Dr. Anthony Lau serves as the Principal Investigator on awarded NASA grant (11/2023) for his research proposal titled
“Effects of Acute and Protracted Proton Radiation on Bone Strength”.
This study investigates relationship between bone health changes and cognitive deficits in rats exposed to acute and protracted proton radiation.
NASA Funds Eight Studies to Protect Astronaut Health on Long Missions
Dr. Anthony Lau serves as the Principal Investigator for awarded NASA research grant (06/2021) for his research proposal titled “Effects of Acute and Protracted Galactic Cosmic Radiation on Bone Strength“.
This study investigates relationship between bone health changes and cognitive deficits in rats exposed to acute and protracted space radiation.
Left to Right: Calvin Okulicz (’21), Rosalie Connell (’21), Patricia Thomas (’21) and Anthony Lau. at the NASA Space Radiation Laboratory at Brookhaven National Labs
Three BME undergraduate research students have joined the Lau Lab
Jack Felipe (’23)
Michelle Meyers (’23)
Sabrina Vander Weile (’23)
These students will be working on the Lab’s recently funded NASA Project investigating the effects of space radiation on bone health.
New Research Student’s First Lab Meeting