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Helene Z. Hill, Ph.D., Honored for Excellence in Medical Education & Research

Dr. Helene Z. Hill is noted for her research in radiobiology of melanin as it relates to radiation resistance of melanoma and protection against skin cancer



Her book, Hidden Data: The Blind Eye of Science, a book about scientific fraud, was published in June, 2016.

    NEWARK, NJ, February 22, 2017 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Dr. Helene Z. Hill has been included in Marquis Who's Who. As in all Marquis Who's Who biographical volumes, individuals profiled are selected on the basis of current reference value. Factors such as position, noteworthy accomplishments, visibility, and prominence in a field are all taken into account during the selection process.

Dr. Hill has been a professor in the Department of Radiology of Rutgers New Jersey Medical School since 2013. She has taught courses in ethics and humanism and professionalism, as well as in medical interviewing. A skilled biologist and consultant, Dr. Hill's research areas include radiation biology and DNA damage in mitochondria. She is noted for her research in radiobiology of melanoma as it relates to radiation resistance, and photobiology of melanin as it relates to pigmentation. Dr. Hill spent 32 years as a professor of radiology at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey prior to joining Rutgers.

A graduate of Smith College, Dr. Hill earned a Ph.D. from Brandeis University in 1964. She then completed postdoctoral fellowships at Harvard Medical School and the University of Colorado School of Medicine. Dr. Hill remained at the latter to serve as an assistant professor of biophysics and genetics. She relocated to St. Louis, Mo. in 1973 to become an associate professor of radiology at Washington University School of Medicine. She moved to Marshall University School of Medicine in Huntington, W.Va. where she advanced from associate to full professor of biochemistry.

Over the course of her career, Dr. Hill has contributed articles to the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Science, Cancer Research, BioEsssays, the Journal of Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis and the Journal of Pigment Cell Research. She also wrote a chapter for the book "Cancer Biology & Biosynthesis," published in 1990. Dr. Hill has remained active in the scientific community through affiliations with the American Society for Photobiology, the Radiation Research Society, the Pan-American Society for Pigment Cell Research, and the American Association for Cancer Research. Her book, Hidden Data: The Blind Eye of Science, a book about scientific fraud, was published in June, 2016.

Dr. Hill was a recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award from The Baldwin School, Bryn Mawr, PA in 1991, as well as the Smith College Medal in 1997. She received several grants over the years as well. Her many accomplishments were taken into consideration when she was chosen to be featured in the 4th and 8th editions of Who's Who in Medicine and Healthcare, the 1st and 11th editions of Who's Who in Science and Engineering, the 28th through 33rd editions of Who's Who in the World, and the 28th edition of Who's Who of American Women. She has also appeared in several editions of Who's Who in America.

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