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Date, Time & Location:	Thursday, 4/26/2018  12:00 – 1:00 p.m.   Kleberg Auditorium
Speaker:	Jean D. Sibonga, Ph.D. Bone Discipline Lead Human Research Program Risk Custodian for Bone Fracture NASA Johnson Space Center
Lecture  Title:	“Skeletal Adaptation to Spaceflight: How do we Assess Fracture Risk in the Astronaut?”
Learning Objectives:	· Understand the insufficiency of DXA BMD as a sole surrogate for fracture risk and to assess astronaut skeletal health for the space program. · Understand the utility of conventional QCT measurements of the hip for clinical and operational decision-making in the space program.
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. Nancy Gibbins Center for Space Medicine Baylor College of Medicine 713-798-4510