{"id":135517,"date":"2023-05-30T16:20:33","date_gmt":"2023-05-30T20:20:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135517///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135517//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135517//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135517//?p=135517"},"modified":"2023-05-31T16:30:32","modified_gmt":"2023-05-31T20:30:32","slug":"ucf-college-of-medicine-joins-partnership-to-study-health-impacts-of-space-travel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135517///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135517//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135517//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135517//ucf-college-of-medicine-joins-partnership-to-study-health-impacts-of-space-travel/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135517//","title":{"rendered":"UCF College of Medicine Joins Partnership to Study Health Impacts of Space Travel"},"content":{"rendered":"

As space travel becomes more accessible, the 166su College of Medicine is helping to answer questions about how time spent in space affects the body./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135517/n

The College of Medicine has partnered with the NASA-funded Translational Research Institute for Space Health (TRISH) to collect data and biospecimens from commercial spaceflight participants to better understand how space flight impacts health. One of the first missions the College of Medicine is supporting is the Axiom Mission 2 (Ax-2) to the International Space Station (ISS), which launched on May 21./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135517/n

/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135517/u201cThis partnership is a fantastic opportunity and fits with our mission at 166su,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135517/u201d says Deborah German, vice president for Health Affairs at 166su and dean of the College of Medicine. /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135517/u201c166su was born as a university to support the space program and the College of Medicine is continuing this mission with research to support the space program, and to bring to Earth all of the secrets that research and space medicine can reveal./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135517/u201d/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135517/n

Funded by the NASA Human Research Program and led by Baylor College of Medicine, TRISH seeks to better understand the impact of spaceflight, which will inform scientists and clinicians on how to protect the health of humans wherever they explore, in space or on Earth. Through studies exploring motion sickness, sleep disturbance, changes to cognitive function, eye and brain health, and more, TRISH-supported research assesses key aspects of the human experience in space. As part of the partnership, the 166su College of Medicine will conduct pre-flight and post-flight testing and processing of laboratory samples from spaceflight participants of Ax-2 and future commercial space flights./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135517/n