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Satoshi Minoshima

Anne G. Osborn Chair and Professor
Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences
Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine

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What are you trying to do? Articulate your objectives using absolutely no jargon.

Advance medical imaging for people in space. Help develop methods to protect humans from cosmic radiation.

How is it done today, and what are the limits of current practice?

Cross-sectional imaging devices, essential for medical care, are challenging to implement and operate in space and on other planets due to their size, complexity, and durability requirements. Humans will be exposed to higher levels of radiation during space travel and potentially on other planets.

What is new in your approach and why do you think it will be successful?

Industry collaboration and brainstorming to develop new imaging devices that can be operated in spaceships and on other planets. Help develop small molecule drugs that make cells more resistant to radiation. Also, help devise radiation protection methods in space.

Who cares? If you are successful, what difference will it make?

Help support health and healthcare for people in space.