Adjunct Professor
Medical Physics Unit, McGill University
Other appointments:
Principal Scientist & Dosimetry Section Leader,
Radiological Protection Research & Instrumentation, Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL)
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Address: |
RPBI Branch |
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Telephone: |
613 584 3311 x44755 |
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E-mail: |
richard.richardson [at] cnl.ca |
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Education: |
PhD |
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Certification & honors |
MCRPA, MOMPI |
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Clinical research: |
Improving treatments for leukemia at Ottawa Hospital by understanding radiation effects on mitochondria and stem cells. |
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Research focus: |
Neutron quality factors, mitochondrial effects in cancer/aging, radiation-induced cataracts, radon biomarkers |
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Key publications: |
Richardson, R.B., Anghel, C.V., Deng, D.S. (2021). Profound synchrony of age-specific incidence rates and tumor suppression for different cancer types as revealed by the multistage-senescence model of carcinogenesis. Aging (Albany NY), 13(20), 23545-23578. https://doi.org/10.18632/aging.203651 Paterson, L.C., Yonkeu, A., Ali, F., Priest, N.D., Boreham, D.R., Seymour, C.B., Norton, F., Richardson, R.B. (2021). Relative biological effectiveness and non-Poissonian distribution of dicentric chromosome aberrations following Californium-252 neutron exposures of human peripheral blood lymphocytes. Radiat Res, 195(2), 211-217. https://doi.org/10.1667/RR15528.2 Richardson, R.B., Ainsbury, E.A., Prescott, C.R., Lovicu, F. J. (2020). Etiology of posterior subcapsular cataracts based on a review of risk factors including aging, diabetes, and ionizing radiation. Int J Radiat Biol, 96(11), 1339-1361. https://doi.org/10.1080/09553002.2020.1812759 Patten, D.A., Ouellet, M., Allan, D.S., Germain, M., Baird, S.D., Harper, M.E., Richardson, R.B. (2019). Mitochondrial adaptation in human mesenchymal stem cells following ionizing radiation. FASEB J, 33(8). https://doi.org/10.1096/e.201801483RR Ali, F., Atanackovic, J., Boyer, C., Festarini, A., Kildea, J., Paterson, L.C., Rogge, R., Stuart, M., Richardson, R.B. (2018). Dosimetric and microdosimetric analyses for blood exposed to reactor-derived thermal neutrons. J Radiol Prot, 38(3), 1037-1052. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6498/aaca9f Richardson, R.B., Harper, M.E. (2016). Mitochondrial stress controls the radiosensitivity of the oxygen effect: Implications for radiotherapy. Oncotarget, 7(16), 21469-21483. https://doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.7412 El-Jaby, S., Richardson, R.B. (2015). Monte Carlo simulations of the secondary neutron ambient and effective dose equivalent rates from surface to suborbital altitudes and low Earth orbit. Life Sci Space Res (Amst), 6, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lssr.2015.05.001 Richardson, R.B., Allan, D.S., Le, Y. (2014). Greater organ involution in highly proliferative issues associated with the early onset and acceleration of ageing in humans. Exp Gerontol, 55C, 80-91. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.exger.2014.03.015 Richardson, R.B. (2009). Ionizing radiation and aging: Rejuvenating an old idea. Aging (Albany NY), 1(11), 887-902. https://doi.org/10.18632/aging.100081 |