Thread by @MartinaTruche

Just started! It's not too late to join this wonderful free event on #SpaceMedicine. Now speaking: Lisa Campbell, President - #Canadian #Space Agency (CSA)

https://twitter.com/csa_asc/status/1593325601284231169

2/ Health is about well being

3/ Accelerated aging effects from living in space: 6 months in space ~ 10-20 years of aging on Earth. We don't know yet if it the aging stabilizes or continues. Open problem: no health solution for deep space missions. We need to create future deep space health systems.

4/ Health solutions for deep space will include health data, hardware, software, AI applications, simulations and training. Looking into how space approaches can help underserved population on earth.

5/ How can Canada play a larger role? 15 senior leaders in Advisory Council on Deep Space Healthcare: gov, research institutions, NASA....
Focus: Medicine, AI, indigenous people, space and health policy.

6/ Health Beyond report for those interested: asc-csa.gc.ca/pdf/eng/public…

7/ Canadian healthcare system is in crisis and ranks 10th of 11th nations. There are healthcare gap between urban and rural, indigenous and non-indigenous.

8/ Principles of deep space medicine:

9/ 8 recommendations by the Health Beyond - Report of the Advisory Council on Deep-Space Healthcare. You can view it here. Recommend downloading the attached pdf version. The report is available in English and French. asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/publicatio…

10/ Goal: Leverage space for the benefit of Canadians. 🇨🇦 strengths include #robotics & #healthcare. Canada is good at holding vision -- now focusing on remote / mobile solutions for planet and in space. Medical solutions for deep space: Modular, portable, scalable, upgradable.

11/ We're trying to commercialize Moon as part of the Lunar economy.

#Artemis timeline:

2024 - humans going around the #Moon

2025 - Humans to land on the Moon (including the 1st woman)

12/ Mid-term vision: Astronauts from the USA, Canada and other countries will venture together to explore deep space. Ultimate goal: bring astronauts safely to Mars and back in the next decade, decade and a a half (~2035)

13/ 5 key points for innovation in (Canadian) healthcare:

14/ #Heatlhcare conclusions summarized by David Naylor from University of Toronto. Define focus that will move us (Canada?) forward.

15/ Quadruple aim for #health. Inspirations and aspirations. Carefully crafted recommendations. People on the front lines took some of the hardest hits during the pandemic.

16/ One of obvious options for #LongTermCare: #remote care. Be cared for at home.

17/ #AI in #healthcare: Under-ututilized in #Canada. Tremendous capability.

18/ Concluding remarks by David Naylor from University of Toronto

19/ Reference to Eric Topol's paper "High-performance medicine: the convergence of human and artificial intelligence" published in Nature: nature.com/articles/s4159…

20/ PANEL: Deep Space Healthcare through the Eyes of Healthcare Practitioners. Alex: Congrats to Canada for aspiring to be a healthcare leader including remote and indigenous population

21/ 🇨🇦🚀4 priorities of @csa_asc (Canadian Space Agency): #Food, #Health, #Robotics #Climate Change.

22/ PANEL: Raffi: Although we are minimizing the risk, the risk is not 0. Worst fear: having to evacuate somebody. How to empower individuals to maximize care and treatment? Success: foresee medical issue before it becomes severe.

23/ PANEL: Leila: Access issues: transportation intrusive for simple diagnostic tests. Major interest to indigenous services 🇨🇦: access to teaching & edu tools through innovation. Support diagnostics; safety; POC; ease of use. Connection ~ limitation.Triage, stabilize, evacuate.

24/ PANEL: Alexander:
- Not all rural areas are remote
- Communication can be lost or is non-existent
- What AI needs to know? Start building a database.
- Inspire and train Canadian trainees. You can be challenged with things you see infrequently. We can train AI to do it.

25/ PANEL: Q: Key medical conditions that affect remote communities?
A:
- Dr Sarah: 1) Diagnostics. Not being able to keep ppl in the community. Need XRays, labs, 📞tests
2) Cancer care
- David: 3) Dialysis
- Raffi: 4) Medical issues needing imaging/lab
- Alex: 5) CT scanner

26/ PANEL: Q: Have you tested automatic, automated, autonomous "self-care" devices/procedures on the @ISS_Research ?
A:
- David: 1) Smart t-shirt w/ monitoring
2) Lab in the chip system. Sample analysis.

- Raffi: 3) Ultrasound testing

27/ CSA’s 🧑‍🚀🩺 Topical Team by Luchino Cohen

1 multidisciplinary team for 🧑‍🚀🩺

2022: virtual workshop w/ breakout sessions for each topic

Large online survey:
- Preliminary highlights attached
- Recommendations from all Topical Teams: report ETA 12/2022 draft, 4/2023 final

28/ Dr. Valerie Gideon on Potential Benefits of Remote Healthcare Innovation to Indigenous Communities.
- Benefits to the remote communities: remote monitoring, early diagnostics, post-discharge care.
- Very young indigenous population➡️opportunity for rapid tech adoption & edu

29/ 🇨🇦🚀🩺 summit continues tomorrow 11/30 10am ET on #space #health #innovations. Looking forward to it!

Free registration, schedule, speakers: asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/events/202…

Teleport to START of this thread summarizing key takeaways from day 1 (11/29)

https://twitter.com/MartinaTruche/status/1597610053296848899

1/ Opening keynote talk by Lisa Campbell - President of @csa_asc (the #Canadian #Space Agency): Canada's Place in the #International #Space Program

@threadreaderapp unroll: Day 1 summaries of the 2022 Health Beyond Summit on Nov 29-Dec 1 on #SpaceMedicine