Dr. Christopher Thome
| Northern Ontario School of Medicine Lakehead University Campus 935 Ramsey Lake Road Sudbury ON Canada P3E 2C6 Phone: (705) 662-7222 Fax: (705) 675-4858 E-mail: cthome@nosm.ca |
| Assistant Professor, Radiation Biology |
Education/Training
2015-2018 |
Post-Doctoral Fellowship; Laurentian University (Sudbury, ON) Department of Biology, Faculty of Science |
2011-2015 |
Ph.D.; McMaster University (Hamilton, ON) Medical Physics Department of Medical Physics, Faculty of Science |
2010-2011 |
M.Sc.; McMaster University (Hamilton, ON) Health and Radiation Physics Department of Medical Physics, Faculty of Science |
2006-2010 |
Hons. B.M.Sc.; University of Western Ontario (London, ON) Human Physiology, minor in Medical Biophysics |
Research Investigations
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Selected Publications
Thome, C., Chambers, D.B., Hooker, A.M., Thompson, J.W., Boreham, D.R. (2018) Deterministic effects to the lens of the eye following ionizing radiation exposure: is there evidence to support a reduction in threshold dose? Health Phys. 114 (3) 328-343.
Puukila, S., Thome, C., Brooks, A.L., Woloschak, G., Boreham, D.R. (2018) The influence of changing dose rate patterns from inhaled beta-gamma emitting radionuclides on lung cancer. Int J Radiat Biol. In Press.
Sreetharan, S.*, Thome, C.*, Tsang, K., Manzon, R.G., Somers, C.M., Boreham, D.R., Wilson, J.Y. (2018) Micronuclei formation in rainbow trout cells exposed to multiple stressors: morpholine, heat shock and ionizing radiation. Toxicol In-vitro. 47 38-47. *Co-first author.
Thome, C., Tharmalingam, S., Pirkkanen, J., Zarnke, A., Laframboise, T., Boreham, D.R. (2017) The REPAIR project: Examining the biological impacts of sub-background radiation exposure within SNOLAB, a deep underground laboratory. Radiat Res. 188 (4.2) 470-474.
Sreetharan, S., Thome, C., Tharmalingam, S., Jones, D.E., Kulesza, A.V., Khaper, N., Lees, S., Wilson, J.Y., Tai, T.C., Boreham, D.R. (2017) Ionizing radiation exposure during pregnancy: effects on postnatal development and life. Radiat Res. 187 (6) 647-658.
Puukila, S., Thome, C., Brooks, A.L., Woloschak, G., Boreham, D.R. (2017) The role of radiation induced injury on lung cancer. Cancers. 9 (7) 89.
Thome, C., Mitz, C., Hulley, E.N., Somers, C.M., Manzon, R.G., Wilson, J.Y., Boreham, D.R. (2017) Initial characterization of the growth stimulation and heat shock-induced adaptive response in developing lake whitefish embryos following ionizing radiation exposure. Radiat Res. 188 (4.2) 475-485.