Staff Member
Ryan Braham
PhD
Education
- MS West Virginia University 2013
Biography
Ryan received a BS from West Virginia University in Wildlife and Fisheries Resources in 2004. While attending WVU, he had the opportunity to work on a variety of projects generally using an ecosystem-based approach for the conservation of native freshwater species in the Central Appalachian region. Following graduation, he worked in the Inter-mountain West and the Pacific Northwest focusing on a variety of marine groundfish, anadromous salmonid and freshwater species projects.. Ryan's research interest is focused primarily in stream ecology and management. His recent interest is in fish physiology and histology. He is currently part of a comprehensive fish health assessment in the Great Lakes drainage with specific research focusing on non-specific genetic toxicity by evaluating for the presence of micronuclei in peripheral erythrocytes. His long term research interests are geared at the pairing of spatial data with histopathological and genetic endpoints to better evaluate and manage impaired systems.
| Research Publications | Publication Date |
|---|---|
| Braham, R.P., V.S. Blazer, C.H. Shaw, and P.M. Mazik. 2017 Micronuclei and Other Nuclear Abnormalities in Fishes from the Great Lakes Basin. Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis, 58:570-581 doi: 10.1002/em.22123.. IP-084355 BAO approval 7/11/17. | Abstract | July 2017 |
| Blazer, V.S., P.M. Mazik, L.R. Iwanowicz, R. Braham, C. Hahn, H. Walsh and A. Sperry. 2014. Effects-based monitoring of wild fishes at sites in the Great Lakes Basin: Methods and Preliminary Results: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2014-1027 p. 44, http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/ofr/20141027 | Download | March 2014 |
| Presentations | Presentation Date |
|---|---|
| Hahn, C.M., Iwanowicz, L.R., Blazer, V.S., Walsh, H.L., Braham, R.P., Mazik, P.M. 2015. Effects of Contaminants on Gene Expression Endpoints in Micropterus from Great Lakes Areas of Concern. International Association of Great Lakes Research. May 2015. Burlington, VT. | May 2015 |
| Braham, Ryan P., Vicki S. Blazer, Jim D. Hedrick, and Patricia M. Mazik. Temporal Variations in Microcystin Toxins within the Potomac River Drainage. Southern Division of the American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting, Wheeling, West Virginia. February 17-21, 2016. | February 2016 |
| Braham, R.P., V.S. Blazer, H.L Walsh, C.M Hahn, and P.M Mazik. 2014. An Evaluation of Biological Markers as Indicators of Exposure to Genotoxic and Mutagenic Compounds in the Great Lakes Basin, United States. International Symposium on Aquatic Animal Health. Portland, Oregon. August 31-September 4, 2014 | September 2014 |
| Braham, R.P., P.M. Mazik, J. Hedrick, L. Iwanowicz, and V. Blazer. 2014. Investigations on algal (cyanobacterial) species and toxins and their associations with fish lesions, mortalities and estrogenic activity. International Symposium on Aquatic Animal Health. Portland, Oregon. August 31-September 4, 2014. | September 2014 |
| Braham, R., V.S. Blazer and P.M. Mazik. 2013. An evaluation of genotoxic and mutagenic contamination in the Great Lakes Basin: a case study. Annual meeting of the Southern Division of the American Fisheries Society, Nashville, TN February 9-12, 2013 | February 2013 |
| Braham, R., P. Mazik, J. Hedrick, L. Iwanowicz, and V. Blazer. 2015. Spatial and temporal variation among microcystin toxins and environmental estrogens within the Potomac River Drainage. USGS Priority Ecosystem Chesapeake Bay Annual Meeting. Shepherdstown, West Virginia. May 27-28, 2015. | May 2015 |
| Braham, R. P., V. S. Blazer, J. Hedrick, and P. M. Mazik. 2015. Spatial and temporal variations in microcystin toxins and environmental estrogens within the Potomac River Drainage. American Fisheries Society Fish Health Section Annual Meeting. Ithaca, New York. July 13-15, 2015. | July 2015 |