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Date, Time &

Location:

Wednesday, 10/12/2016   12:00 - 1:00 p.m.

Kleberg Auditorium, Baylor College of Medicine



Speaker:


Virginia E. Wotring, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Pharmacology and Space Medicine

Baylor College of Medicine
Chief Scientist and Deputy Director, Translational Research Institute

Science and Integration Manager

National Space Biomedical Research Institute



Lecture  Title:

"Pharmacological Considerations for Space Flight Missions"



Learning Objectives:






*        Understand what a medication's expiration date means and how it is determined.

*        Understand the potential consequences of medication stability for long duration spaceflight.

*        Understand the potential consequences of altered pharmacokinetics on therapeutic safety and efficacy.








We encourage BCM students, faculty and staff to attend the CSM elective lecture series "Topics in Human Space Exploration and Medicine."  Please contact me if you need additional information about this presentation.

Thank you,

Nancy Gibbins
Center for Space Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine
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