Dr Douglas Boreham
Associate Professor
McMaster University

DR. DOUGLAS BOREHAM currently is a Professor in the Department of Medical Physics and Applied Radiation Sciences at McMaster University (2000-Present) and an adjunct professor at Laurentian University.  Before entering academia, Dr. Boreham spent 14 years (1986-2000) as a radiobiology research scientist at Atomic Energy of Canada Limited.  Currently, Dr. Boreham conducts research in four state-of-the-art Radiation Biology Laboratories at McMaster University including one in which he built a multi-million dollar biological microbeam for irradiating cells with single atoms.  He supervises undergraduate, graduate and post-doctoral students, has published over sixty peer reviewed scientific manuscripts, and has attracted over $8 million in research support and funding since joining McMaster University.  His research interests include understanding the health effects of low dose radiation exposure and inducible DNA repair processes.  Dr. Boreham has published research on low doses of ionizing radiation and the anti-carcinogenic processes induced at low doses.  He has been an invited speaker around the world and been featured on television and radio broadcasts including CBC Passionate Eye – “Radiation Roulette” , The Discovery Channel “Curious and Unusual Deaths”, The Nature of Things “Nuclear Neighbors” and CBC Radio-One.  Dr. Boreham has won several teaching awards including McMaster Students Union Teaching Award, McMaster President’s Award for Excellence in Instruction, Canadian Nuclear Society - Canadian Nuclear Achievement Award for Education and Communications, McMaster President’s Award for Course Design, the Hamilton Spectator Publisher's Award for Education, and most recently received the Canadian Radiation Protection Association – 2009 Distinguished Achievement Award in Recognition of Outstanding Contributions in the Field of Radiation Protection.   Over the past two years, Dr. Boreham has also been working for Bruce Power, the largest nuclear power station in North America, and involved in scientific oversight of Environmental Assessments for proposed new nuclear reactors.  As Principal Scientist and Manager of the Integration Department at Bruce Power he has responsibilities for oversight of environmental follow-up monitoring and research for the restart of Units 3 and 4 at Bruce Power.