Janice Pluth
Biography
Janice Pluth is an associate professor with UNLV's Department of Health Physics and Diagnostic Sciences, where she has taught radiation biology in the undergraduate program since Fall 2017.
Her research focuses on uncovering the molecular mechanisms underlying radiation-induced carcinogenesis. Using both 2D and 3D tissue culture models, Pluth investigates key proteins, pathways, and networks involved in the DNA damage response and how radiation disrupts them.
She is an active member of the Radiation Research Society and serves as secretary of the Environmental Mutagenesis and Genomics Society.
Education
- Postdoctoral training, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and Stanford University
- Ph.D., Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Vermont
- B.S., Microbiology, University of Minnesota
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