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Date, Time &



Location:




Wednesday, 04/02/2014  12:10p - 1:00 p.m.



Kleberg Auditorium

Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas




Speaker:



Graham B.I. Scott, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology and
Center for Space Medicine
Vice President, Chief Scientist & Institute Associate Director
National Space Biomedical Research Institute (NSBRI)




Lecture Title:



Personalized Medicine: a 21st Century Countermeasure Against Becoming Lost in Space



*         Describe NSBRI / BCM / NASA driven Astro-Omics projects, as a first step towards employing personalized medicine in space.

*         Discuss the pernicious space radiation environment, from the perspective of individual vulnerabilities - including differences between male and female astronauts.

*         Anchor the use of personalized medicine, including mitigating the health effects of space radiation, to a future Mars Flyby mission.

Please contact me if you need additional information about this elective.
Nancy Gibbins
Center for Space Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine
713-798-7639