Cameron M. Hough

Medical Physicist

Division of Medical Physics

Post-doctoral diploma – Radiation Oncology Physics

University of Calgary, 2023

PhD – Medical Physics

University of Alberta, 2021

BSc (Honours) – Physics

University of Alberta, 2014

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Publications

Peer-reviewed manuscripts:

  1. Markelz, A.G., Havenith, M., & Hough, C.M. “Terahertz Biological Effects and Sensing,” in The 2023 Terahertz Science and Technology Roadmap, edited by Sharp, T. & Miller, T. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics. 56(223001): 15 – 17, 2023.
  2. Hough, C.M., Purschke, D.N., Bell, C., Kalra, A.P., Oliva, P.J., Huang, C., Tuszynski, J., Warkentin, B.J., & Hegmann, F.A. Disassembly of microtubules by intense terahertz pulses. Biomedical Optics Express. 12(9): 5812 – 5828, 2021.
  3. Hough, C.M., Purschke, D.N., Huang, C., Titova, L.V., Kovalchuk, O.V., Warkentin, B.J., & Hegmann, F.A. Invited Paper: Intense Terahertz Pulses Inhibit Ras Signaling and Other Cancer-associated Signaling Pathways in Human Skin Tissue Models. Journal of Physics: Photonics. 3(3): 1 – 12, 2021.
  4. Hough, C.M., Purschke, D.N., Huang, C., Titova, L.V., Kovalchuk, O.V., Warkentin, B.J., & Hegmann, F.A. Topology-based prediction of pathway dysregulation induced by intense terahertz pulses in human skin tissue models. Journal of Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves. 39: 887 – 898, 2018.
  5. Hough, C.M., Purschke, D.N., Huang, C., Titova, L.V., Kovalchuk, O.V., Warkentin, B.J., & Hegmann, F.A. Invited Paper: Global gene expression in human skin tissue induced by intense terahertz pulses. Terahertz Science and Technology. 11(1): 28 – 33, 2018.
  6. Santelices, I., Friesen, D., Bell, C., Hough, C.M., Xiao, J., Kar, P., Freedman, H., Rezania, V., Lewis, J., Shankar, K., & Tuszynski, J. Response to Alternating Electric Fields of Tubulin Dimers and Microtubule Ensembles in Electrolytic Solutions. Scientific Reports. 7(9594): 1 – 11, 2017.

Conference proceedings and abstracts:

  1. Hough, C.M., Purschke, D.N., Bell, C., Kalra, A.P., Oliva, P.J., Huang, C., Tuszynski, J., Warkentin, B.J., & Hegmann, F.A. Field- and frequency-dependent disassembly of polymerized and chemically stabilized microtubules by intense terahertz pulses. 47th Infrared Millimeter and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz), Delft, The Netherlands, 2022.
  2. Hough, C.M. & McGeachy, P. In-house machined copper as an alternative to cerrobend for custom cutouts in electron radiation therapy. The Canadian Association of Medical Physicists (COMP) 68th Annual Scientific Meeting. Quebec City, Canada, June 2022.
  3. Hough, C.M., Purschke, D.N., Huang, C., Titova, L.V., Kovalchuk, O.V., Warkentin, B.J., & Hegmann, F.A. Genomic Signature of Membrane Permeation Induced by Intense THz Pulses. 45th Infrared Millimeter and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz), Buffalo, NY, 2020.
  4. Hough, C.M., Purschke, D.N., Huang, C., Titova, L.V., Kovalchuk, O.V., Warkentin, B.J., & Hegmann, F.A. Genomic Mechanisms of THz-Induced Cancer Dysregulation in Human Skin. 44th Infrared Millimeter and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz), Paris, France, 2019.
  5. Hough, C.M., Purschke, D.N., Huang, C., Titova, L.V., Kovalchuk, O.V., Warkentin, B.J., & Hegmann, F.A. Intensity-dependent Suppression of Calcium Signaling in Human Skin Tissue Models Induced by Intense THz Pulses. 43rd Infrared Millimeter and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz), Nagoya, Japan, 2018.
  6. Hough, C.M., Purschke, D.N., Huang, C., Titova, L.V., Kovalchuk, O.V., Warkentin, B.J., & Hegmann, F.A. Biological Effects of Intense THz Pulses in Human Skin Tissue Models. 42nd Infrared Millimeter and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz), Cancun, Mexico, 2017.

Conference presentations:

  1. “Field- and frequency-dependent disassembly of polymerized and chemically stabilized microtubules by intense terahertz pulses.” 47th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz). Delft, The Netherlands, September 2022.
  2. “In-house machined copper as an alternative to cerrobend for custom cutouts in electron radiation therapy.” The Canadian Association of Medical Physicists (COMP) 68th Annual Scientific Meeting. Quebec City, Canada, June 2022.
  3. “Genomic Signature of Membrane Permeation Induced by Intense THz Pulses.” 45th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz). Buffalo, USA, November 2020.
  4. “Terahertz-Induced Cancer Signaling Dysregulation in Human Skin.” The Canadian Association of Physicists in Medicine (COMP) 65th Annual Scientific Meeting, Kelowna, Canada, September 2019.
  5. Keynote presentation: “Genomic Mechanisms of THz-Induced Cancer Dysregulation in Human Skin.” 44th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz). Paris, France, September 2019.
  6. Keynote presentation: “Intensity-dependent Suppression of Calcium Signaling in Human Skin Models.” 43rd International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz). Nagoya, Japan, September 2018.
  7. Plenary delegate presentation: “Global Gene Expression Dynamics in Human Skin Tissue Models.” 6th Shenzhen International Conference on Advanced Science and Technology (SICAST). Shenzhen, China, December 2017.
  8. “Effects of Intense THz Pulses on Gene Expression Dynamics in Human Skin Models.” 8th Terahertz-Bio International Workshop. Frascati, Italy, October 2017.
  9. Keynote presentation: “Biological Effects of Intense Terahertz Pulses on Human Skin Tissue Models.” 42nd International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz). Cancun, Mexico, August 2017.