Kent Lambert

Kent Lambert

Director of Regulatory Compliance and Radiation Safety Officer
Electrical and Computer Engineering

Kent Lambert

Director of Regulatory Compliance and Radiation Safety Officer
Electrical and Computer Engineering

Biography

Although he started his career in industry, Kent Lambert left it (and Texas) and now has over 30 years of experience at academic/medical institutions beginning at Princeton University and including Temple University and Hahnemann University. Currently he is the Director of Regulatory Compliance and Radiation Safety Officer for Drexel University. In addition to his administrative duties, he also teaches (or has taught) physics courses to radiology technologist students and undergraduate and graduate courses in health physics as well as guest lectures in numerous other courses. Because of the affiliation between Drexel University College of Medicine and Tenet HealthSystems, for several years he provided consulting health physics services to Tenet’s Philadelphia-based hospitals.

Degrees / Education

  • MS, Radiation Sciences - Health Physics Option, Rutgers University, 1987
  • BS, Radiation Protection Engineering, Texas A&M University, 1978

Academic Distinctions

  • Delaware Valley Society for Radiation Safety Meritorious Achievement Award, 2018.
  • President, American Academy of Health Physics, 2016
  • Associate Editor, Health Physics, 2016
  • William A. McAdams Outstanding Service Award, American Board of Health Physics, 2013
  • Member, Radiation Protection Advisory Committee, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, 2012
  • Chair, American Board of Health Physics, 2011
  • Co–chair, Working Group on Certifications and Qualifications, International Radiation Protection Association (IRPA), 2011 – 2016
  • Fellow Member, Health Physics Society, 2010
  • Parliamentarian, Health Physics Society, 2008 - 2010
  • President, Delaware Valley Society for Radiation Safety, 2006 - 2007
  • Chair, Part I Panel of Examiners, American Board of Health Physics, 2002
  • Treasurer, Health Physics Society, 2002 - 2004
  • Board of Directors, Health Physics Society, 1998 - 2001
  • President, Delaware Valley Society for Radiation Safety, 1995-1996
  • Diplomate of the American Board of Health Physics (Certified Health Physicist), 1990, recertified through 2018
  • Presidential Certificate of Merit, Clear Creek Basin Water Quality Study, 1975

Select Publications

  • “IRPA Guidance on Certification of a Radiation Protection Expert.” IRPA Working Group on Radiation Protection Certification and Qualification, K. Lambert, C. Partington, co-chairs. November 2016.
  • “2008 William A. McAdams Outstanding Service Award: Presented to James S. Willison.” K.N. Lambert. Presented at the American Academy of Health Physics Award Banquet, July 15, 2008; citation published in Health Physics. Vol. 95 No. 6, December 2008, pp 713–715.
  • “Inspection of Lead Aprons: Criteria For Rejection.” K.N. Lambert and T. McKeon. Abstract published: Health Physics Volume 78, No. 6, June 2000, pp S130–S131 (Supplement), Article published: Health Physics Volume 80, No. 5, May, 2001, pp S67 – S69, (Operational Radiation Safety Supplement).
  • “Radiation Safety Education in Laboratory Animal Science.” J.G. Emrich, K.N. Lambert, and J. Silverman. Abstract published: Health Physics Volume 76, No. 6, June 1999, pg. S140, (Supplement), Article published: Health Physics Volume 79, No. 2, August 2000, pp S12 – 15, (Operational Radiation Safety Supplement).
  • "Health Physics Education for Industrial Hygienists." K.N. Lambert and R. M. Patterson. Presented at the 28th Midyear Topical Meeting of the Health Physics Society. Published in Health Physics Training and Education (proceedings), January 1995.