Space medicine: pioneering the final frontier
Baylor College of Medicine has long stood at the forefront of biomedical science, exploring strange new worlds that can solve the most difficult health challenges. At the 2025 Alumni Reunion, you’re invited to join us to learn more about space medicine research, an area in which Baylor has boldly gone where no other academic medical center like it has gone before.
The 2025 Baylor College of Medicine Alumni Reunion Keynote Luncheon, “Baylor’s Impact on Space Medicine and Human Spaceflight,” will be held on Friday, May 2. The Luncheon will explore Baylor’s groundbreaking partnerships with NASA and private spaceflight companies, its efforts to advance space medicine to protect astronauts and transform health on Earth, and how Baylor alumni are standing at the forefront of these cutting-edge efforts. The discussion will also explain the roles of Baylor’s Center for Space Medicine and the Translational Research Institute for Space Health in helping to guide biomedical discovery and commercial spaceflight progress.
The Keynote Luncheon’s panel of experts will include:
- Dorit Donoviel, Ph.D.
Executive Director, Translational Research Institute for Space Health
Associate Professor, Center for Space Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine - David Hilmers, M.D. ’95, Res. ’99, E.E., M.P.H., MSEE
U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame Inductee
Professor, Departments of Medicine and Pediatrics
Center for Space Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine - Christoper Haas, M.D., Res. ‘17, M.P.H .
Flight Surgeon, NASA
Clinical Specialist, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center - Norman Garza
Executive Director, Texas Space Commission
The Keynote Luncheon promises to be a popular session, so don’t miss your opportunity to learn how Baylor and its alumni are shaping the future of health in space and on Earth. Register for Alumni Reunion 2025 to attend this exclusive panel discussion.
Information about the other stellar speakers, illuminating sessions and information regarding hotel accommodations can be found here.
