Francois Abboud, M.D., University of Iowa faculty member, has been appointed to the Decadal Survey on Biological and Physical Sciences in Space: Animal and Human Biology Panel, which operates through the National Academies.

The Space Studies Board and the Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board organized the group to establish priorities and provide recommendations for life and physical sciences research in microgravity and partial gravity for the next decade and beyond. The congressionally mandated study may play a role in developing key exploration capabilities and revitalizing NASA research in biological and physical sciences.

Abboud, professor of internal medicine and molecular physiology and biophysics, is director of the Cardiovascular Research Center and emeritus head of the UI Department of Internal Medicine.

Story Source: University of Iowa Health Care Media Relations