NCCHPS Dinner Meeting Invitation

[JACK <elliottj@pacbell.net>]

SEPTEMBER 26TH DINNER MEETING--  The NCCHPS invites you to join us for
     our September dinner meeting at The Willow Tree Restaurant in Dublin.
     The evening will feature a talk by Dr. Otto Raabe,  President elect of
     the HP Society, entitled "Three-Dimensional Models of Radiation Risk"
          
     Date:      Thursday, September 26, 1996
     Place:     The Willow Tree Restaurant, 6513 Regional St., Dublin, CA
     
     From Richmond/Berkeley/San Francisco:  Take 580E and exit at San Ramon
     Valley Blvd. (1 exit before 680).  Turn L (N) onto San Ramon Valley
     Blvd., crossing over 580.  At 1st light, turn R (E) on Dublin Blvd.,
     then R (S) on Regional St.  At end of the block is Willow Tree parking
     (white & green sign).
          
     From the N or S on 680:  Exit to 580W and follow directions below.
     
     From the E on 580:  Exit onto San Ramon Valley Blvd., heading N.  At
     1st light, turn R (E) onto Dublin Blvd., then R (S) onto Regional St.
     At the end of the block is parking for the Willow Tree (white sign
     with green print).
          
     Schedule: 6:00=Cocktails (no host bar); 7:00=Dinner; 8:00=Speaker
          
     Menu: Chinese Buffet Dinner- No menu choice is necessary when you RSVP
     
     Cost:      $23 with early reservation and payment, $25 at the door.
          
     Note:  Reservations in advance  allow us to appropriately plan for the
     meeting with the restaurant, avoid long lines at the meeting, get a
     discount on our meals.
     
     Send Payment to: Radoslav Radev   rado@uclink2.berkeley.edu
                      University of California at Berkeley
                      Office of Radiation Safety
                      359 University Hall  M/S 1154
                      Berkeley, CA   94720-1154
                      Office (510)642-6167
       
     PREVIEW OF THIS MONTH'S PROGRAM--  In his presentation, Dr. Raabe
     will discuss the current debate about the linearity of radiation
     dose-response and show with three-dimensional models the reason that
     there is an effective threshold for protracted exposure to ionizing
     radiation. He will illustrate these relationships with animal and
     human data for internally deposited radionuclides, including both beta
     and alpha emitters. The effective threshold response shows that
     exposure to low levels of protracted ionizing radiation is safer than
     we formerly believed.
          
     Dr. Raabe is Professor Emeritus in the Dept. of Veterinary Molecular
     Biosciences, and the Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering at
     the Univ. of California, Davis. A native of New Jersey, he earned a
     B.S. in Physics from the Univ. of New Mexico in 1958 and a Ph.D. in
     Radiation Biophysics from the Univ. of Rochester in 1967. He began his
     career in Health Physics in 1958 in the U.S. Navy at the Defense
     Atomic Support Agency, Albuquerque, NM, with assignments at the Nevada
     Test Site, where he studied Pu environmental contamination and helped
     establish procedures for Nuclear Emergency Team Operations. During his
     doctoral studies he was awarded USAEC Fellowships for Training in
     Health Physics. From 1966 to 1976 he was Head, Dept. of Aerosol
     Physics, and later Assistant Director at the Lovelace Inhalation
     Toxicology Research Institute, Albuquerque,  NM. He has been teaching
     at UC Davis since 1976. He was President of the American Academy of
     Health Physics (1989). He is a Certified Health Physicist.
          
     Dr. Raabe's research interests include Radiation Biology and
     Biophysics, Internal Radiation Dosimetry, Radiation Carcinogenesis,
     Dose-response Relationships, Risk Assessment, Health Physics,
     Environmental Radioactivity, Airborne Radioactivity, Inhalation
     Toxicology, Inhalation Exposure Equipment and Methods, Chemical
     Toxicology and Carcinogenesis , and Aerosol Science.