Live from Space: A Conversation with Anil Menon, MD
Event Description
Join UTHealth Houston for a special live conversation with NASA astronaut, emergency medicine physician, and UTHealth Houston staff physician Anil Menon, MD, speaking directly from the International Space Station.
Menon launched to the International Space Station in July 2026 for an eight-month mission. As a flight engineer, he is conducting research to support future exploration of the Moon and Mars, including studies of how blood and veins behave in microgravity and how medical fluids can be produced in space.
The program will explore the future of emergency medicine, human spaceflight, and the growing field of space medicine while highlighting the UTHealth Houston Space Medicine Program and its work to advance research, education, and innovation at the intersection of medicine and space exploration.
Featured speakers:
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Anil Menon, MD, NASA astronaut and emergency medicine physician at UTHealth Houston, live from the International Space Station
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Melina R. Kibbe, MD, president of UTHealth Houston and Alkek-Williams Distinguished Chair
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Bentley J. Bobrow, MD, professor and founding director of the UTHealth Houston Space Medicine Program at McGovern Medical School and vice president of healthcare innovation at UTHealth Houston
Date: Tuesday, Nov. 17
Time: 9–11 a.m.
Location: Beth Robertson Auditorium, Fayez S. and Susan K. Sarofim Research Building , 1825 Pressler Street Houston, Texas 77030
Live Stream Link: To be announced.