DR. DOUGLAS BOREHAM currently is a Professor in the Department of Medical Physics and Applied Radiation Sciences at McMaster University and Principal Scientist at Bruce Power.  He has been employed by McMaster University for twelve years and is currently a full professor in the Department of Medical Physics and Applied Radiation Sciences.  He has been department manager for Integration at Bruce Power for four years.  Before joining McMaster University, Dr. Boreham spent 14 years as a radiobiology research scientist at Atomic Energy of Canada Limited.   Dr. Boreham has published over 70 scientific manuscripts on a variety of topics including health effects and anti-carcinogenic processes induced by low doses of radiation, radioprotective dietary supplements that prevent age related cognitive decline,  radiation therapy predictive assays to identify radiosensitive patients, and cytogenetic assays to detect DNA damage and for emergency biological dosimetry.  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 major 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 the Canadian Radiation Protection Association – 2009 Distinguished Achievement Award in Recognition of Outstanding Contributions in the Field of Radiation Protection.  In 2010 he was awarded the Radiation Research Society – 2010 Mentor of the Year Award for Scholars in Training.  In 2011 he was voted “Professor of the Semester in Life Sciences”.