David J. Brenner, Ph.D.
Professor of Radiation Oncology and Public Health
(Environmental Health Sciences)

David Brenner focuses on developing models for the effects of ionizing radiation on living systems, both at the chromosomal and the animal (or human) levels. He divides his research time roughly equally between the effects of high doses of ionizing radiation (relating to radiation therapy) and the effects of low doses of radiation (relating to environmental and occupational exposures).

Environmentally, he has focused on the biological effects of radon, both at the chromosomal and the human levels. In the field of radiotherapy, he has focused on optimizing fractionation schemes for different tumor types (how the total treatment is divided up into different individual sessions), to maximize tumor killing and minimize serious side effects in normal tissues.

Brenner is the author of two books on radiation for the lay person: Making the Radiation Therapy Decision and Radon, Risk and Remedy. Additionally, he has published more than 160 papers in the peer-reviewed scientific literature. He was the recipient of the 1991 Radiation Research Society Annual Research Award, and the 1992 National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements Award for Radiation Protection in Medicine.

For more information and a complete list of publications visit Dr. Brenner's homepage