TRISH Archives - Baylor College of Medicine Blog Network

Inside a spacecraft cabin, two individuals float in microgravity while interacting with electronic devices secured to a workstation. One person is leaning over a control surface, using a touchscreen device, while another reviews information on a tablet. Their hair and equipment are suspended due to weightlessness, and the surrounding environment features sleek white panels, seats, and harnesses typical of a crewed space capsule.

Learn how Translational Research Institute of Space Health is working to solve the health challenges of human deep-space exploration.

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Invisible to the naked eye: Space omics and the need for sample collection guidelines

June 10, 2025 Genetics, Genome Sequencing, GENSTAR, Research, space travel, TRISH

The GENESTAR manual establishes guidelines for collecting omics data in a spaceflight context, outlining TRISH’s Space Omics program.

Astronaut in space looking away from Earth.

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Unlocking innovations: How space health research drives technological advancements on Earth

March 3, 2025 Space Health, Translational Research Institute for Space Health, TRISH

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

Policywise

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

Policywise

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?