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NASA astronauts return to Earth: How nine months in space will impact their health
NASA astronauts return to Earth: How nine months in space will impact their health
Members of the media may directly contact the following experts on this topic:
Guy Trudel (English and French)
Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Faculty of Medicine
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Professor Trudel's research focuses on astronauts health, including impact to red blood cells and bone and benefits of bone marrow, to anemia upon returning from space.
He can discuss the following themes:
- Human space travel
- Gravitational Physiology
- Rehabilitation after immobility
Odette Laneuville (English and French)
Associate Professor, Department of Biology, Faculty of Social Sciences
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Dr. Laneuville’s research focuses on astronauts health, including how immune deficits in space are transient, and disappear back on Earth.
She can discuss the astronauts’ return amid the following themes:
- Deconditioning of multiple physiological systems associated with spaceflight
- Reduced immune response during long missions (approx. six months) and latent virus reactivation
- Gene expression to detect deconditioning and target interventions
- Challenges associated with gene expression measurements while in space
- Development of interventions to mitigate the negative effects of space environment.