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RERF's Third Public Lecture for Citizens Held in Hiroshima |
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On Saturday, December 1, RERF held its third public lecture program for citizens at the Memorial Hall in the basement of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum's East Building, from 14:00 to 16:30. About 150 people attended. This open lecture program was first held in 2010 to promote exchange between citizens and RERF by providing readily understandable information to the general public including A-bomb survivors about research achievements obtained at RERF over the years and health effects from radiation. The program has been held every year since then. At the beginning of the program, following opening remarks by Chairman Toshiteru Okubo, Mr. Kazumi Matsui, Mayor of Hiroshima and the event's invited guest, extended his greetings. Two lectures followed. First, Dr. Kotaro Ozasa, Chief of the Department of Epidemiology, delivered a lecture titled “Long-term health effects of radiation,” explaining the progress and results of RERF's follow-up studies of A-bomb survivors, persons exposed in utero, and A-bomb survivors'children. Next, Dr. Yoichiro Kusunoki, Chief of the Department of Radiobiology/Molecular Epidemiology, in his lecture titled “Mechanistic study of health effects of radiation,” briefed the audience on research into the mechanisms of radiation effects on health and the significance of such mechanisms, as well as the changes to immune function brought about by radiation exposure. Thereafter, a question-and-answer session was held on the basis of questionnaire responses collected after each of the lectures. Not all of the many questions could be responded to in the time available for the event, and thus several audience members remained in the hall eagerly asking questions even after the close of the lecture. |
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