Voluntary Faculty
Voluntary faculty are typically clinicians or others who are employed outside of the School but make significant contributions to department programs at the medical center or at affiliate institutions.
Voluntary rank detailsNicholas Dainiak, MD
Clinical ProfessorAbout
Research
Publications
2026
Cytokine use in the hematopoietic subsyndrome of acute radiation syndrome (H-ARS): implications for the role of cytokines in a mass casualty radiologic/nuclear (R/N) emergency
Dainiak N, Akashi M, Chao N, Port M, Powles R, Schanz U, Stenke L. Cytokine use in the hematopoietic subsyndrome of acute radiation syndrome (H-ARS): implications for the role of cytokines in a mass casualty radiologic/nuclear (R/N) emergency. Journal Of Radiological Protection 2026, 46: 013501. PMID: 41678840, DOI: 10.1088/1361-6498/ae4523.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsRe-envisioning the North American Biodosimetry Assessment Networking Group
Satyamitra M, Balajee A, Blakely W, Coleman C, Dainiak N, Rios C, Wilkins R, DiCarlo A. Re-envisioning the North American Biodosimetry Assessment Networking Group. Disaster Medicine And Public Health Preparedness 2026, 20: e36. PMID: 41668386, DOI: 10.1017/dmp.2025.10051.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2025
Development of Evidence-based Guidelines on Assessment and Management of Internal Contamination with Transuranic Actinides
Li C, Kenbayeva Z, Dainiak N, Yepes-Nuñez J, Zeeb H, Gill S, Akashi M, Alves A, Chang A, DiCarlo A, Iddins C, Kazzi Z, Klumpp J, Osamu K, Lopez M, Phan G, Port M, Riddell A, Salame-Alfie A, Sawant P, Tatsuzaki H, Vassilenko V. Development of Evidence-based Guidelines on Assessment and Management of Internal Contamination with Transuranic Actinides. Disaster Medicine And Public Health Preparedness 2025, 19: e156. PMID: 40538032, PMCID: PMC12915525, DOI: 10.1017/dmp.2025.10091.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2024
Biology of Exfoliation of Plasma Membrane-Derived Vesicles and the Radiation Response: Historical Background, Applications in Biodosimetry and Cell-Free Therapeutics, and Quantal Mechanisms for Their Release and Function with Implications for Space Travel
Dainiak N. Biology of Exfoliation of Plasma Membrane-Derived Vesicles and the Radiation Response: Historical Background, Applications in Biodosimetry and Cell-Free Therapeutics, and Quantal Mechanisms for Their Release and Function with Implications for Space Travel. Radiation Research 2024, 202: 328-354. PMID: 38981604, DOI: 10.1667/rade-24-00078.1.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2016
Inferences, Risk Modeling, and Prediction of Health Effects of Ionizing Radiation
Dainiak N. Inferences, Risk Modeling, and Prediction of Health Effects of Ionizing Radiation. Health Physics 2016, 110: 271-273. PMID: 26808880, DOI: 10.1097/hp.0000000000000465.Peer-Reviewed Original Research