session 3

Title

Human Health and Performance: Mitigating Risk for Space Flight and Improving the Quality of Life on Earth

type

oral

Description

This panel will discuss managing human health and performance risks for spaceflight and how this work contributes significantly to improving the practice of medicine, environmental health monitoring and technology development here on earth. The highest human health risks for exploration missions will be introduced, along with insight into efforts to understand and mitigate the risks. The panel will discuss the benefits of this work for improving our quality of life on earth, including recent partnerships with academia, industry and governments resulting in earth/space benefits, and application to the terrestrial practice of clinical and remote telemedicine. Topics discussed include radiation, behavioral health, nutrition, ultrasound applications and mobile health applications.

Date

2012-05-23

Time

15:30

Room

Renoir

IPC members

• Plenary organizer: Ms. Eugenia Bopp, KBR, United States;

• Moderator: Dr. Jeffrey R. Davis, Exploring 4 Solutions, United States;