Biography

Dr. Simon received a B.S. in Physics from the University of Texas, an M.S. in Radiological Physics from the University of Texas Health Sciences Center in Dallas and a Ph.D. in Radiological Health Sciences from Colorado State University. Previously he was on the research faculty at the University of Utah, the academic faculty at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, was a medical physicist for the University of New Mexico at Los Alamos National Laboratory, a Senior Staff Officer at the National Research Council, and Director of the Marshall Islands Nationwide Radiological Study. He joined the NCI in 2000. Dr. Simon has worldwide experience in monitoring nuclear test sites for residual radioactivity and at assessing historical radiation doses from nuclear weapons fallout. He regularly provides advice to international organizations on issues related to environmental contamination and related radiation exposures.

Research Interests

• radiation dosimetry methods
• transfer coefficients for radionuclides
• dose estimation for cohorts exposed to environmental, medical, or occupational radiation
• radioactivity in man and the environment
• health risks from radiation exposure
• uncertainty analysis of radiation exposure models

Keywords

radiation dose, radiation exposure, radioactive contamination, radiological assessment, environmental transport modeling, uncertainty analysis.

Selected Publications

• Simon SL, Lynn R, Anspaugh F, Hoffman O, Scholl AE, Stone MB, Thomas BA, Lyon T, and Lyon JL. 2004 Update of Dosimetry for the Utah Thyroid Cohort Study. Radiation Research 165:208–222. 2006
• Simon SL. Dosimetric considerations for environmental radiation and NORM. International Congress Series 1276:89-92. 2005
• Simon RM, Bouville A, Beck HL The geographic distribution of radionuclide depositioin across the continental US from atmospheric nuclear testing. J Environ Radiat 74:91-105. 2004
• Simon SL, Weinstock RM, Doody MM, Neton J, Wenzl T, Stewart P, Mohan AK, Yoder C, Hauptmann M, Freedman M, Cardarelli J, Feng HA, Bouville A, Linet M. Status Report On Estimating Historical Radiation Doses To A Cohort Of U.S. Radiologic Technologists
• Simon SL,. Luckyanov N, Bouville A, VanMiddlesworth L, Weinstock RM. Transfer of 131I Into Human Breast Milk and Recommendations of Transfer Coefficient Values Useful For Radiological Dose Assessments. Health Physics 82(6):796-806. 2002.
• Bouville A, Simon SL, Miller CL, Beck HL, Anspaugh LR. Estimates of doses from global fallout. Health Physics 82(5):690-705. 2002.
• Anspaugh LR, Simon SL, Gordeev KI, Likhtarev IA, Maxwell RM. Movement of radionuclides in terrestrial ecosystems by physical processes. Health Physics 82(5):669-679. 2002.
• Simon SL, Bouville A. Radiation doses to local populations near nuclear weapons test sites worldwide. Health Physics, 82(5):706-725. 2002.
• Simon SL, Graham JC. "Findings of the First Comprehensive Radiological Monitoring Program of the Republic of the Marshall Islands." Health Physics 73(1):66-85. 1997.
• Kerber RA, Till JE, Simon SL, Lyon JL, Thomas DC, Preston-Martin S, Rallison ML, Lloyd RD, Stevens W. "A Cohort Study of Thyroid Disease in Relation to Fallout from Nuclear Testing." Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), 270(17):2076-2082. 1993.
• Simon SL, Lloyd RD, Till JE, Hawthorne HA, Gren DC, Rallison M, Stevens W. "Development of a Method to Estimate Dose from Fallout Radioiodine to Persons in a Thyroid Cohort Study," Health Physics 59(5):669-691. 1990.
• Stevens W, Thomas DC, Lyon JL, Till JE, Kerber R, Simon SL, Lloyd RD, Preston-Martin S. "Leukemia in Utah and Radioactive Fallout from the Nevada Test Site - A Case-Control Study." Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) 264(5):585-591. 1990.

Collaborators

DCEG Collaborators

• Andre Bouville; Charles Land; Nick Luckyanov; Robert Weinstock; Michelle Doody; Ethel Gilbert; Elaine Ron; Ruth Kleinerman; Alice Sigurdson.

Other Scientific Collaborators

• Klaus R. Trott, M.D., Gray Cancer Institute, UK
• Tatsuya Takahashi, M.D.,Yamagata University School of Medicine, Japan
• Minouk J. Schoemaker, M.S., Institute of Cancer Research, UK
• Keith Baverstock, Ph.D.,World Health Organization, Bonne, Germany
• Shawki Ibrahim, Ph.D., Colorado State University, USA
• Lester Van Middlesworth, M.D., University of Tennessee School of Medicine, USA
• Joseph Lynn Lyon, Ph.D., University of Utah, USA
• F. Owen Hoffman, Ph.D., Senes Oak Ridge, USA
• Lynn R. Anspaugh, Ph.D.,University of Utah, USA
• Harold L. Beck, New York City, USA
• Konstantin Gordeev, Ph.D., Institute of Biophysics, Russia
• Zhanat Carr, M.D., Ph..D., World Health Organization, Geneva
• Boris Gusev, M.D., Kazakhstan Institute for Radiation Medicine and Ecology
• Steven McKeever, Ph.D., Oklahoma State University, USA