Babs R. Soller '75,
associate professor of anesthesiology, surgery and bioengineering at the
University of Massachusetts Medical School, has been
appointed associate team leader for the Smart Medical Systems Team of the
National Space Biomedical Research Institute (NSBRI).
Soller will help manage scientists working on NSBRI remote
medical care projects. The team's research focuses on identifying and
developing new methods of assessing, monitoring and diagnosing health problems
on long-duration space missions. New technologies developed by this team will
have immediate benefits to medical care on Earth.
Soller received her bachelor's degree in chemistry from Union. She received her master's and doctoral
degrees in physical chemistry from Princeton University.
The NSBRI,
funded by NASA, is a consortium of institutions studying the health risks
related to long-duration space flight. The Institute's research and education
projects take place at more than 70 institutions across the U.S.