Dr. Ruth Wilkins has been Division Chief of the Ionizing Radiation Health Sciences Division at the Consumer and Clinical Radiation Protection Bureau of Health Canada since 2006.
She obtained a Ph.D. in Medical Physics from Carleton University, Canada in 1996.
Her research activities and expertise are in the field of biological effects ionizing radiation in mammalian systems both in vitro and in vivo with a strong focus on cytogenetic biological dosimetry and low dose radiation research.
Dr. Wilkins is also the lead of the Canadian Biodosimetry Network for large scale exposures to ionizing radiation in which Canada has developed a network of laboratories which can provide rapid dosimetry during large scale events.