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Virtual Symposium on Human Spaceflight

 

NASA astronaut Serena Auñón-Chancellor

Bioastronautics@hopkins held a Virtual Symposium on Human Spaceflight, on Feb. 24, 2021.This was the first event for the special interest group led by Mark Shelhamer, JHU Professor of Otolaryngology and former Chief Scientist of the NASA Human Research Program.Keynote speakers included physician and NASA astronaut Serena Auñón-Chancellor, and N. Wayne Hale, Director of Human Spaceflight at Special Aerospace Services and the former Space Shuttle Program Manager at NASA. The symposium included researchers in the field from universities and institutions across the country. Below are some of the recorded presentations from the symposium.

Host: Mark Shelhamer, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Moderators: Mallika Sarma and Serena Tang, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Assistance was provided by JHU WSE’s Commercial and Government Program Office (Larry Nagahara, Peter Zeender, Linda McLean, Bruce Dennett, William Bagley)

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Video Presentations

Introduction – Mark Shelhamer, Johns Hopkins University

Larry Nagahara, Johns Hopkins University

Jason Kalirai, Space Exploration at Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory – (No video)

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Lori Graham-Brady, Civil and Systems Engineering at JHU

Opening Keynote – Wayne Hale, Special Aerospace Services; former Director of Space Shuttle Program at NASA

Gary Riccio, NASA's Leadership in Metascience

Erik Antonsen, Ending Siloes: The Need to Paint the Big Picture of Human System Risks in Human Spaceflight

Jeff Chancellor, Space Radiation: Where is the risk?

David Klaus, Bioastronautics at UC Boulder

Aenor Sawyer, The Health Sense Matrix for Space – (No video)

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Cheryl Nickerson, ASU Space Life Sciences Efforts

Michael Schubert, Autonomous Rehab to Reduce Motion Sickness and Improve Balance – (No video)

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Mike Rosen, Team Physiological Dynamics and Communication Measurement Strategies for LDSE Competencies

Sharon Gerecht, 3D Human Vascular Models to Study Responses to Radiation and Hypoxia – (No video)

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Deok-Ho Kim – (No video)

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Radames Cordero, Melanin in Space

Greg Falco, Smart Cities for Resilient Space Habits

Serena Auñón-Chancellor – (No video)

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Human Spaceflight Special Interest Group

 

Photo courtesy of NASA

Johns Hopkins University is a major force in the area of spaceflight, with an emphasis on human health and performance, but connecting to all associated disciplines. The Human Spaceflight Special Interest Group will provide a unifying structure for activities in this field across the university by identifying and distributing funding and research opportunities, assisting with proposals, promoting cross disciplinary and integrated research, and assisting in student recruiting.

 

For information about the Human Spaceflight Special Interest Group, please contact:

Mark Shelhamer
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
(410) 614-5898
mshelhamer@jhu.edu

 

Funding Opportunities

  1. Roses 20 Amendment 70: E.12 Space Biology, Call for Flight and/or Ground Research Proposals
    – Solicitation: NNH20ZDA001N-SB

Job Opportunities

JHU Professor to Create Center for Space Life Sciences

Photo courtesy of Mark Shelhamer

Johns Hopkins Associate Professor Mark Shelhamer, left, is working to create a Center for Space Life Sciences at Johns Hopkins University. Shelhamer has spent much of his career studying the human body’s adaptations to space. Now he is trying to help NASA (and commercial entities) safely send humans into space and to Mars while mitigating some of the major risks to human health and performance.

To read the full article in the Johns Hopkins Magazine, click here.

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