PhD, Biophysics, University at Buffalo - State University of New York
Postdoctoral Research, Argonne National Laboratory
Patient-derived and established tumor cell radiosensitivity measurements in two- and three-dimensional culture; Brain metastases and primary brain tumor radioresistance mechanisms including tumor stem cells; Tumor control probability modeling; Radiation-induced DNA damage and repair; Molecular radiation dosimetry
Ed R. Blazek, PhD, is Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology at RUSH University Medical Center. He earned a PhD in Biophysics at the University at Buffalo - State University of New York, studying cellular and chemical effects of a cancer-seeking drug activated by visible light. His postdoctoral research at Argonne National Laboratory investigated the chemistry and biology of both ionizing radiation and photosensitizer damage to DNA. He has supervised the dissertations for two PhD students and one MS student. He is a currently a lecturer in radiation biology for Radiation Oncology residents and for the graduate course in Cancer Biology GCC611 at RUSH. Previously he was a course director for the Biotechnology Program at RUSH. He is the director of the X-irradiator Core Facility.
Blazek serves on the Radiation Safety Committee and its subcommittee on informed consent. As Biological Safety Officer, he is an executive member of the Institutional Biosafety Committee overseeing recombinant DNA research and of the Biohazard Committee overseeing pathogen research.
Blazek enjoys classical music concertgoing and listening with his wife, hiking, gardening, and Cubs baseball—usually by radio.
Reduce Cesium Irradiator Replacement Project—Comparison Studies. E. R. Blazek, P.I. Contract 638561. Battelle Memorial Institute, Pacific Northwest Division.