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Space health, mission to Mars challenges bring multiple industries together

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Zelia Worman, support scientist at the Translational Research Institute for Space Health (TRISH), discusses how the science community continues to evaluate risks of space travel.

 

Advancing research into effects of solar radiation on blood cell count

Drew Glaser, postdoctoral fellow at the University of California, Davis, talks about her research using microfluidics technology to simulate conditions that occur in space.
 

Setting up procedures for medical treatment in deep space

Danielle Carroll, postdoctoral scholar and orthopaedic surgeon at UCSF, discusses how space health can learn from global health.

 

The 'intellectual challenge' faced in configuring deep space travel

Dr. Dan Lowenstein, executive vice chancellor and provost at UCSF, discusses how focusing on the health of humans leaving the planet pushes our current capabilities.

 

A look at female change makers in medicine

Author Emily Peters discusses how her book "Procedure: Women Remaking Medicine" is involved in the conversations about space and creating a better healthcare system in the future.