Dr. Marjan Boerma is a Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Director of the Division of Radiation Health, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. She received her PhD in radiation biology from Leiden University, the Netherlands in 2004 and followed this with a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). Her research interest is normal tissue injury from ionizing radiation, specifically in the cardiovascular system. Her laboratory uses animal models that address whole-body radiation exposure due to radiological accidents, cardiac side effects of radiation therapy, and cardiovascular effects of low- and high-linear energy transfer radiation to mimic exposures during deep-space travel. She has co-authored more than 100 peer-reviewed articles in this area, and her research funding has been provided by NIH, NASA, and other federal and private funding sources.