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Review of NASA’s Evidence
Reports on Human Health Risks

2017 LETTER REPORT

Carol E. H. Scott-Conner, Daniel R. Masys, and
Catharyn T. Liverman, Editors

Committee to Review NASA’s Evidence Reports
on Human Health Risks

Board on Health Sciences Policy

Health and Medicine Division

A Consensus Study Report of

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Suggested citation: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2018. Review of NASA’s evidence reports on human health risks: 2017 letter report. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: https://doi.org/10.17226/24953.

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Suggested Citation:"Front Matter." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2018. Review of NASA's Evidence Reports on Human Health Risks: 2017 Letter Report. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/24953.
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COMMITTEE TO REVIEW NASA’S EVIDENCE REPORTS ON HUMAN HEALTH RISKS

CAROL E. H. SCOTT-CONNER (Chair), University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City

DANIEL R. MASYS (Vice Chair), University of Washington, Seattle

DANIEL BIKLE, University of California, San Francisco

VICTOR A. CONVERTINO, U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research, Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, TX

NANCY E. LANE, University of California, Davis

JAMES A. PAWELCZYK, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park

ROBERT L. SATCHER, JR., The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston

JULIANNA C. SIMON, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park

JACK W. STUSTER, Anacapa Sciences, Santa Barbara, CA

GAYLE E. WOLOSCHAK, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL

LAURENCE R. YOUNG, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge

Health and Medicine Division Staff

CATHARYN T. LIVERMAN, Study Director

JUDITH L. ESTEP, Program Associate

ANDREW M. POPE, Director, Board on Health Sciences Policy

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Reviewers

This Consensus Study Report was reviewed in draft form by individuals chosen for their diverse perspectives and technical expertise. The purpose of this independent review is to provide candid and critical comments that will assist the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine in making each published report as sound as possible and to ensure that it meets the institutional standards for quality, 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 thank the following individuals for their review of this report:

JONATHAN CLARK, Baylor College of Medicine

STEVEN A. GOLDSTEIN, University of Michigan

ADRIAN D. LEBLANC, Baylor College of Medicine

JOHN C. LIESKE, Mayo Clinic

JAMES E. LINGEMAN, Indiana University School of Medicine

ERIC S. ORWOLL, Oregon Health & Science University

DAVID SPRAGG, Johns Hopkins Hospital and Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center

MYRON L. WEISFELDT, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

DAVE WILLIAMS, Exploration Incorporated

Although the reviewers listed above provided many constructive comments and suggestions, they were not asked to endorse the conclusions or recommendations of this report nor did they see the final draft before its release. The review of this report was overseen by JOHN R. BALL, American College of Physicians, Emeritus. He was responsible

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for making certain that an independent examination of this report was carried out in accordance with the standards of the National Academies and that all review comments were carefully considered. Responsibility for the final content rests entirely with the authoring committee and the National Academies.

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This is the fifth, and final, in a series of letter reports that provide an independent review of the more than 30 evidence reports that NASA has compiled on human health risks for long-duration and exploration spaceflights. This letter report reviews five evidence reports and examines the quality of the evidence, analysis, and overall construction of each report; identifies existing gaps in report content; and provides suggestions for additional sources of expert input.

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