National Space Biomedical Research Institute
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www.nsbri.org
Brad Thomas
NSBRI
713-798-7595
rbthomas@bcm.edu
NASA scientist to help lead space research team
HOUSTON – (June 26, 2008) – Dr. Jacob J. Bloomberg, senior research physiologist at
NASA Johnson Space Center, has been reappointed associate team leader of the Sensorimotor
Adaptation Team of the National Space Biomedical Research Institute (NSBRI). This is his
second term as an associate team leader.
As associate team leader, Bloomberg will help manage scientists conducting nine projects
at six institutions. Projects focus on finding solutions to the coordination and perceptual
disturbances experienced during and after space missions as a result of neural adaptation to
spaceflight. Research findings will be beneficial to people who suffer from balance disorders on
Earth.
Bloomberg received his bachelor’s degree in biology and his doctoral degree in
neurophysiology, both from McGill University in Canada. He is on the adjunct faculty at
University of Houston and the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston.
The NSBRI, funded by NASA, is a consortium of institutions studying the health risks
related to long-duration spaceflight. The Institute’s science, technology and education projects
take place at more than 60 institutions across the United States.
Other NSBRI teams address space health concerns such as bone loss and muscle
weakening, cardiovascular changes, radiation exposure, neurobehavioral and psychosocial
factors, remote medical care and research capabilities, and habitability and performance issues
such as sleep cycles and lunar dust exposure.
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