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Radiation: Facts, Fantasies and Phobias
Category: Science & Medicine
Duration: 00:00:00
Publish Date: 2012-01-10 13:43:07
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Radiation: Facts, Fantasies and Phobias was the topic of the Jan. 10, 2012 Omaha Science Café at the Slowdown, 729 N. 14th St. in Omaha. Attendees heard from David Crouse, Ph.D., a former professor in the Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Anatomy at the University of Nebraska Medical Center.

Those who attended learned about how public perceptions of human radiation exposure have developed over time and how that fits with current scientific evidence. The lecture addressed what is known about acute and chronic radiation exposure in humans and discuss recent events following the earthquake and tsunami in Fukushima, Japan as well as other historic events.
Dr. Crouse, who also served as interim vice chancellor for academic affairs and graduate studies, received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Western Illinois University and his doctoral degree in radiobiology from the University of Iowa.
In 1977, after three years of doing his post-doctoral training at Argonne National Laboratory in Chicago studying the late effects of radiation, Dr. Crouse joined UNMC as an assistant professor. His research interests, mostly funded by the National Institutes of Health, have been related to the re-development of the immune and hematopoietic systems following radiation exposure and bone marrow or peripheral blood stem cell transplantation.
Dr. Crouse has taught in many areas of cell biology and radiation biology and has taken a lead role in promoting an understanding of the science and ethics that relate to stem cell biology. He has developed programs and taught courses on responsible conduct in research and other important career issues for graduate students, post-docs and junior faculty.
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