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SYMPOSIUM AGENDA
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Welcome from the Surgeon General
Vice Admiral Richard H. Carmona, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.S.
Surgeon General of the United States Public Health Service |
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| 9:15 am–9:30 am |
Overview of the Surgeon General's Report on Bone Health
Joan McGowan, Ph.D., Director, Musculoskeletal Diseases Branch
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Skin Diseases
National Institutes of Health
Department of Health and Human Services |
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| 9:30 am–10:00 am |
Overview of Vitamin D and Calcium for Bone Health
Robert P. Heaney, M.D., F.A.C.P., F.A.C.N.
John A. Creighton University Professor
Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine
Creighton University |
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| 10:00 am–10:15 am |
Bone Loss During Space Flight: The Astronaut's Perspective
Shannon Lucid, Ph.D.
Astronaut, NASA Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center |
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| 10:15 am–10:45 am |
Bone and Calcium Metabolism During Space Flight
Scott M. Smith, Ph.D.
Senior Scientist, Manager for Nutritional Biochemistry
NASA Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center |
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| 10:45 am–11:15 am |
Exercise and Bone Health in Space
Peter R. Cavanagh, Ph.D., D.Sc.
Chairman, Department of Biomedical Engineering and
Co-Director, Center for Space Medicine, The Cleveland Clinic
Bone Loss Team Leader, National Space Biomedical Research Institute |
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| 11:15am–11:45 am |
Vitamin D and Bone Health in the Elderly
Bess Dawson-Hughes, M.D.
Senior Scientist and Director, Bone Metabolism Laboratory
Director, Human Studies
Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University
Immediate Past President, National Osteoporosis Foundation |
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| 11:45am–Noon |
Overview of the National Bone Health Campaign
Saralyn Mark, M.D.
Senior Medical Advisor
Office of the Chief Health and Medical Officer
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Office on Women's Health, Department of Health and Human Service |
Last updated
September 29, 2005
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