About the Authors (Health Physics Pergamon Press January 1991, Volume 60, No. 1, P.P. 109-0113)

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IC, 19YO Health Phynrs Swety e About the Authors C . E. de Almeida holds a B.S. in physics from the University of Bahia and a M.S. and Ph.D. i n medical physics from the U n - versity ofTexas. He has perforrncd research i n radiation dosimetry, radiation protection, and metrology. Hc is employrd by served as deputy coordinator during the first 40 d of the Goiinia E. C. S. Amaral received her undergraduate education in nuclear physics from the University of Lisbon. In 1979, she received her master's degree in biophysics from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and is currently working toward a P1i.D. Mer research is in radioecology and environmental modeling, and radiation protection. She is employed with the National Nuclear Energy Commission at the Institute of Radioprotection and Dosimetry. Rio de Janeiro. ller work with the accident included coordination of the environmental survey and soil decontamination during the recovery period and sctting intervention I c \ ~ l s degree i n radiocheniisti-y, and ;I M.S. in radiation protection. Her research includes the devclopnient of i/i-vi/ro bio mcthods to monitor people occupationally exposed to radioactive materials. She is employed by thc National Nuclear Energy Commission (CNEN) at the Institute of Radioprotcction and Dosimetry, Rio de Janeiro. Azeredo's participation with the :ICcident included analyzing excreta saniples from Goi5nia residents during the 2 nio following the accident. 1'. D. de Rarros holds a 13,s.i n chemical cngincering from the Rural University of Rio dc Janeiro and a M.S. in nuclear chemistry and radiochemistry li.oni the Federal University of Rio dc Janeiro. He has done research i n fuel-cycle procedures. De Bai-ros works in the Radiochemistly Laboratory for Mincrals at the Institute of Radioprotection and Dosimetry. His p;rrticipation in the accident was assisting i n dccoritarninating the residenccs. P. 11. B. Hecker received his education in electronics engineering from the Military Institute of Engineering, Rio de Janeiro. I n 1978, he completed postgraduate work i n electronics, which was applied to nuclear engineering, from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. His research spans tlie areas of TLD instrunientation, automatization and computer interfacing, radiation detector development (proportional counters, ionization chambcrs, etc.). and developmentjniainteiiance of nuclear instrunicntation. Becker is currently hcad of the Technical Support Dcpartnient of the Institute of Radioprotection and Dosimetry/ CNEN. During the accident, he was head of the Electronics Division of the Technical Support Department of the same institution. His work with the Goiinia accident involved organizing and implementing instrument maintenance, installing most of the equipment (whole-body counter, environmental analysis instrumentation, etc.), quality control testing of the instruments. and applying control adaptations and modifications for the inI,& Hertelli received a B.S. in physics in 1977. a M.S. in nuclear engineering in 1980, and completed his Ph.D. in biophysics in 1990. His research includes metabolic modcling and dose calculations for internally deposited radionuclides; interpretation and correlation of iti-rifro and in-vivo bioassay data with modeling: and Monte Carlo calculations for radiation transport in internal and external dosimetry. He is employed by the Institutc of Radioprotection and Dosimetry/CNEN. During the accident, Bertelli V.;IS involved in metabolic modeling and dose assessrnent/cvaluation of the efficiency of administering chelating agents to the Goiinia victims, using i t 7 - ~ w ~and iti-vilro data. W. I,. Wigbec attended Case Western Reserve University from I963 to 1964. He received his B.S. in chemistry from the Univcrsity ofCaliti,rnia-Berkeley i n 1967; in I971 he completed his work toward :I 1'h.D. i n biochemistry from the Institute of Molecular Biology at the [Jniversity of Oregon. His research involves physical bi och i:m ist i-y, in em bra ne structure and function, i mni u nocli en1ist ry , mammalian cell ni u tagencsis. and human genetic monitor-ing. He is currently a senior biomedical scientist i n thc Biomedical Sciences Division, Lawrcncc Livermore National Laboratory, University of California. Livermore. CA. His work with the Goiinia accident involved postaccident biodosinictry using ttic glycophorin-A-based iti viiw somatic cell muC. E. Brandso-hlello graduatcd with a medical degree from the University of Rio dc Janeiro in 1979. He completed a fellowship in internal medicine and gastroenterology in 1982 and completed postgraduate work i n occupational medicine in 1986. He finished his M.S. i n medicine-gsstroentcrology i n 19x8; he is currently finishing a doctorate c'otirse i n medicine at the University of Rio de Janeiro. Rrantl5o-Mello's research includes clinical and hcmatological aspccts of the Goiznia accident; acute phase and system; A I I X and gastrointestinal tract disorders: and non-A is currently rncdical doctor at the National Nuclear Energy versity of Rio de Janeiro School of Medicine, Division of Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology. He is also afiliated with the I-Iemophilia Center at the University of Ria de Janeiro. At the lime of the Goiiinia accident, Brandgo-Mello was responsible cor the Ionizing Radiation Mcdicinc Project at CNEN. Brandgohlello was head o f tlie CNEN medical team and a member of the multidisciplinary medical managenient tcani responsible unci: day I of thc accident (30 September 19x7) for managing llic "'Cs victims until March 1988. He now serves as a member o f the medical team responsible for follow-up of the victims. ques University in Rio de Janeiro and her M.S. i n biophysics lrom the Federal University of Rio dc Janeiro. She hasconducted rcsearch in environmental processes i n terrestrial pathways. Campos is employed in the Department of Environmental Monitoring at the lnstitute of Radioprotection and Dosimetry.

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She supervised the soil decontamination work and the analyzing of the environmental samples during the accident. J. M. Cordeiro graduated with a medical degree from the Fluminense Federal University Medical School in 1969. He completed a residency at the Ant8nio Pedro University Hospital in I 9 70, and from 197 I to 1973 he completed a fellowship course in the Hematology Unit, Public Servants' Hospital, Rio de Janeiro. His research involves work in clinical hematology, namely, acute and chronic leukemia treatment and diagnosis. He is cmployed as head of the Hematology Unit at the Marcilio Dias Naval Hospital, Brazilian Navy Ministry, Rio de Janeiro. His role in the Goitnia accident was to manage the victims at the Marcilio Dias Naval Hospital during the critical phase of acute radiation syndrome and hematological syndrome from 30 September 1987 until November 1987. of Rio de Janeiro and a M.S. in physics from the Brazilian Center for Physics Research. His research involves statistical analysis of occupational doses in Brazil. His current employment is with the Individual Monitoring Department, Institute of Radioprotection and Dosimetry/CNEN. During the Goidnia accidcnt. he served as team coordinator for decontaminating the Goiinia M. t'. Curado receivcd a medical degree from the Federal IJniversity of Goiis School of Medicine. He specialized i n oncology at the Antonio dc Caniargo Hospital, Srio Paulo, and completed a fellowship in oncology at the Sloan-Kettcring Cancer Center i n Ncw York. His research includcs oncological surgery of the head and neck. Curado is currcntly employed as Director of' Leidc das Neves Ferreira Foundation and serves as ;I physician at thc Araujo Jorge Hospital i n Goilnia. He was a physician at this hospital during the accident. I n March 1988, Curado assisted with the accident by joining the medical team as thc Scicntilic Dircctor of the Leide das News F'erreira Foundation. Bernard0 M. l h t a s received his education in chemical engineering from the Statc University of Rio de Janeiro. He has performed rcscarch i n individual monitoring, namely, i / i - v / i,o techniqucs. Dantas is employed i n the Department of Indiviclual Monitoring, Institute of Radioprotection a n d Dosimetn/CNEN During the accident. Dantas implemented and operated ;I wliolcbody monitoring system for the Goiinia rcsidcnts. .J. IJ. Iklgado holds a H.S. i n electrical engineering from the Federal University of Pernambuco and a M.S. in nuclear scienccs and tcchnology from the same institution. He has performctl rcscarch in radionuclide standards. During the Goilnia accident. Delgado worked in the Metrology Dcpartment of the Institutc of Radioprotection and DosimctViCNEN, where he is currently employed. His participation i n the accident was assisting in dccontaminating the residences. R. Farina received her mcdical degree in 1985 from the Federal University of Goiis. Her research includes physical dosimetry iscurrently a physician at the Intensive Care Unit ofthe Goiinia Gencral Hospital and is a physician and researchcr at thc National Nuclear Energy Commission (CNEN). During the Goiinia accident, she was a full-time physician with the medical team who cared for the victims at the Goiiinia General Hospital from early October 1987 to March 1988. January I99 I , Volume 60, Number I .I. M. Godoy received a bachelor's degree in chemistry from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, a master's degree in nuclear engineering from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, and a doctor of science degree from the Technical University of Munich. He has done research in environmental radiochemistry and environmental behavior of naturally occumng radionuclides. Godoy is currently employed by the Institute of Radioprotection and Dosimetry/CNEN as head of the Environmental Radiological Protection Department. At the time of the accident, he served as head ofthe Emission Control Division at the Same institution. He assisted in decontaminating the patients and provided radiation protection service at the Goilnia General Hospital from 30 September to 7 October 1987. From 7 October until the end of the recovery period, Godoy served as one of the coordinators of the Environmental Radiological Protection Group in Go ihi a. from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and completed his M.S. in biophysics in 1982 from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. He has done research in marine radioecology. He is head of the Environmental Monitoring Division of the Environmental Radiological Protection Department at the Institute of Radioprotection and Dosimetry/CNEN. At the time of the accident, he was a researcher at this same institution. Guimarges served as one of the coordinators for the Environincntal Radiological Protection Group from 7 October 1987 until the end of the recovery period. J. G. llunt completed a B.A. in physics from Magdalen Collegc. Oxford University in 1974. From 1979 to 1988, he performed radiation protection and environmental control work in a urdnium enrichment plant and i n a U 0 2 fuel fabrication plant from 1986 to 1988. IIunt is currently employed at the Institute of Radioprotection and Dosimetry. During the Goilnia accident, Hunt coordinated radiation protection measures i n the Iiospitals and pcrformcd radiation protection duties i n Goiinia General IHospital and the Foundation for the Well Bcing of Minors (FEdecontaminating patients and contamination and waste control. received ;I B.S. i n chemistry in 1960. He completed his P1i.D. in chemistry from the California Institute of Technology in 1964. He has performed rcsearch in mutagenesis, in~munochemistry, and cytochemistry. Jcnscn is currently section lcadcr and biomedical scientist, Biomedical Sciences Division, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Univcrsity of California. Livcrinore, C A . His work with the Goignia accident involved poslLigia Juliio has education in chcmical engineering and holds a M.S. in nuclear cngineering. Shc has developed i n - rirro bioassay methods associated with urinary and fccal excretion of radionuclides for asscssing internal contamination of occupationally exposed individuals. Juliiio is currently a researcher at the Department of Individual Monitoring, Institute of Radioprotection and Dosimetry/CNEN and scrvcd in this capacity during the Goitnia accident. Her participation with the accident involved analyzing excreta samples to evaluate the internal contamination of the victims. H. G. Langlois holds a B.S. in chemistry from the University of California-Berkcley and a Ph.D. in chemistry from Columbia University in New York. He has performed research in somatic

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cell genetics, flow cytometry, and immunochemistry. He is currently a senior biomedical scientist in the Biomedical Sciences Division. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. University ofCalifornia, Livermore, CA. His work with the Goiinia accident involved postaccident biodosimetry. Joyce L. Lipsztein received her B.S. in physics from the Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, and her M.S. ( 1972) and Ph.D. (1981) in environmental health sciences from New York University. Her areas of research include internal dosimetry. irivitro and in-vivo bioassay, and mathematical modeling for internal contamination. Lipsztein is head of the Individual Monitoring Dcpartnient at the Institute of Radioprotection and Dosirnetry/CNEN and is a professor at the State University of Rio de Janeiro. She served in these positions at the time of the accident. During the accident, she coordinated activities related to obtaining internal contamination data. calculated doses for contaminated individuals. interpreted monitoring results. and estimated intakes and the effectiveness of drugs and therapeutic methods used by thc medical teani to accelerate decorporation. the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. In 1YX4. she completed her M.S. in engineering and matcrial science froni the Military Institute of Enginecring. Idourenyo has engaged in rcsearch in developing iti-viiw techniques for individual monitoring and has participated in emergency accident situations. She is a member of the Department of Individual Monitoring at the Institute of Radioprotection and Dosimetry/CNEN. During the accident. Lourenyo was on the teani that implemented Lrnd operated the ifornia-Los Angeles in physics and iiiedical radiation physics, respectively. In 1977. he completed a Ph.U. i n biophysics from search in flow cytomctry and has conducted classification and aberration studies on mammalian chromosonics. He is currently a senior scientist of biophysics in the Biomedical Sciences Division, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, University of California, Livermore, CA. His work with the Goiinia accident involved postaccident biodosimetry using fluorescence iii S I I I ~ E. A. Lucena graduated with a B.A. in biology froni Celso Lisboa University in 1990. His research includes developing iwvilw techniques for individual monitoring. Luccna is employed in the Department of Individual Monitoring at the Institute of Radioprotection and Dosinietry/CNEN. During t h r accident. he was on the team that implemented and operated the whole-body from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. She has conducted research in radiochemistry applied to the fuel cycle. She currently works in the Radiochemistry Laboratory at the Institute of Radioprotection and Dosinietry/CNEN. During the accident, she assisted in decontaminating the residences. Reunited Faculties in basic science and clectronics engineering. He has worked for several years with equipment and methods used in radiation protection i n uranium mincs and uranium and thorium processing. Matta is currently responsible for occupational protection in accelerators and research reactors. During the GoiLnia accident, he was the cngincer responsible About the Author rIll for the Projects Section of the Division of Electronics at the Institute of Radioprotection and Dosinietry/CNEN. Matta selected appropriate equipment to be used in postaccident monitoring. controlled the use of the equipment in field tasks, and instructed individuals who worked in field areas on how to use the cquipment correctly. physics. She has developed new in-vitro bioassay techniques to better e\ aluate the internal contamination of workers occupationally exposed to uranium- and thorium-series nuclides. She is currently working for the Department of Individual Monitonng at the Institute of Radioprotection and Dosimetry/CNEN. During the accident. Melo was a member of the starthat analyisd excreta samples …