CV of Assoc. Prof., Dr.habil. István TURAI, MD, MPHM, PhD

Qualifications:

1977: MD title by the Semmelweis Med.Univ. with State Award.  

1979: Specialist (1) in Public Health and Epidemiology,

1986: Specialist (2) in Radiobiology and Radiohygiene,

1991: CSc/PhD (Candidate of Science & PhD), HAS, Budapest,

1993 –1994: MPHM (Master of Public Health Medicine) University of London,  

2010: Dr.med.habil., Univ. of Szeged, Hungary.

Employment:

Aug, 1976 – March 2015: “Frédéric Joliot-Curie” National Research Institute for Radiobiology and Radiohygiene, NRIRR, Budapest - www.osski.hu.

Jan. 1995 – May 2002: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Vienna, Austria -

Radiation Emergency Medical Specialist    

June 2002 – July 2004: World Health Organisation (WHO) Geneve, Switzerland - Coordinator of the WHO/REMPAN (Radiation Emergency Medical Preparedness and Assistance Network).

Aug. 2004 – July 2011: Head, Div. of Radiation Medicine and Biodosimetry  

May 2007– June 2011: Acting Director General of NRIRR, Hungary

Jan. 2012 – June 2013: National Expert to EC-DG ENER, Luxembourg,

Oct.2014–Jun.2017: Professor of Radiation Health at the of Semmelweis Medical University,  

Oct.2014– to date: Professor of Radiobiology and Environmental Radiohygiene ELTE, Budapest.

Scientometric Data:

300 publications (IF=72) cited over 1800 times https://doktori.hu/index.php?menuid=192&sz_ID=8791 (https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0,5&q=author:Turai+author:I).  

Co-author of 44 IAEA and WHO publications, Scientific Secretary for 24 of them.

In 1975–2019:  201 papers at 170 scientific conferences and 1090 training lectures in Radiohygiene & Radiation Emergency Medicine at 192 training courses. 70 % of them in English.