Meeting Agenda

Open Agenda Meeting 8 - Committee on Aerospace Medicine and the Medicine of Extreme Environments

1:00–3:00         Planning – IOM Workshop on Analog Environments and Other Methodologies for Research on  Health Impacts of Space Travel: Issues for Health-Related Research and Operational Medicine                        

1:00–1:30        Overview of Potential Issues and Questions
                                        Warren Zapol
                                         Peter Suedfeld

1:30–2:45        Scope of the Workshop, Workshop Questions, Potential Speakers

Types of methodologies
     --Analog environments – polar, submarine, others
     --Simulations – NEEMO, SMEAT, Mars 500, etc.
     --Others?

Types of health issues
     --Health promotion and disease prevention
     --Health risks
     --Autonomous health care
     --Others?

2:45-3:00       Break 

3:00–3:30      Further Plans for February Workshop and Ideas for Future Workshops/Meetings 

3:30              Adjourn

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