Western University symposium promotes work in space health [Video]

Facing the challenges of staying healthy in space, Western University in London, On. is hosting a three-day symposium designed to help do just that.

As NASA prepares for a return to the Moon and talks continue about going to Mars, one of the focuses is on maintaining the physical and mental health of astronauts on longer missions.

Sarah Gallagher is a professor in Western’s Department of Physics and Astronomy. She is also co-chair of this year’s Canadian Space Health Research Symposium taking place on the Western campus, “You need to bring together experts from all different fields – from engineering or medicine and molecular biology and psychology – in order to think about what you need to do and how you can keep people healthy and live in a very low resource, extremely isolated, confined environment.”

Researchers have come from across Canada and around the world to share ideas designed …