Episode 441 - Space Medicine for Earthlings - Special Virtual Series - Episode 1

Transforming healthcare through innovations in extreme environments.

Humans operating in extreme environments often conduct their operations at the edges of the limits of human performance. Sometimes, they are required to push these limits to previously unattained levels. As a result, their margins for error in execution are much smaller than that found in the general public. These same small margins for error that impact execution may also impact risk, safety, health, and even survival. Thus, humans operating in extreme environments have a need for greater refinement in their preparation, training, fitness, and medical care. (Source: Optimizing human performance in extreme environments through precision medicine: From spaceflight to high-performance operations on Earth)

This session discusses the latest developments in Space & Earth medical science and research with leaders in this specialist, exciting and critically important domain of humans in space.

Panelists:

• Dr Josef Schmid, First Human Holoported to Space | NASA Orion Medical Operations Lead | NASA Flight Surgeon, NASA
• Dr Shawna Pandya, First named Canadian female commercial astronaut; Physician & Director, International Institute for Astronautical Sciences Space Medicine Group
• Ekaterina Kostioukhina, Medical Consultant, Air Ambulance Flight Team, Human hibernation researcher, Health New Zealand
• Vladimir Ivkovic, PhD, Director, Research Opportunities, Center for Space Medicine Research, Department of Psychiatry | Director, Laboratory for Neuroimaging and Integrative Physiology, Neural Systems Group, Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital & Harvard Medical School

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