Thais Russomano
Thais Russomano (born 25 September 1963) is a Brazilian doctor and scientific researcher specialising in
space medicine, space physiology,
biomedical engineering,
telemedicine and
telehealth. She founded the
Microgravity Centre (MicroG) at
PUCRS university,
Porto Alegre, Brazil, in 1999, coordinating it for 18 years until 2017. The MicroG is the first educational and research centre in Space Life Sciences in Latin America. She is a senior lecturer at
King's College London, lecturing in Aviation and Space related courses; coordinator of the Space Network (Rede Espaço),
University of Lisbon; guest lecturer at
Aalto University, Finland in Space and Design; guest lecturer at Pfarrkirchen Institute of Technology, European Campus, contributing to the MSc in Medical Informatics; consultant for the
Skolkovo Foundation; member of the
Mars One Advisory Board; International Relations Director for the UK-based HuSCO, Human Spaceflight Capitalization Office; and director of two private companies linked to space life sciences and telehealth – InnovaSpace Consultancy (UK) and International Space Medicine Consortium (USA).
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