Carol Mitchell
Human Factors Student Presents Radiation Research on Global Stage
ORIGINALLY WRITTEN BY MELANIE AZAM WITH EMBRY‑RIDDLE’S NEWS TEAM
COAS graduate student Carol Mitchell admits to being both excited and nervous while traveling halfway around the world to present her research on cosmic radiation at the 74th International Astronautical Congress in Baku, Azerbaijan.
“It was an amazing, once-in-a-lifetime opportunity,” said Mitchell. “I was able to meet and talk to people from around the world about our research.” She was chosen to present at the international conference after being named a finalist at the American Astronautical Society’s Wernher von Braun Memorial Symposium , held last fall at the University of Alabama, in Huntsville. For Mitchell, who conducts research under the supervision of faculty mentor Dr. Amber M. Paul in COAS’ Omics Lab, this marked just the latest challenge she has taken on in her pursuit of a career in space and medicine. Mitchell’s research
uses a systems-biology approach to assess the effects of cosmic radiation on the immune response and its connection to functioning adrenal glands in male versus female mice. In addition to her work in the lab, Mitchell is simultaneously completing a master’s degree in Human Factors at Embry-Riddle, as well as a master’s degree in regenerative and stem cell technologies at Johns Hopkins University . “I manage my workload with strict time management and discipline,” she said. “It is my motivation to get elsewhere and keep succeeding.” Next on her list, she said, is to earn a doctorate, focusing on “regenerative medicine, immunology and space medicine.”
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