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Ms211: State Department Travel Informaton - Kazakhstan, Armin Weinberg Dec 1994

Ms211: State Department Travel Informaton - Kazakhstan, Armin Weinberg

Works on Radiation Effects: 1990-2020

Kazakhstan Counsular Information Sheet Feb 16, 1994 that was used to help orient us to where we were being asked to travel and partner with. See more at Armin Weinberg, PhD Papers and its finding aid.


Ms211: Letter To Boris Gusev Re Icher, Armin Weinberg Oct 1994

Ms211: Letter To Boris Gusev Re Icher, Armin Weinberg

Works on Radiation Effects: 1990-2020

This is a communication from me (Armin) to Boris Gusev a leader of the Kazakhstan research on the effects of the nuclear testing program. Boris is Kazakh and had much data kept for themselves as opposed to the data Russia collected and took to Moscow after the breakup of the Soviet Union. This letter was an attempt to bring them into the efforts of those working on Chernobyl. While they didn't really do that it does show the status of the ICHER and who were the key players at the time. See more at Armin Weinberg, PhD Papers and its …


Ms211: Liquidators Of The Chernobyl Diaspora, Armin Weinberg Jun 1994

Ms211: Liquidators Of The Chernobyl Diaspora, Armin Weinberg

Works on Radiation Effects: 1990-2020

The text of my presentation at the WHO meeting in St Petersburg Russia held at the former KGB Sanatorium to address the problems of those involved in the cleanup after the accident at Chernobyl. My wife Karen came with me on this trip. From here we went on to Moscow, Bryansk and Kiev (with a stop in Germany) where we were joined by Drs Tom Wheeler and Rhida Arem who gave a series of lectures on fine needle biopsy techniques of the thyroid with our collaborators in each location. See more at Armin Weinberg, PhD Papers and its finding aid …


Ms211: Letter To Dennis Sokol From Armin Weinberg, Armin Weinberg Oct 1993

Ms211: Letter To Dennis Sokol From Armin Weinberg, Armin Weinberg

Works on Radiation Effects: 1990-2020

This an early note to Dennis Sokol who Armin met with at the request of Ambassador Robert Strauss during his first trip to Russia (the meeting with the ambassador was facilitated also by Billy Goldberg). Dennis was a US entrepreneur who was establishing Western style clinics in the former USSR and the ambassador thought we could help especially based on his knowledge of the BCM/TMH affiliation with the Admiral Bristol Hospital that became the American Hospital of Istanbul. See more at Armin Weinberg, PhD Papers and its finding aid.


Ms211: Dbase For The Invitational Conference In Houston, Armin Weinberg Apr 1993

Ms211: Dbase For The Invitational Conference In Houston, Armin Weinberg

Works on Radiation Effects: 1990-2020

This appears to be the master database of the folks invited to our International Conference hosted by TMH, BCM, THMRF etc. in 1993? It is a treasure trove of those we initially invited from both Israel, Japan, former USSR (Russia, Ukraine, etc.) and of course USA! It has phone and institutional affiliations, flights, etc. See more at Armin Weinberg, PhD Papers and its finding aid.


Ms211: News Clipping From 1993 Relevant To Our Interest In Chernobyl, Armin Weinberg Jan 1993

Ms211: News Clipping From 1993 Relevant To Our Interest In Chernobyl, Armin Weinberg

Works on Radiation Effects: 1990-2020

example of one news story ... "Belarus plagued by lingering Chernobyl radiation, UPn 8/29/93 11:00 PM Belarus plagued by lingering Chernobyl radiation, infectious illnesses UPI NewsFeature (800) Adv. Mon. Aug. 30 or thereafter By VALENTINA STAROVA MOSCOW (UPI) -- The government of the former Soviet republic of Belarus recently issued chilling statistics that confirmed the worst fears of its readers about the legacy of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear accident. The figures showed that thyroid cancer -- a rare but deadly illness often linked to radiation exposure -- is on the rise in Belarus, with almost as many new cases recorded …


Ms211: Trip Report On Initial Consortium Visit To Areas Effected By Chernobyl Accident, Armin Weinberg Nov 1992

Ms211: Trip Report On Initial Consortium Visit To Areas Effected By Chernobyl Accident, Armin Weinberg

Works on Radiation Effects: 1990-2020

Armin's impressions of first visit to former USSR Russia, Ukraine and Israel by our group at that time referred to as International Consortium for Research and Treatment of Radiation... sent to Admiral Zumwalt (who also traveled to Moscow and Bryansk but not to Ukraine where Armin went with Boris Yoffe, also Larry Laufman and Phil McCarthy went from Russia to Israel with our Hadassah colleagues.) See more at Armin Weinberg, PhD Papers and its finding aid.


Ms211: Bryansk Early If Not Initial Visit, Armin Weinberg Nov 1992

Ms211: Bryansk Early If Not Initial Visit, Armin Weinberg

Works on Radiation Effects: 1990-2020

This may be my (Armin) initial trip notes/report from Bryansk and Kyiv. See more at Armin Weinberg, PhD Papers and its finding aid.


Ms211: Notes About Early Contacts With Russian And Israel Investigators, Armin Weinberg Nov 1992

Ms211: Notes About Early Contacts With Russian And Israel Investigators, Armin Weinberg

Works on Radiation Effects: 1990-2020

Text includes key names from Russia Institute of Medial Radiology, and from Hadassah that surfaced as we held the Bryansk symposium. See more at Armin Weinberg, PhD Papers and its finding aid.


Ms211: Gotto Update 10-29-1992 From Adw(Armin), Armin Weinberg Oct 1992

Ms211: Gotto Update 10-29-1992 From Adw(Armin), Armin Weinberg

Works on Radiation Effects: 1990-2020

A note providing an update on the proposal to DOE and upcoming visit by Admiral Zumwalt and social events including Mayor Lanier and refers to my(Armin) planned trip to Russia and Ukraine. See more at Armin Weinberg, PhD Papers and its finding aid.


Ms211: Agenda Thmrf For Oct 1992 Board Meeting, Armin Weinberg Oct 1992

Ms211: Agenda Thmrf For Oct 1992 Board Meeting, Armin Weinberg

Works on Radiation Effects: 1990-2020

Board meeting that refers to DOE proposal, Visit to Russia, Israel and Ukraine. See more at Armin Weinberg, PhD Papers and its finding aid.


Ms211: Letter To Dr Louis Sullivan, Armin Weinberg Mar 1992

Ms211: Letter To Dr Louis Sullivan, Armin Weinberg

Works on Radiation Effects: 1990-2020

This was a note sent to the Secretary of Health and Human Services seeing if he would like to offer a point of contact to our efforts noting that Dr Claude Lenfant (then NIH's Director of the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute) who had agreed to assist. See more at Armin Weinberg, PhD Papers and its finding aid.


Ms211: Agenda For Penchas Visit March 1992, Armin Weinberg Mar 1992

Ms211: Agenda For Penchas Visit March 1992, Armin Weinberg

Works on Radiation Effects: 1990-2020

This is the agenda for the March visit with Dr. Penchas who was the Director General of Hadassah from Israel. Includes schedule for Radio KTRH and various TMC and Hadassah and THMRF meetings. See more at Armin Weinberg, PhD Papers and its finding aid.


Ms211: Texas Hadassah Medical Research Foundation (Thmrf) Board Announcing Foundation's Goals, Armin Weinberg Mar 1992

Ms211: Texas Hadassah Medical Research Foundation (Thmrf) Board Announcing Foundation's Goals, Armin Weinberg

Works on Radiation Effects: 1990-2020

This looks like draft Press Release piece of the announced the affiliation with The Methodist Hospital Health Care Network. Talks about initial plans to organize a conference, list of additional member of the effort, including a Tx Congressman Martin Frost as honorary member, and a report from an Israeli scientist from Hadassah Zeev Weshler on the issue facing them with immigrants to Israel from the contaminated areas. See more at Armin Weinberg, PhD Papers and its finding aid.


Ms211: Background Examples Of Literature Searches On Topics Of Interest, Armin Weinberg Jan 1992

Ms211: Background Examples Of Literature Searches On Topics Of Interest, Armin Weinberg

Works on Radiation Effects: 1990-2020

A zip file of various literature searches & some resources related to our work related to exposure after the Chernobyl accident and as we began looking at helping in Semey Kazakhstan----a collection of literature reviews on various topics we were interested in... eg. establishing a registry of those exposed for longterm follow-up, what we knew about certain areas like genetics and some resources like "A Guide to Environmental Resources" on the Internet by Carol Briggs-Erickson and Toni Murphy which could be found on the Internet and was written to be used by researchers, environmentalists, teachers and any person who is …


Ms211: Texas Hadassah Medical Research Foundation (Thmrf) Minutes Very Early On, Armin Weinberg Dec 1991

Ms211: Texas Hadassah Medical Research Foundation (Thmrf) Minutes Very Early On, Armin Weinberg

Works on Radiation Effects: 1990-2020

These appear to show the initial key organizers and board members. Merilee Weiner as Executive Director, etc. Discussing early vision and plans not limited to Chernobyl but is was one of the items. See more at Armin Weinberg, PhD Papers and its finding aid.


Ms211: Caring For Survivors Of The Chernobyl Disaster, Armin Weinberg Jan 1990

Ms211: Caring For Survivors Of The Chernobyl Disaster, Armin Weinberg

Works on Radiation Effects: 1990-2020

This was a paper I thought we needed to write to help both those immigrants to the US from affected regions and the physicians who might see them. The article was well received and often a trigger when media would search the medical literature when radiation events occur. See more at Armin Weinberg, PhD Papers and its finding aid.


Ms211: Jerry Cuttler Bio, Cv, Etc., Armin Weinberg Jan 1990

Ms211: Jerry Cuttler Bio, Cv, Etc., Armin Weinberg

Works on Radiation Effects: 1990-2020

Jerry Cuttler was involved with the Canadian Nuclear listserv that Armin Weinberg subscribed to as a way to see what was being discussed by some in the industry. His work provides balance as it focuses on the positive effects of radiation in health and medicine to reduce fear. See more at Armin Weinberg, PhD Papers and its finding aid.


Ms211: 20 Years Chernobyl Disaster A Look Into The Future National Report Of Ukraine Kiev, Armin Weinberg Jan 1990

Ms211: 20 Years Chernobyl Disaster A Look Into The Future National Report Of Ukraine Kiev, Armin Weinberg

Works on Radiation Effects: 1990-2020

Email from Victor to Armin, Sara, Phil, and Sandra. See more at Armin Weinberg, PhD Papers and its finding aid.


Ms211: Plutonium Distribution Mapped Out In Chernobyl Region, Armin Weinberg Jan 1990

Ms211: Plutonium Distribution Mapped Out In Chernobyl Region, Armin Weinberg

Works on Radiation Effects: 1990-2020

A illustration mapping contamination of plutonium in the chernobyl region in January 1990 four years after the accident. See more at Armin Weinberg, PhD Papers and its finding aid.