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Radiation Epidemiology Branch

Spotlight on Staff

Amy Berrington de Gonzalez

Amy Berrington de Gonzalez REB is pleased to announce the appointment of Amy Berrington de Gonzalez, Ph.D. as a new tenure-track investigator. Dr. Berrington de Gonzalez received a Ph.D. in Cancer Epidemiology from the University of Oxford in 2001. She conducted post-doctoral research in Oxford before joining the faculty there. In 2005 she moved to become an Assistant Professor in Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

Dr. Berrington de Gonzalez’s research is primarily focused on how to use epidemiological data to quantify the cancer risks related to medical radiation exposures especially due to diagnostic X-rays and CT scans. She is also interested in the cancer-related risks from new radiotherapy technologies including intensity-modulated radiotherapy and proton therapy.

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