Welcome to °×С½ãÂÛ̳ Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction, Space Health Risks Research Group. We investigate risks to health in space to promote good health and well-being on Earth.
About
The Space Health Risks Research Group is a multidisciplinary community of researchers and practitioners who are investigating how the mitigation of risks to health in space can contribute to promoting good health and well-being in remote environments on Earth. The aim and objectives for 2023 and beyond are currently being reviewed to expand the scope of the research group. Details will be published soon.Ìý
- Aim
ToÌýrigorously investigate the risks to healthÌýin spaceÌýfrom a holistic perspective,Ìýand how to reduce the risk of disaster,Ìýto promote good health and well-being for life in remote environments on Earth.
- Objectives (2021-2022)
- Grow our network of members,Ìýcollaborators andÌýindustry partners.Ìý
- Bring together expert practitioners and researchers from related fields.
- ProduceÌýhigh-quality researchÌýoutputsÌýand reports to influence public/private policy.
- Engage in public outreach to educate aspiring students, scientists and researchers.Ìý
- ProvideÌýa platform for cross-°×С½ãÂÛ̳ grant proposals in space healthÌýrisks and disaster reduction.
Research group projects
Space health and disaster risk reduction symposium
During our symposium we explored how prolonged, holisticÌýhealthcare couldÌýbe provided during a deep space missionÌýby an interdisciplinary practitioner, and how this could benefit life on Earth. A consensus paper is now in development. The keynote speaker wasÌýDr Robert Thirsk,ÌýCanadian Space Agency ex-astronaut and medical doctor.
The first UK analogue space research mission
This project is the first analogue space research missionÌýin the UK to simulateÌýthe human exploration of another planet. The mission has beenÌýdeveloped by an international team of research group members. The mission is now complete and articles will be published shortly.Ìý
Members
- Coordinators
Prof Ilan Kelman Myles HarrisÌý– Research Director
Dr Patrizia Isabelle Duda - Affiliate members (°×С½ãÂÛ̳)
- Dr Aaron ParkhurstÌý(Medical Anthropologist)
- Dr David JeevendrampillaiÌý(°×С½ãÂÛ̳ Centre for Outer Space Studies director)
- Paddy EdgleyÌý(Anthropology PhD student, °×С½ãÂÛ̳ Centre for Outer Space Studies assistant director)
- Dr Iya WhiteleyÌý(°×С½ãÂÛ̳ Centre for Space Medicine director, author ofÌý)
- Rebekah Yore (PhD studentÌý°×С½ãÂÛ̳ IRDR; )
- (PhD student °×С½ãÂÛ̳ IRDR;ÌýCOBR Operations Crisis and Development)
- Associate members (non-°×С½ãÂÛ̳)
- Prof Kate Robson Brown (University of Bristol, Jean Golding Institute director and Senior Fellow of Alan Turing Institute)
- Dr Pete Bradley (Medical Doctor, faculty member of Remote Area Risk International)
- Dr Pete Hodkinson (King's College London, Head of Aerospace Medicine – clinical and education)
- Dr David A Green (KBR for ESA, Space Medicine Team & King’s College London, Visiting Senior Lecturer of Aerospace Physiology)
- Dr Rochelle Velho (Medical Doctor)
- Dr Bonnie Posselt (Royal Air Force, Space Medicine Registrar)
- Dr Nathan Smith (Research Fellow, University of Manchester)
- Dr Ilija Rasovic (Break Off Labs)
- Dr Li Shean Toh (University of Nottingham, Asst Prof Medicines Management and Astropharmacy)
- Dr Philip Brady (Assistant Professor and Senior Registrar in General Adult and Forensic Psychiatry)
- Dr Joshua Chou (Ìý°ä·¡°¿)
- Dr Rowena Christiansen (Ìý´Ú´Ç³Ü²Ô»å±ð°ù)
- Dr Nandu Goswami (Medical University of Graz, Austria)
- Dr Tovy Haber KamineÌý(Assistant Professor & Trauma and Critical Care Surgeon)
- Dr Katharine Ganly (Medical Doctor)
- Dr Alfred Hill (Medical Doctor)
- Dr Eliott Rooke (University of Exeter, Lecturer in Human Geography)
- Hamish Magoffin (Break Off Labs)
- Mathew Davies (Lawyer, director of Remote Area Risk International)
- Eleonor Frost (Space Generation Advisory Council)
- Acatzin BenÃtez Salgado (Biomedical Engineering,ÌýUniversidad Autónoma del Estado de México)
- Abdul-Moiz Siddiqi (Space educator and outreach lead, Leaders Unlocked)
- Luke Sawyers (PhD student, University of Nottingham)
- Michael Murphy (University of Oxford Alumni,ÌýEthno-ISS ProjectÌýassociate researcher)
- Collaborators
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