David A. Schauer
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David A. Schauer, ScD
, CHP
, is the current Executive Director
of the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements
(NCRP). During his tenure a number of updated and new publications have been issued by the Council
.
) degree from Johns Hopkins University
and is a diplomate of the American Board of Health Physics. He received M.S.
and B.S.
degrees from Georgetown
and Liberty
Universities, respectively. Prior to being elected NCRP secretary and treasurer, and appointed Executive Director, Dr. Schauer served in various scientific and leadership positions as an officer in the U.S. Navy (1984 to 2004). His primary research interests include thermoluminescent dosimetry
and electron paramagnetic resonance
biodosimetry
. He is a member of numerous organizations including the American Society of Association Executives
, the American College of Radiology
, and the Health Physics Society.
Schauer has published a number of scientific articles, proceedings and reports individually and in collaboration with fellow scientists and students. He also contributed a book chapter to the "Handbook of Radioactivity Analysis" published by Elsevier
Academic Press (2003).
) and culminate at Hopkins
with the awarding of his doctorate in 1994.
Following graduation from Williamstown High School (1979) where he was named scholar athlete, Schauer was recruited to pitch at Liberty University
. Schauer was used mostly as a starter and set the single game record for strikeouts until a hard-throwing lefthander (Randy Tomlin
– Pittsburgh Pirates and pitching coach for the AA Harrisburg Nats) arrived a few years later and established a new mark. During his years at Liberty, Schauer was coached by former major league pitcher, Al Worthington
, and played with some great athletes and teammates including Sid Bream
, Lee Guetterman
and Darrell Manuel (youngest brother of Phillies manager, Charlie Manuel
). The Liberty
baseball teams of the early 1980s made three successive trips to the NAIA
college world series in Lubbock, TX.
Following graduation from Liberty in 1983, Schauer was commissioned as an ensign in the US Navy Medical Service Corps. Ensign Schauer worked his way up the ranks before retiring at the beginning of 2004 as a Commander
. During those 20 years, Schauer served in various leadership positions in San Diego, CA, Portsmouth, NH and Bethesda, MD.
He also serves as a referee for the following journals:
Television Appearances:
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, CHP
CHP
-Healthcare:* Oporto Hospital Centre* Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh* Community Health Partnerships* Certified Health Physicist-Politics:* Christian Heritage Party * Christian Historical Party...
, is the current Executive Director
Executive director
Executive director is a term sometimes applied to the chief executive officer or managing director of an organization, company, or corporation. It is widely used in North American non-profit organizations, though in recent decades many U.S. nonprofits have adopted the title "President/CEO"...
of the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements
National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements
The National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements is a U.S. organization. It has a congressional charter under Title 36 of the United States Code, but this does not imply it has any sort of oversight or supervision from Congress; it is not a government entity.This text appears on the...
(NCRP). During his tenure a number of updated and new publications have been issued by the Council
National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements
The National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements is a U.S. organization. It has a congressional charter under Title 36 of the United States Code, but this does not imply it has any sort of oversight or supervision from Congress; it is not a government entity.This text appears on the...
.
Biography
Schauer received his doctor of science (Sc. D.Doctor of Science
Doctor of Science , usually abbreviated Sc.D., D.Sc., S.D. or Dr.Sc., is an academic research degree awarded in a number of countries throughout the world. In some countries Doctor of Science is the name used for the standard doctorate in the sciences, elsewhere the Sc.D...
) degree from Johns Hopkins University
Johns Hopkins University
The Johns Hopkins University, commonly referred to as Johns Hopkins, JHU, or simply Hopkins, is a private research university based in Baltimore, Maryland, United States...
and is a diplomate of the American Board of Health Physics. He received M.S.
Master of Science
A Master of Science is a postgraduate academic master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. The degree is typically studied for in the sciences including the social sciences.-Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay:...
and B.S.
Bachelor of Science
A Bachelor of Science is an undergraduate academic degree awarded for completed courses that generally last three to five years .-Australia:In Australia, the BSc is a 3 year degree, offered from 1st year on...
degrees from Georgetown
Georgetown University
Georgetown University is a private, Jesuit, research university whose main campus is in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Founded in 1789, it is the oldest Catholic university in the United States...
and Liberty
Liberty University
Liberty University is a private Christian university located in Lynchburg, Virginia. Liberty's annual enrollment is around 72,000 students, 12,000 of whom are residential students and 60,000+ studying through Liberty University Online...
Universities, respectively. Prior to being elected NCRP secretary and treasurer, and appointed Executive Director, Dr. Schauer served in various scientific and leadership positions as an officer in the U.S. Navy (1984 to 2004). His primary research interests include thermoluminescent dosimetry
Thermoluminescent Dosimeter
A thermoluminescent dosimeter, or TLD, is a type of radiation dosimeter. A TLD measures ionizing radiation exposure by measuring the amount of visible light emitted from a crystal in the detector when the crystal is heated. The amount of light emitted is dependent upon the radiation exposure...
and electron paramagnetic resonance
Electron paramagnetic resonance
Electron paramagnetic resonance or electron spin resonance spectroscopyis a technique for studying chemical species that have one or more unpaired electrons, such as organic and inorganic free radicals or inorganic complexes possessing a transition metal ion...
biodosimetry
Biodosimetry
Biodosimetry is a measurement of biological response as a surrogate for radiation dose. The International Commission on Radiation Units and Measurements and International Atomic Energy Agency have issued guidance on performing biodosimetry and interpreting data....
. He is a member of numerous organizations including the American Society of Association Executives
American Society of Association Executives
The American Society of Association Executives is the membership organization and voice of the association profession. Founded in 1920 and headquartered in Washington, D.C., ASAE now has more than 22,000 association CEOs, staff professionals, industry partners, and consultant members. ASAE...
, the American College of Radiology
American College of Radiology
The American College of Radiology , founded in 1923, is a non-profit professional medical association composed of diagnostic radiologists, radiation oncologists, interventional radiologists, nuclear medicine physicians, and medical physicists. It is based in Reston, Virginia, with offices in...
, and the Health Physics Society.
Schauer has published a number of scientific articles, proceedings and reports individually and in collaboration with fellow scientists and students. He also contributed a book chapter to the "Handbook of Radioactivity Analysis" published by Elsevier
Elsevier
Elsevier is a publishing company which publishes medical and scientific literature. It is a part of the Reed Elsevier group. Based in Amsterdam, the company has operations in the United Kingdom, USA and elsewhere....
Academic Press (2003).
Personal life
Schauer and his wife, Krista, an architect, live in Washington, DC with their three sons, Adam, Zachary and Luke. They are active in their community teaching Sunday school and coaching Little League baseball.Early years
Schauer’s formal education began in 1965 with the creation of President Johnson’s Head Start Program. This was part of Johnson’s War on Poverty. As one of five children being raised in a single-parent home, Schauer was sent to the newly established Head Start Program in Williamstown, NJ. So began Schauer’s formal education which would include a stop in a two room schoolhouse for kindergarten (Hall StreetHall Street School
Hall Street School, is located in Monroe Township, New Jersey. The school was built in 1887 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 27, 2006.-References:...
) and culminate at Hopkins
Johns Hopkins University
The Johns Hopkins University, commonly referred to as Johns Hopkins, JHU, or simply Hopkins, is a private research university based in Baltimore, Maryland, United States...
with the awarding of his doctorate in 1994.
College years and beyond
Following graduation from Williamstown High School (1979) where he was named scholar athlete, Schauer was recruited to pitch at Liberty University
Liberty University
Liberty University is a private Christian university located in Lynchburg, Virginia. Liberty's annual enrollment is around 72,000 students, 12,000 of whom are residential students and 60,000+ studying through Liberty University Online...
. Schauer was used mostly as a starter and set the single game record for strikeouts until a hard-throwing lefthander (Randy Tomlin
Randy Tomlin
Randy Leon Tomlin is a former left-handed pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates who attended Liberty University. Tomlin played from 1990 to 1994 and batted and threw left-handed. He went 30-31 in 94 career starts with 297 career strikeouts...
– Pittsburgh Pirates and pitching coach for the AA Harrisburg Nats) arrived a few years later and established a new mark. During his years at Liberty, Schauer was coached by former major league pitcher, Al Worthington
Al Worthington
Allan Fulton Worthington , nicknamed "Red", is a former pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Giants , Boston Red Sox , Chicago White Sox , Cincinnati Reds and Minnesota Twins . Worthington batted and threw right-handed...
, and played with some great athletes and teammates including Sid Bream
Sid Bream
Sidney Eugene "Sid" Bream is an American former Major League Baseball player. He played his entire 11-year career in the National League...
, Lee Guetterman
Lee Guetterman
Arthur Lee Guetterman is a former Major League Baseball pitcher from to for the Seattle Mariners, New York Yankees, New York Mets, and St. Louis Cardinals...
and Darrell Manuel (youngest brother of Phillies manager, Charlie Manuel
Charlie Manuel
Charles Fuqua Manuel, Jr. is a former Major League Baseball and Nippon Professional Baseball outfielder and current Major League Baseball manager of the Philadelphia Phillies...
). The Liberty
Liberty University
Liberty University is a private Christian university located in Lynchburg, Virginia. Liberty's annual enrollment is around 72,000 students, 12,000 of whom are residential students and 60,000+ studying through Liberty University Online...
baseball teams of the early 1980s made three successive trips to the NAIA
National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics
The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics is an athletic association that organizes college and university-level athletic programs. Membership in the NAIA consists of smaller colleges and universities across the United States. The NAIA allows colleges and universities outside the USA...
college world series in Lubbock, TX.
Following graduation from Liberty in 1983, Schauer was commissioned as an ensign in the US Navy Medical Service Corps. Ensign Schauer worked his way up the ranks before retiring at the beginning of 2004 as a Commander
Commander
Commander is a naval rank which is also sometimes used as a military title depending on the individual customs of a given military service. Commander is also used as a rank or title in some organizations outside of the armed forces, particularly in police and law enforcement.-Commander as a naval...
. During those 20 years, Schauer served in various leadership positions in San Diego, CA, Portsmouth, NH and Bethesda, MD.
NCRP Publications Issued During his Tenure as Executive Director
- Report No. 145 (2003) Radiation Protection in Dentistry
- Report No. 146 (2004) Approaches to Risk Management in Remediation of Radioactively Contaminated Sites
- Report No. 147 (2004) Structural Shielding Design for Medical X-Ray Imaging Facilities
- Report No. 148 (2004) Radiation Protection in Veterinary Medicine
- Report No. 149 (2004) A Guide to Mammography and Other Breast Imaging Procedures
- Report No. 150 (2005) Extrapolation of Radiation-induced Cancer Risks from Nonhuman Experimental Systems to Humans
- Report No. 151 (2005) Structural Shielding Design and Evaluation for Megavoltage X- and Gamma-Ray Radiotherapy Facilities
- Report No. 152 (2005) Performance Assessment of Near-Surface Facilities for Disposal of Low-Level Radioactive Waste
- Report No. 153 (2006) Information Needed to Make Radiation Protection Recommendations for Space Missions Beyond Low-Earth Orbit
- Report No. 154 (2006) Cesium-137 in the Environment: Radioecology and Approaches to Assessment and Management
- Report No. 155 (2006) Management of Radionuclide Therapy Patients
- Report No. 156 (2006) Development of a Biokinetic Model for Radionuclide-Contaminated Wounds and Procedures for Their Assessment, Dosimetry and Treatment
- Report No. 157 (2007) Radiation Protection in Educational Institutions
- Report No. 158 (2007) Uncertainties in the Measurement and Dosimetry of External Radiation
- Report No. 159 - Risk to the Thyroid from Ionizing Radiation (2008)
- Report No. 160 - Ionizing Radiation Exposure of the Population of the United States (2009)
- Report No. 161 - Management of Persons Contaminated With Radionuclides: Handbook
- Report No. 162 - Self Assessment of Radiation-Safety Programs
- Commentary No. 19 (2005) Key Elements of Preparing Emergency Responders for Nuclear and Radiological Terrorism
- Commentary No. 20 (2007) Radiation Protection and Measurement Issues Related to Cargo Scanning with Accelerator-Produced High-Energy X Rays
- Statement No. 10 (2004) Recent Applications of the NCRP Public Dose Limit Recommendation for Ionizing Radiation
- 2003 Annual Meeting Proceedings (2004) Health Phys., 87, No. 3.
- 2004 Annual Meeting Proceedings (2005) Health Phys., 89, No. 5.
- 2005 Annual Meeting Proceedings (2006) Health Phys., 91, No. 5.
- 2006 Annual Meeting Proceedings (2007) Health Phys., 93, No. 5.
- 2007 Annual Meeting Proceedings (2008) Health Phys., 95, No. 5.
Military/Professional Training
- 1984 US Navy Officer Indoctrination School, Newport, RI
- 1984 US Navy Radiation Health Officers Course, Naval Undersea Medicine Institute, Groton, CT
- 1984 Combat Casualty Care (C4), Ft. Sam Houston, San Antonio, TX
- 1985 Medical Effects of Nuclear Weapons, Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute (AFRRI), Bethesda, MD
- 1986 Senior Officers Nuclear Accidents Course, Air Force Nuclear Weapons Training School (AFNWTS), Albuquerque, NM
- 1987 Planning for Nuclear Emergencies, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA
- 1988 Pathologic Effects of Radiation, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, DC
- 1988 Nuclear Weapons Orientation Advanced, AFNWTS, Albuquerque, NM
- 1990 Medical Department Intermediate Leadership, Management, Education and Training Course, NSHS, Bethesda, MD
- 1998 Project Management College, Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, DC
- 1999 Radioactivity in the Environment: Risk, Assessment, and Measurement, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA
- 2000 MR Imaging: A Seminar for Medical Physicists, Baltimore, MD
- 2005 Accreditation Board on Engineering and Technology, Program Evaluator Training, Spokane, WA
Research Grants
David A. Schauer's research activities include;- "Mobile emergency-response in vivo EPR dosimetry system", collaboration with Dartmouth Medical Center and NIST, funded by Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), FY02-03 - $325k.
- Establishment of “Department of Defense Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Forensic Radiation Biodosimetry Laboratory”, funded by DTRA, FY02-03 - $463k.
- Various grants and contracts with CDC, DHS, DOD, DOE, NASA, Navy, NCI, NIST and NRC in support of NCRP’s scientific program, annual budget in 2007 - $2.9M.
Public service
Dr. Schauer is an Editorial Board member of the following journals:- Radiation Measurements
- Radiation Protection Dosimetry
- Egyptian Journal of Biophysics
- Indian Journal of Radiation Research
He also serves as a referee for the following journals:
- Health PhysicsHealth physicsHealth physics is a field of science concerned with radiation physics and radiation biology with the goal of providing technical information and proper techniques regarding the safe use of ionizing radiation...
- Radiation Physics and Chemistry
- Radiation Research
Television Appearances:
- March 18, 2011, CNN HLN, Nancy Grace Show, Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Reactor Accident, Potential Impact on the United States.
- March 21, 2011, CNN HLN, Nancy Grace Show, Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Reactor Accident, Control of Contaminated Food Imports From Japan to the United States