MIT's Hoffman elected to astronaut health board

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Jeffrey Hoffman, a former astronaut and current aeronautics and astronautics professor at MIT, has been chosen to join the board of directors for the National Space Biomedical Research Institute (NSBRI) where he will support research into astronaut health.

Hoffman made five NASA space shuttle flights from 1985 to 1995. He became NASA’s European representative from 1997 through 2001. Since then, he has been teaching at MIT and serving as director of the Massachusetts Space Grant Consortium. Hoffman earned a Ph.D. in astrophysics from Harvard University and a bachelor’s degree in the same subject from Amherst College, as well as a master’s degree in materials science from Rice University.

NASA-funded NSBRI consists of more than 60 U.S. institutions, including MIT, studying health risks of long-duration space flights, including bone and muscle loss, radiation exposure, cardiovascular changes, neurobehavioral and psychosocial risks, and remote medical care issues. The consortium also researches ways to counteract such risks.

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