Dr. Rachel Lane

Biography

Rachel Lane is an epidemiologist with 20 years of experience in assessing health effects related to radiation, as well as occupational, environmental, and behavioral risk factors. Her expertise encompasses risk communication, public health, disease surveillance, risk assessment, and health economics. Rachel's current research interests involve evaluating the health effects of low levels of radiation exposure and effectively communicating objective scientific information to the public. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Honours Health Studies through a Cooperative Program at the University of Waterloo, followed by a Master of Science degree in Epidemiology and Population Health from Queen's University, and a Doctoral degree in Epidemiology from the University of Ottawa. Rachel has served as an advisor to the Canadian delegation of the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR) from 2006 to 2015. She was the lead writer for expert working groups for the UNSCEAR 2013 Report on the levels and effects of radiation exposure due to the nuclear accident during the 2011 Great East-Japan earthquake and tsunami, and she led the UNSCEAR 2016 Report (Annex C) on the Biological Effects of Selected Internal Emitters, specifically Tritium, from 2011 to 2012.

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