Email

donoviel@bcm.edu

Positions

Director

Translational Research Institute for Space Health

Associate Professor

Center for Space Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX, US

Faculty Senator

Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas, United States

Education

B.A. from University Of California, San Diego

01/1986 - La Jolla, CA, United States

Ph.D. from University Of Washington

01/1993 - Seattle, WA, United States

Advanced Training from Mount Sinai Research Institute

01/2000 - Toronto, Canada

Honors & Awards

Professional Achievements

• Pioneer Award, National Space Biomedical Research Institute (NSBRI); January 25, 2017 • Outstanding Leadership Award, 2016, for exceptional leadership of the NSBRI Industry Forum. • NASA Group Achievement Award, 2014, for work as a member of the Executive Steering Committee for the collection of six scientific articles on “"The Impact of Sex and Gender on Adaptation to Space" published in The Journal of Women's Health. • Special Commendation Award for Exceptional Service as Acting NSBRI Associate Director and Chief Scientist, 2012, NASA Human Research Program.

Websites

Selected Publications

• McLaughlin, MF, Donoviel, DB, Jones, JA "Novel indications for commonly used medications as radiation protectants in spaceflight." Aerosp Med Hum Perform. 2017 July ; 88 (7): 664-669. Pubmed PMID: 28641684
• Bershad, EM, Anand, A, DeSantis, S, Yang, M, Tang, R. Calvillo, E, Damani, R, Maldonado, N, Chethan P. Rao, V, Suarez, SI, Clark, JB, Sutton, JP, and Donoviel, DB "Clinical Validation of Vittamed Non-Invasive ICP Meter in Patients with Elevated Intracranial Pressure: A Prospective Cross-Sectional Study." World Neurosurg. 2016 89 : 647-653.
• Donoviel, DB and Sutton, JP "Biomedical and Technological Advances Made for Humans in Space are Improving Health on Earth." Curr Biotech. 2013 2 : 184-191.