Senior Review Panel (Report submitted in June 2008)
The co-chairs and representatives of RERF, MHLW, and DOE met in early December 2006 to plan the study.
The first meeting of the SRP was held in Hiroshima beginning on December 11, 2006. A second meeting was held in Hiroshima beginning on May 1, 2007. Both meetings included discussion with the scientific leadership of the RERF, scientific leaders from the Japanese academic community, local government officials, and representatives of atomic bomb survivor groups. On June 19, 2007, the co-chairs of the SRP met with academic leaders from the Nagasaki community, Nagasaki local government officials, and representatives of atomic bomb survivor groups in Nagasaki. On June 20, 2007, the co-chairs of the SRP met with the RERF Board of Directors to seek their input on the issues before the SRP.
Membership of the Senior Review Panel:
- J. Paul Gilman
- Senior Vice President and Chief Sustainability Officer, Covanta Energy Corporation (Formerly Director, Oak Ridge Center for Advanced Studies)
- Sadayoshi Kitagawa
- Director General, Japan Public Health Association
- Joe W. Gray
- Director, Life Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- Tomoko Kusama
- Oita University of Nursing and Health Sciences Gloria Petersen, Professor of Clinical Epidemiology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
- Gloria Petersen
- Professor of Clinical Epidemiology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
- R. Julian Preston
- Acting Associate Director for Health, National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, EPA
- Eiichi Tahara
- Chairman, Hiroshima Cancer Seminar Foundation
- Suketami Tominaga
- President Emeritus, Aichi Cancer Center
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To see an overview of the Senior Review Panel on Future Planning, proceed to the following: Commentary and Review Series 2-08, Report of the Senior Review Panel on Future Planning for Radiation Effects Research Foundation.