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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