Dr. Boerma received a PhD degree in Radiation Biology from Leiden University, The Netherlands, in 2004.
Dr. Boerma is Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences at University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), member of the College of Pharmacy Division of Radiation Health, and scientist at Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System (CAVHS).
Dr. Boerma’s research focuses on cancer survivorship issues, particularly radiation-induced heart disease, and on development of medical countermeasures against radiological/nuclear accidents or terrorism.
Dr. Boerma has published 30 peer reviewed scientific articles and book chapters. Her research has received support from the American Heart Association and the Lance Armstrong Foundation. She has served as external reviewer for several scientific journals.
Recent Publications
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Marjan Boerma, Junru Wang, Alexander Burnett, Martin Hauer-Jensen. Local administration of interleukin-11 ameliorates intestinal radiation injury. Cancer Res 2007;67:9501-9506. PMID: 17909060
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Marjan Boerma, Kerrey A. Roberto, Martin Hauer-Jensen. Prevention and treatment of functional and structural radiation injury in the rat heart by pentoxifylline and alpha-tocopherol. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2008;72:170-177. PMID: 18632215
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Marjan Boerma, Junru Wang, Ashwini Kulkarni, Kerrey A. Roberto, Xiaohua Qiu, Richard H. Kennedy, Martin Hauer-Jensen. Influence of endothelin-1 receptor inhibition on functional, structural and molecular changes in the rat heart after irradiation. Radiat Res 2008;170:275-283. PMID: 18763854
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Marjan Boerma, Qiang Fu, Junru Wang, David S. Loose, Alessandra Bartolozzi, James L. Ellis, Sharon McGonigle, Elsa Paradise, Paul Sweetnam, Louis M. Fink, Marie-Catherine Vozenin-Brotons, Martin Hauer-Jensen. Comparative gene expression profiling in three primary human cell lines after treatment with a novel inhibitor of Rho kinase or atorvastatin. Blood Coagul Fibrinolysis 2008;19:709-718. PMID: 18832915
