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Date, Time & Location:

Wednesday, 03/20/2013   12:10 - 1:00 p.m.
McMillian 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:

"Radiation Health Risk for Long-Duration Spaceflight Missions Outside of Low-Earth Orbit"

Learning Objectives:

*         Understand the types of radiation in the space environment and the effects of ionizing radiation
*         Gain an understanding of the health risks to long duration mission crews because of the dynamic 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
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