This message is being sent courtesy of BCM Center for Space Medicine Date, Time & Location: Wednesday, 11/07/2012 12:10 - 1:00 p.m. Michael E. DeBakey Classroom M323 Speaker: David F. Dinges, M.S., M.A.(h), Ph.D. Professor and Director, Unit for Experimental Psychiatry Chief, Division of Sleep & Chronobiology Vice Chair, Faculty Affairs and Program Development Department of Psychiatry Perelman School of Medicine University of Pennsylvania Lecture Title: "Issues of Behavioral Performance and Behavioral Health in Space - Detection is Key" Exploration of space requires increasingly prolonged periods of confinement, isolation, and exposure to health risks. Maintaining crew members' behavioral capabilities during exploration missions will require finding effective ways to predict, prevent, detect and intervene to counter both individual neurobehavioral deficits and problems of crew cohesion. This talk will review the relevant issues to ensuring humans can cope cognitively, emotionally and socially with the demands of prolonged space flight. We encourage 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. Nancy Gibbins Director, Business Operations Center for Space Medicine Baylor College of Medicine [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> 713-798-7639 http://www.bcm.edu/spacemed/ [cid:image001.png@01CDB8FD.8ECEB300] Click to view a map of BCM http://www.bcm.edu/maps/