The Nagasaki Dr.Nagai Peace Memorial Prize

1. Personal information

Dr. Anatoly Tsyb(73 years old)

2. Academic background

• 1957Graduated from Uzhgorod State University
• 1959-1961Post-graduate student, Medical School, Uzhgorod State University
• 1961-1978Studied as a graduate student at the Research Institute of Medical Radiology of the Soviet Union (RIMR), then worked as a researcher and later a division head
• 1978-1992Executive Director of RIMR
• 1992-presentDirector of Medical Radiological Research Center, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences (MRRC RAMS = former RIMR)

3. Major achievements

• 1986Established and headed the Russian National Medical and Dosimetric Registry (RNMDR) for those exposed to radiation as a result of the Chernobyl accident
• 1986-presentImplemented a Federal Program in mitigation of health effects of radiation accidents
• 1989Participated in the International Conference Concerning Health Effects of Residents and the Ecological Survey of the Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site
• 1993Invited by Prime Minister Nakasone to give a keynote speech at the International Conference on Post-Cold War Cooperative Denuclearization and Plutonium Issues
• 1996Participated in International Conference ‘Decade after Chernobyl’ and gave a presentation on behalf of WHO

4. Reasons for the award

• 1953: Began conducting research in pathology of the human body and experimental research in radiation-induced cancer.
• 1958 ~ : Engaged in experimental research in the mechanisms by which is cancer is induced by radiation, chemical substances and viruses, in the United States.
• 1961-March 1985 ~ present: Vice Chairman of the Japan Office of the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW)
• 1987 ~ : General Secretary of the Japan Office of the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW)
• 2000 ~ present: National Director of the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW

4.Major reason for recommendation

Since during the days of the Soviet Union, Dr. Tsyb has undertaken a key role in the promotion of the medical treatment for patients affected by radiation and the safeguard of radiation, both as an academician of RAMS and as the director of the Medical Radiological Research Center of RAMS.

After the Chernobyl disaster in 1986, Dr. Tsyb played a leading role in the rescue support activities of victims, by constructing a database for the measurements of environmental radiation pollution, the estimate of population radiation exposure and the registration and health checks of the large amount of victims.In particular, this database includes the registration and long-term follow-up of the 240,000 military and fire fighters involved in clean-up and decontamination operations up to a year after the disaster, who experienced a relatively high dose of radiation.

Since May 1991, Dr. Tsyb has been active as the Russian representative for the Chernobyl Sasagawa Project and WHO Chernobyl Medical Support Cooperation Project.He is also active as the head representative for medical cooperation and joint academic research between Japan and international organizations. Furthermore, he is the Russian representative for emergency medical radiation treatment programs of WHO, IAEA and other international organizations, as well as the chairman of the Russian Scientific Commission of Radiation Protection.