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Astronaut in space looking away from Earth.

Jimmy Wu and Emily Miedema from the Translational Research Institute for Space Health discuss how space health research drives advances on Earth.

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Astro Ethics: Grand Ethical Challenges for Safeguarding Human Health in Outer Space

September 8, 2023 Astroethics, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Center for Space Medicine, commercial space mission, space, TRISH

There is a well-established ethical and regulatory infrastructure that governs human research on Earth, but what happens when health research extends beyond Earth? Astronauts and

Planet earth as seen from space with the sun just peeking over the horizon

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Center for Space Medicine, TRISH use spaceflight to advance healthcare on Earth

August 29, 2023 Center for Space Medicine, life in space, TRISH

When you go to space, almost every system in the body is impacted in some way. Lack of gravity with no intervention leads to bone

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Reimagine what our world’s potential can be

April 15, 2022 Dorit Donoviel, Education, Future, Kelly Hackett, Philanthropist, philanthropy, Residency Program, Ronald Cotton, space, Success, Surgery, TEDx, TEDXBaylorCollegeofMedicine, TRISH

What more can we do to make a difference, not only in our own lives but in the lives of people all over the world?