PRELIMINARY CONSIDERATIONS REGARDING NASA’S BIOASTRONAUTICS CRITICAL PATH ROADMAP
Interim Report
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COMMITTEE ON REVIEW OF NASA’S BIOASTRONAUTICS CRITICAL PATH ROADMAP
DAVID E. LONGNECKER (Chair), Professor of Anesthesia,
University of Pennsylvania
JAMES P. BAGIAN, Director,
National Center for Patient Safety, Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration
ELIZABETH CANTWELL, Director,
External Relations, Homeland Security Organization, and Micro and Nano Technology Section Leader, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
VALERIE GAWRON, Fellow,
General Dynamics
CHRISTOPHER HART, Assistant Administrator for System Safety,
Federal Aviation Administration
THOMAS TEN HAVE, Professor of Biostatistics,
Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
CHARLES LAND, Senior Investigator,
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute
DANIEL R. MASYS, Director of Biomedical Informatics and Professor of Medicine,
University of California, San Diego
BRUCE MCCANDLESS II, Research Scientist,
Advanced Space Transportation Systems, Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company
TOM S. NEUMAN, Professor of Medicine and Surgery,
University of California, San Diego, San Diego Medical Center
THOMAS F. OLTMANNS, E. J. Swift Professor of Arts and Sciences,
Department of Psychology, Washington University
LAWRENCE A. PALINKAS, Professor,
Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of California, San Diego
JAMES PAWELCZYK, Associate Professor of Applied Physiology and Kinesiology,
Pennsylvania State University
BRUCE S. RABIN, Professor of Pathology and Psychiatry, Medical Director,
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Healthy Lifestyle Program
KARLENE ROBERTS, Professor of Business Administration,
Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley
CAROL SCOTT-CONNER, Professor of Surgery,
University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics
MARGARET RHEA SEDDON, Assistant Chief Medical Officer,
Vanderbilt Medical Group
JAY R. SHAPIRO, Professor of Medicine,
Department of Medicine, Uniformed Services University and
Director,
Osteogenesis Imperfecta Program, Kennedy-Krieger Institute
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MELVIN H. WORTH, JR., Scholar-in-Residence
BENJAMIN N. HAMLIN, Research Associate
ERIN MCCARVILLE, Senior Project Assistant
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MAUREEN MELLODY, Program Officer
Reviewers
This report has been reviewed in draft form by individuals chosen for their diverse perspectives and technical expertise, in accordance with procedures approved by the NRC’s Report Review Committee. The purpose of this independent review is to provide candid and critical comments that will assist the institution in making its published report as sound as possible and to ensure that the report meets institutional standards for objectivity, evidence, and responsiveness to the study charge. The review comments and draft manuscript remain confidential to protect the integrity of the deliberative process. We wish to thank the following individuals for their review of this report:
JOHN R. BALL, American Society for Clinical Pathology
DAVID W. GAYLOR, Gaylor & Associates
AL HARRISON, Department of Psychology,University of California, Davis
JOHN KINDINGER, Los Alamos National Laboratory
DAVID M. KLAUS, BioServe Space Technologies, University of Colorado
LAWRENCE G. RAISZ, University of Connecticut Health Center
COURTNEY STADD, Capitol Solutions
Although the reviewers listed above have provided many constructive comments and suggestions, they were not asked to endorse the conclusions nor did they see the final draft of the report before its release. The review of this report was overseen by Mary Jane Osborn, University of Connecticut Health Center. Appointed by the National Research Council and the Institute of Medicine, she was responsible for making certain that an independent examination of this report was carried out in accordance with institutional procedures and that all review comments were carefully considered. Responsibility for the final content of this report rests entirely with the authoring committee and the institution.
