The National Space Biomedical Research Institute (NSBRI) is a NASA

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-funded consortium

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 of institutions studying the health risks related to long-duration spaceflight

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 and developing solutions to reduce those risks. Currently, NSBRI has seven teams conducting research at more than 60 institutions around the United States

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Currently, NSBRI the only U.S. organization participating in the Mars 500 Project's 520-day mission simulations with an experiment that is monitoring the six crew members' rest-activity cycles, performance and psychological responses to determine the extent to which sleep loss, fatigue, stress, mood changes and conflicts occur during the mission.

NSBRI also has a robust education

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 and outreach program. The NSBRI Education and Outreach team won a Stellar Award from the Rotary National Award for Space Achievement Foundation in 2007 for "performance as a nationally recognized, top-tier program that is pioneering new models for exemplary teaching, training and public outreach in support of the Vision for Space Exploration."

Consortium Members

• Baylor College of Medicine
  Baylor College of Medicine
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• Brookhaven National Laboratory
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• Harvard Medical School
  Harvard Medical School
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• Johns Hopkins University
  Johns Hopkins University
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• Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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• Morehouse School of Medicine
  Morehouse School of Medicine
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• Mount Sinai School of Medicine
  Mount Sinai School of Medicine
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• Rice University
  Rice University
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• Texas A&M University
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• University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
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• University of Pennsylvania Health System
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• University of Washington
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NSBRI Research Teams

• Cardiovascular Alterations
• Human Factors and Performance
• Musculoskeletal Alterations
• Neurobehavioral and Psychosocial Factors
• Radiation Effects
• Sensorimotor Adaptation
• Smart Medical Systems and Technology

External links

• National Space Biomedical Research Institute