session 2

Title

Human Physiology in Space

type

oral

Description

This session focuses on physiological effects of short- and long-duration spaceflight, and how this affects general health. Research into mitigation (countermeasures) of space effects are also included.

IPC members

• Co-Chair: Prof. Elena Fomina, State Scientific Center of Russian Federation, Institute of Biomedical Problems, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russian Federation;

• Co-Chair: Dr. Jens Jordan, Institute of Aerospace Medicine (DLR), Germany;

• Rapporteur: Dr. Alain Maillet, MEDES - IMPS, France;

• Rapporteur: Dr. Angelique Van Ombergen, European Space Agency (ESA), The Netherlands;