Scientific activity

The State Dosimetry Registry functions within the framework of the Unified State System of Doses for Population and Occupational Exposure.

Victoria Drobyshevskaya is a head of division.

• accounting of doses of occupational exposure and exposure of the population from ionizing radiation sources (hereinafter referred to as IRS) who are subject to control; 
• analysis of radiation doses received by individual groups of personnel and the population from IRS; 
• maintenance of databases on occupational exposure doses and exposure of the population under the influence of various IRS; 
• organization of control of compliance with methodological and informational requirements for accounting for individual exposure doses; 
• information support of the republican government bodies and other state organizations subordinating to the government of the Republic of Belarus, local executive and administrative bodies in making decisions to ensure the radiation safety of the population and personnel.

• DOS-1 - exposure doses of personnel under normal operation conditions of man-made sources of ionizing radiation  
• DOS-2 - exposure doses for personnel and the population under conditions of a radiation accident; 
• DOS-3 - exposure doses of persons due to medical exposure for the purpose of diagnosis and (or) treatment of diseases; 
• DOS-5 - doses of internal exposure of the population (according to the results of WBC measurements).

SI “The Republican Research Center for Radiation Medicine and Human Ecology”
246040, Gomel, 290 Ilyicha Street.
E-mail info@rcrm.by
Head: Victoria Drobyshevskaya
Phone: +375 (232) 389815

• Study of formation patterns of internal doses to the population exposed to radiation as a result of the Chernobyl accident.
• Statistical modeling, including the development and improvement of methods for estimating the average annual effective doses of exposure to the population for the purposes of zoning territories, the development of radioecological models for estimating doses.
• Reconstruction of the average and individualized cumulative exposure doses to the population affected by the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. Dosimetry support of the State Registry of persons exposed to radiation as a result of the accident at the Chernobyl NPP.
• Development of methodological documents and computer programs for calculating the average annual effective doses of exposure, average group and individualized accumulated exposure doses to the population residing in contaminated areas.
• Organization of emergency planning, preparedness and emergency response, providing scientific and methodological support to the situational crisis center of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Belarus
• Expert activity on radiation safety issues.

	Head of the Laboratory – Natalya Vlasova, PhD in Biology (habil.), professor. Specialist in the field of dosimetry, radiation hygiene, radiation safety, radiobiology, statistical modeling. National expert of the IAEA on the assessment of exposure doses to the population residing in contaminated areas. Author of more than 300 scientific papers, including those published in foreign editions, including 5 monographs, 150 articles, 12 scientific and methodological documents (instructions for use) approved by the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Belarus, 2 textbooks and 3 teaching manuals. Developed 25 rationalization proposals. Scientific supervisor of more than 30 research projects under the State Program for overcoming the consequences of the Chernobyl accident and the Union State Program. The results of the R&D implementation have been introduced into the practice of the regional centers of the unified system for recording and controlling doses and the Department of the State Dosimetry Registry on the basis of the Center: more than 20 acts of implementation have been received.
	Leading Researcher –PhD in Engineering, associate professor Buzdalkin Konstantin
	Senior researcher: Ekaterina Drozd, PhD in Biology
	Researchers: Galina Evtushkova; Anastasia Mataras; Ludmila Eventova Technician of the 1st category - Vitaly Tolstoy

• radiation-epidemiological analysis of the risk of developing cancer and non-cancer diseases in persons affected by the accident at the Chernobyl NPP,
• analysis and assessment of the state of health of the population exposed to ionizing radiation as a result of the Chernobyl accident,
• development of proposals for optimizing medical support for the affected population.

• "To establish the features of the formation of morbidity in the affected population in the remote period after the Chernobyl accident in order to optimize medical support measures."
• "To assess the somatic morbidity of liquidators and their offsprings in the long-term period after the Chernobyl accident to optimize medical support measures" in the framework of "Scientific solution of medical problems of life in the territory of radioactive contamination" section of the scientific support of the State program to overcome the consequences of the accident at the Chernobyl NPP for 2011 -2015 and for the period up to 2020."
• "Study of indicators of morbidity, disability and mortality of the affected population in the remote period after the accident at the Chernobyl NPP."
• The laboratory staff takes part in international projects: “Study of thyroid cancer and other thyroid diseases in Belarus after the Chernobyl accident”, “Study of radiation exposure and of breast cancer risk in women possibly exposed as a result of the Chernobyl accident”.

The Head of the Laboratory is Ilya Veyalkin, PhD in Biology, associate professor, specialist in the field of radiobiology, epidemiology, medical statistics, author of more than 170 publications, co-author of two monographs, member of the Belarusian Society of Oncologists of the International Commission on Occupational Health (ICOH).

• Planning, coordination and control of scientific research, clinical studies
• Development and implementation in practical healthcare of new methods for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the blood, nervous system, connective tissue, diabetes mellitus, diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, thyroid gland, cardiovascular system in cooperation with the clinical departments of the Center
• Organizational and methodological work with clinical departments in order to widely introduce scientific developments into clinical practice, new highly effective medical technologies, coordination of activities
• Development and supervision of scientific projects in various fields of clinical medicine, interaction with other scientific and practical organizations in this field
• Advisory and methodological assistance in conducting clinical trials.

The head of the Laboratory is Dmitry Kravchenko, PhD in Medicine, hematologist of the highest qualification category, author of more than 50 publications, including scientific articles, educational and practical manuals, rationalization proposals, instructions for use; takes an active part in international conferences, congresses; regularly improves his qualifications at Belarusian Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education, as well as abroad.
Contacts: tel (+375 232 38 97 56); e-mail: md.krav@gmail.com

Laboratory staff:
Ksenia Bronskaya - senior researcher
Ivan Matsak - researcher

• study of the correlation of mutational events in the body's somatic cells with the occurrence of various pathologies, including oncological diseases;
• development and implementation of new molecular genetic methods for assessing predisposition to various oncological, cardiovascular diseases, disorders of the immune system and metabolism, endocrine pathologies;
• development and implementation of methods for evaluating the effectiveness of the treatment of cancer and other diseases caused by gene mutations.

The head of the laboratory is Arkady Silin, Phd in Biology, associate professor, author of more than 200 publications, including a monograph, scientific articles, rationalization proposals, instructions for use. Contacts: tel (+375 232 38 95 23); e-mail: arksil@mail.ru

Laboratory staff:
Viktor Martinkov – PhD in Biology, associate professor, senior researcher
Svetlana Martynenko - researcher
Alla Silina - researcher
Irina Tropashko - researcher

1. State program on overcoming the consequences of the disaster at the Chernobyl NPP for 2021-2025:
1. Filling with new data, supporting the functioning of the State Registry of Persons Exposed to Radiation as a Result of the Chernobyl NPP Catastrophe and Other Radiation Accidents.
2. To study the indicators of morbidity, disability and mortality of the affected population in the remote period after the disaster at the Chernobyl NPP in order to optimize measures for medical support.


2. State Program for Scientific Research "Fundamental and Applied Sciences for Medicine"
1. To study the role of immunoglobulin A and its deficiency in the pathogenesis of immune disorders in patients with primary immunodeficiencies. 


3. Belarusian Republican Foundation for Fundamental Research
1. To develop a method for diagnosing ischemia-reperfusion injury of a kidney graft in the early postoperative period.
2. To study the functional features of the resident vaginal microbiome with varying degrees of severity of precancerous lesions of the cervix in HPV-positive women of reproductive age in the Gomel region 


4. Innovation Foundation of the Gomel Oblast Executive Committee
1. To develop a method for differential diagnosis and treatment of Cushing's syndrome.
2. To develop a method for diagnosing osteodestructive syndrome in multiple myeloma in order to optimize the provision of medical care to patients of this group. 


5. State Scientific and Technological Development Program “New methods of medical care”, subprograms “Internal diseases” 2019-2021
1. "To develop and implement a method for assessing the probabality of developing arterial hypertension in women with abdominal obesity and a history of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy"


6. State program "Scientific support for the efficient and safe operation of the Belarusian nuclear power plant and stragetic directions for the development of nuclear energy for 2021–2025 and for the period up to 2040" 
1. To develop a methodology for conducting an independent express assessment of the radiation situation in the area affected by nuclear facilities and sources of ionizing radiation using a mobile radiation monitoring laboratory.

1. State program on overcoming the consequences of the disaster at the Chernobyl NPP for 2011-2015 until 2020:
• Determine the features of morbidity formation in the affected population in the remote period after the Chernobyl disaster in order to optimize medical support measures under the scientific solution of medical problems of life activity in the territory of radioactive contamination 
• To create an atlas of oncological morbidity of the regions of the Republic of Belarus located on the territory of radioactive contamination and to develop a prognosis of the number of cases of malignant neoplasms until 2030 
• To improve the methodology for assessing the average annual effective doses (AAED) of exposure to residents of settlements located on the territory of radioactive contamination, taking into account the recommendations of the International Commission on Radiological Protection and, on its basis, create an AAED Catalog of exposure to residents of the Republic of Belarus. 
• To study the morbidity of personnel performing work in areas with high pollution density (exclusion zone) and develop recommendations for dynamic medical follow-up 


2. Regional Scientific and Technological Development Program for Innovative development of the Gomel region, 2016-2020
• To develop and implement methods for assessing immunological sensitization of renal allograft recipients using an antigenic lymphocytic diagnosticum 


3. Innovation Foundation of the Gomel Oblast Executive Committee
• To develop a method for early diagnosis of multiple myeloma and monoclonal gammopathy based on the study of the stromal microenvironment of bone marrow cells and its effect on their proliferative activity
• To develop and implement a method for diagnosing parathyroid diseases based on the use of confocal laser microscopy

The Patent &Licensing division was established in March 2008 as part of the implementation of one of the State Program for the Protection of Intellectual Property for 2008-2010 (paragraph 2 of Chapter 4) and guided by paragraph 1.8 of the order of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Belarus “On improving the methods and forms of organization activities of research and educational institutions” dated December 15, 2004 No. 276.

• Organizational and methodological assistance to researchers of the Center's subdivisions on the issues of identifying intellectual property objects, choosing the forms of their legal protection, securing rights to these objects.
• Ensuring compliance with the established procedure for disposing of the rights to the results of research, research and development work performed using funds from the republican and local budgets.
• Provision of methodological assistance in the conduction of patent research by performers of research work and control over the registration of reports on patent research in accordance with the established procedure as provided by applicable law.
• Organizational support for training, professional development training, participation in seminars, conferences, and other events for employees of the Center on the protection and management of intellectual property.
• Assistance in the development of inventions, rationalization activities in the Center, organization of competitions for rationalization and invention.