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Date, Time & Location:

Wednesday, 03/21/2012   12:10 - 1:00 p.m.  Cullen Auditorium


Speaker:

Jeff Chancellor, Radiation Scientist
National Space Biomedical Research Institute
Senior Project Manager, Baylor College of Medicine
Ph.D. candidate at TX A&M University


Lecture  Title:

"Space Radiation: Health Risks and Mitigation Strategies"



Learning Objectives:

*         Understand the types of radiation in the space environment and the effects of ionizing radiation

*         Learn about the evolution and health risks to astronaut crews during a solar particle event (SPE)

*         Learn about mitigation strategies - NASA Mission Control contingency procedures during a solar particle event

*         Gain an understanding of the health risks to long duration mission crews because of the radiation environment outside of low Earth orbit (LEO)

We encourage BCM students, faculty and staff to attend the CSM elective lecture series "Introduction to 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 &
National Space Biomedical Research Institute
BioScience Research Collaborative
6500 Main Street, Suite 910
Houston, TX 77030-1402
713-798-7639