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1. 1. HPS Member Robert Brent Honored

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   Published on: 7/22/2008   Last Visited: 7/22/2008

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   The Teratology Society recently honored Health Physics Society (HPS) member Robert L. Brent, MD, PhD, by establishing an annual lecture in his honor in recognition of his contributions to the society and particularly to the implementation of the "Teratogen Update."
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   Dr. Brent is an HPS Ask the Experts topic editor for the pregnancy and radiation category.He is the Distinguished Louis and Bess Stein Professor of Pediatrics, Radiology, and Pathology and head of the Clinical and Environmental Teratology Laboratory at Jefferson Medical College and duPont Hospital for Children.He obtained all of his degrees from the University of Rochester and did his pediatric training at Massachusetts General Hospital.He was chief of radiation biology at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research and in 1957 came to Jefferson, where he has been primarily involved in research dealing with the causes and prevention of birth defects and reproductive problems.He has authored over 510 publications, including six books, and has made four movies.He belongs to 15 scientific societies, was one of the founding members and president of the Teratology Society, and was editor of the journal Teratology for 17 years.He was chairman of the Department of Pediatrics for 30 years and, during that period, his research was continuously funded by the National Institutes of Health.He has received many honors, including every award offered by his medical school, the most coveted of which was his selection as the third Distinguished Professor in Jefferson's 175-year history.He is a member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences.His university has further honored him by creating the Robert L. Brent Professorship for the chairman of pediatrics at Jefferson and at the A.I. duPont Hospital for Children in Wilmington, where Brent's laboratory is now located.The Health Physics Society honored him in 2000 with the Robley Evans Award for his lifelong accomplishments in the field of radiation biology and for the counseling that he provides women of reproductive age with regard to the reproductive risks of radiation and other environmental exposures.

2. 2. www.scaan.org

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   Published on: 4/24/2008   Last Visited: 5/10/2008

   "We are in a bad position from the standpoint of defending any lawsuits," said Dr. Robert Brent, a pediatrician at the Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children in Delaware.

3. 3. www.scaan.org

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   Published on: 4/24/2008   Last Visited: 5/10/2008

   "We are in a bad position from the standpoint of defending any lawsuits," said Dr. Robert Brent, a pediatrician at the Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children in Delaware.