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Dr. Kevin Fong is an anaesthetist and honorary lecturer in physiology
at University College London. He holds degrees in medicine and astrophysics
and chairs the UK Space Biomedical Advisory Committee.
In the past Kevin has worked with NASA and the European Space Agency
and is currently working at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston
investigating the effects of long-term space flight on the human
body.
In the UK Kevin works with a team of researchers at University College
London. This group, the Centre for Aviation, Space and Extreme environment
medicine (CASE), has a special interest in the parallels that exists
between critical illness and the physiology of extreme environments.
It includes physicians and scientists with expertise in mountaineering,
scuba diving, space flight, human performance and remote medical
care as well as clinical experience in intensive care medicine.
Kevin is a NESTA Fellow (National Endowment for Science Technology
and the Arts) and much of his current work is supported through
this organisation. Kevin received a NESTA Fellowship to look into
ways that the body’s reaction to space flight, and other extreme
environments can help in the fight against disease back on Earth
– particularly in intensive care units.
Find out more at:
www.nesta.org
www.case.ucl.ac.uk
www.ucl.ac.uk
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