department of Radiological Health Sciences at Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado (1991-1996) and is an Adjunct Research Professor in the Department of Radiation Medicine at Loma Linda University, School of Medicine, Loma Linda, California. Her professional activities have included service on advisory panels for several hospitals, universities, and numerous federal agencies including the U.S. Department of Energy, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the Department of Defense (DOD). In 2011, Dr. Blakely received the 35th Lauriston S. Taylor Lecture Award from the NCRP, and in 2014, the Martin Schneider Memorial Lectureship at the University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas. In June, 2015 she retired after 40 years at LBNL, but was rehired by LBNL in October 2015, and continues to work part-time. In 2015 she received the Berkeley Laboratory Director’s Award for Exceptional Achievement: the Berkeley Lab Citation Award. Dr. Blakely is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, a recipient of the Distinguished Service Award of the Radiation Research Society, and a Distinguished Emeritus Member of the NCRP. She received the 20th Gray Medal of the ICRU in 2019.

VIEWING LOCATIONS
Virtual Zoom Presentation

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

• Describe the biological underpinnings of heavy ion therapy and compare and contrast with photons and protons.
• Outline the role of carbon ion therapy in the treatment of a spectrum of malignancies. 

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TRANSCRIPT
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