Scientific activity

• 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