Uploaded November 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Skeletons do not like spaceflight. Microgravity effects on bone health and the rates of muscle loss are frightening. Therefore, huge energy and time investment goes into protecting astronauts' bones. This talk covered the human hazards of spaceflight and teach you how to take good care of your bones like an astronaut.
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This talk was given by Dr Lisa McNamee.
Dr Lisa McNamee is a medical doctor with a special interest in aviation and space medicine. She holds honours degrees from Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Trinity College Dublin and an MSc from University College Dublin.
She has completed the European Space Agency's space physician training course and the University of Texas Medical Branch Principles of Aviation and Space Medicine course. She is a co-founder of Space Medicine Ireland and is working on multiple space medicine research projects. She lectures in medicine and engineering and has published extensively in the academic and mainstream press.
She won the Women's Aerospace Awards 2024 in the category of medicine and health. She received the Anita Mantri PhD Award in the field of Aerospace Medicine education, outreach and leadership. She was the winner of the 2024 Women in STEM Rising Star Award. She developed a free medical emergencies translation app, Fluent Medic, which is available on the App store.She is a podcast co-host for Irish Doctors for the Environment's Climate Conversations Podcast. She is the Outreach lead for the Women in Medicine in Ireland Network.
Lisa is a passionate science communicator and space aficionado.
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Now in its seventh year, Samhain agus Science brings together researchers from DIAS and around the world for a series of free events that take inspiration from the Celtic festival of Samhain and look at the dark side of science.
The festival aims to make the big scientific questions of our time and Celtic history relevant, accessible, and fun to a general audience who might not normally be familiar with these topics.
Skeletons do not like spaceflight. Microgravity effects on bone health and the rates of muscle loss are frightening. Therefore, huge energy and time investment goes into protecting astronauts' bones. This talk covered the human hazards of spaceflight and teach you how to take good care of your bones like an astronaut.
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This talk was given by Dr Lisa McNamee.
Dr Lisa McNamee is a medical doctor with a special interest in aviation and space medicine. She holds honours degrees from Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Trinity College Dublin and an MSc from University College Dublin.
She has completed the European Space Agency's space physician training course and the University of Texas Medical Branch Principles of Aviation and Space Medicine course. She is a co-founder of Space Medicine Ireland and is working on multiple space medicine research projects. She lectures in medicine and engineering and has published extensively in the academic and mainstream press.
She won the Women's Aerospace Awards 2024 in the category of medicine and health. She received the Anita Mantri PhD Award in the field of Aerospace Medicine education, outreach and leadership. She was the winner of the 2024 Women in STEM Rising Star Award. She developed a free medical emergencies translation app, Fluent Medic, which is available on the App store.She is a podcast co-host for Irish Doctors for the Environment's Climate Conversations Podcast. She is the Outreach lead for the Women in Medicine in Ireland Network.
Lisa is a passionate science communicator and space aficionado.
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Now in its seventh year, Samhain agus Science brings together researchers from DIAS and around the world for a series of free events that take inspiration from the Celtic festival of Samhain and look at the dark side of science.
The festival aims to make the big scientific questions of our time and Celtic history relevant, accessible, and fun to a general audience who might not normally be familiar with these topics.
