NHHPC Workshop
Collaborative Innovation:
Strategies and Best Practices
The NHHPC held its first event January 19, 2011 at the NASA Johnson Space Center. A workshop was held on Collaborative Innovation: Strategies and Best Practices, with 116 members from 50 organizations including federal agencies, industry, academia, and non-profit organizations in attendance. The workshop featured multiple speakers as well as a networking reception and break-out sessions to assess member interests on a variety of topics. For the complete report on the workshop, presentation materials, pictures, and videos please click on the links below:
› Final report
› Workshop Agenda
› Presentation Materials
› Videos
› Pictures
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Funding: Researching outside the box
- K-12 STEM education
- Coordination and integration of human, animal, fundamental biological, physical science (fluid physics) research as it pertains to the understanding of the unique stressors of spaceflight on the human
- Public education on technology advances in medicine, surgery, air monitoring technologies, etc. resulting from human spaceflight
- Collaborative projects to address broader national and global needs, including an expanded program to address human health and physical education to address childhood obesity
- Educational and community activities targeting teachers and students across the educational continuum, as well as the NASA workforce, space tourists and the general public
- Initiatives aligned with the President’s Educate to Innovate campaign drawing upon NHHPC STEM assets (NASA and member organization scientists, engineers and physicians)
- Virtual education: online courses to expand a Space Life Sciences certificate program that would include in-residence internships or collaborative research at sponsor universities (undergrad and graduate level)
- International partnerships with graduate education
- Summer Faculty Fellowships
- Expanded internship opportunities
- Expanded teacher education
- Sabbatical exchanges among member organization researchers to expand professional training opportunities
- Programs built upon the didactics used to maintain the health and performance of astronauts on-orbit which naturally supports the national efforts to educate and inspire children and adults in the realization of healthy lifestyles. National outreach activities (i.e., summer camps, etc) as well as classroom-based curricula on the benefits of diet and exercise can be developed to inform the public using an evidence-based approach
Education and OutreachThe NHHPC will serve as a focal point for coordination of education and outreach initiatives at all levels including grades K-12, undergraduate and graduate students, medical students, postdoctoral fellows, flight surgeons, teachers, NASA and International Partner astronauts and candidates, commercial spaceflight participants, and the general public. New initiatives will be based on established local, national and international member organization programs, and may be offered through Space Life Sciences Academy or among any member organizations. Topics will include:« Back to Themes Overview | |