On December 3, 2015, Jay Dean will deliver a lecture titled: “Your Body in Flight During World War II: How American Physiologists Learned to Protect the Health of Airman in the World’s First High Altitude, High Speed Air War.”
Jay B. Dean serves as director of the Hyperbaric Biomedical Research Laboratory and Professor in the Dept. of Molecular Pharmacology & Physiology, Morsani College of Medicine at the University of South Florida. Dr. Dean has pioneered methods for studying the effects of hyperbaric gases on the nervous system, addressing important medical problems in diving and submarine medicine ranging from CNS oxygen toxicity, to CO2 regulation and stimulation of breathing, to more recently, Inert Gas Narcosis and High Pressure Nervous Syndrome.
All talks begin at 6:00 pm, with a reception at 5:30 pm.
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