Simon Bouffler

Weiss Medallist 2018

Dr Simon Bouffler is Head of Radiation Effects Department at Public Health England’s Centre for Radiation, Chemical and Environmental Hazards and has been at PHE and its predecessor organisations since 1991. He has been Secretary of the Advisory Group on Ionising Radiation from 2005, a member of the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) Committee (2013 – 2017) and a Main Commission member (2017 – present). He has been a member of the UK delegation to UNSCEAR since 2006 and has led the delegation as UK representative since 2016. 

Dr Bouffler’s main research interests have focussed on mechanisms of radiation carcinogenesis and variations in radiation sensitivity. He also has interests in the effects of UV light, electromagnetic fields, chemical agents and mechanisms of normal tissue effects following radiation exposure. He has been involved in several European and international research projects, most recently co-ordinating the EU FP7 RISK-IR project that investigated the contribution of stem cell responses to low dose radiation cancer risk. He also chairs the MELODI platform’s Strategic Research Agenda working group.  Dr Bouffler has made, and continues to make a significant contribution to the radiation research field. At the time of the Weiss medal award he has published more than 100 peer-reviewed papers with an h-index of 33.

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