Ready, Willing and Perhaps Able: Predicting When Astronauts Will Be Alert

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Channel: Harvard Medical School · 2012 · Science & Technology

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Elizabeth Klerman, HMS associate professor of medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital, developed a model to help flight docs predict when astronauts will be alert, based on the time of day and how long they've been awake. For more information about Dr. Klerman and stories about space-related research, visit hms.harvard.edu/harvard-medicine and view the Spring 2012 "Space Savers" issue.

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