Brookhaven National Laboratory's Helene D. Benveniste elected to NSBRI Board of Directors

December 16, 2004

Note: The following is a press release issued by the National Space Biomedical Research Institue (NSBRI). Contact Lauren Hammit, 713-798-7595, lhammit@bcm.tmc.edu .

Written by Lauren Hammit, NSBRI

HOUSTON - Dr. Helene Drewsen Benveniste, chair of the Medical Department of Brookhaven National Laboratory, has been elected to the Board of Directors for the National Space Biomedical Research Institute (NSBRI).

Helene Benveniste

"Dr. Benveniste's extensive research background will be a valuable contribution to the board," said Dr. Bobby R. Alford, NSBRI board chairman and chief executive officer.

Benveniste has been a scientist and associate laboratory director in life sciences for Brookhaven, and has conducted extensive research in the area of multi-modality imaging, MRI microscopy, and brain and maternal-fetal imaging. Prior to her work with Brookhaven, she held professorships in anesthesiology, neurobiology and radiology at both Stony Brook University in New York and Duke University in Durham, NC.

Benveniste has served on the National Institutes of Health Study Section in Neuroinformatics since 1999 and the American Hospital Association Brain National Study Group since 2000. She is certified by the American Board of Anesthesiology. Benveniste received her undergraduate degree in math and physics from Katedralskolen in Denmark, both her medical degree and doctoral degree from the University of Copenhagen, and completed her fellowship and residency at Duke University.

The NSBRI, funded by NASA, is a consortium of research-intensive biomedical institutions led by Baylor College of Medicine that study the health risks related to long-duration space flight and develop countermeasures to mitigate the risks. The Institute's research and education program takes place at more than 70 institutions across the United States.

Established in 1997 through a NASA competition, NSBRI projects address space flight health concerns such as radiation exposure, bone and muscle loss, cardiovascular changes, immune alterations, infection, balance problems, sleep disturbances, nutrition requirements, fitness, rehabilitation, remote-medical treatment systems, and neurobehavioral and psychosocial factors.

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