NAME: Martin Hauer-Jensen, MD, PhD POSITION TITLE
Professor of Surgery and Pathology

eRA COMMONS USER NAME: MHJENSEN
EDUCATION/TRAINING
INSTITUTION AND LOCATION DEGREE
(if applicable) YEAR(s) FIELD OF STUDY
University of Oslo; Oslo, Norway MD 1977 Medicine
University of Iowa; Iowa City, IA Fellow 1985-1987 Radiation Biology
University of Oslo; Oslo, Norway PhD 1988 Radiation Biology


Summary of Professional Experience
1977 - 1990 Internship, residency, subspecialty training, and subsequent faculty position (Surgery), University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
1990 - 1991 Chief Resident, Department of Surgery, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System (CAVHS), Little Rock, AR.
1991 - present Faculty position (Associate Professor with Tenure from 1995, Full Professor from 1999) Departments of Surgery and Pathology, UAMS and CAVHS.
Selected Review Committees and Federal/Government Panels
1995 - present Ad hoc study section member, site visit team member, external reviewer, NIH (Oncological Sciences IRG; Digestive Sciences IRG) and US Veterans Administration
2003 - present Member, Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute (AFRRI) External Review Panel
2004 - present Member, DHHS, Working Group for Development of the National Medical Response Plan for Radiological/Nuclear Terrorism
2005 - present Full member, International Commission for Radiation Protection (ICRP), Task Group on Tissue Injury (Deterministic Effects) and Other Non-Cancer Effects of Radiation
2002 - present Member, NIH, Radiation Therapeutics and Biology (RTB) study section (Chairman from 2005-present)
Scientific Publications
More than 120+ articles and book chapters (predominantly about the effects of radiation therapy on normal tissues).
Active Research Support
NIH/NCI R01 CA83719 (Hauer-Jensen, PI) 7/1/2000-4/30/2010
Endothelial Dysfunction in Intestinal Radiation Toxicity Role: Principal Investigator
NIH/NCI R01 CA71382 (Hauer-Jensen, PI) 5/1/1997-8/31/2007
Molecular Pathogenesis of Radiation Enteropathy Role: Principal Investigator
Veterans Affairs Merit Review Grant (Hauer-Jensen, PI) 10/1/2005-9/30/2008
Statins as Radiation Countermeasures Role: Principal Investigator
Lance Armstrong Foundation Young Investigator Award (Boerma, PI) 1/1/2007-12/31/2008
Transforming Growth Factor Beta and Radiation-induced heart disease Role: Primary Mentor
NIH/NIAID U19 AI067798 (Chao, PI) 8/31/2005-7/31/2010
Somatostatin Analogues as Countermeasures against Intestinal Radiation Injury Role: Project Leader
Defense Threat Reduction Agency HDTRA1-07-C-0028 (Hauer-Jensen, PI) 1/26/2007-1/25/2010
Radiation Prophylaxis by Gamma-Tocotrienol Role: Principal Investigator