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Roberta Bondar: Profile

"If you have a vision and you find that someone doesn't share that vision, you either change the vision or change the people you share it with." "We learn and grow one goal at a time. But to set meaningful goals, we need imaginative insight or vision."
-- Dr. Roberta Bondar

As the world’s first Neurologist in space, Dr. Roberta Bondar is globally recognized for her pioneering contribution to space medicine. Aboard the Discovery mission in 1992, she conducted experiments in the shuttle’s first International Microgravity Laboratory. For more than a decade at NASA, Roberta Bondar continued her research finding new connections between the brain recovering from a zero gravity environment and neurological disease which she continues to publish. Her findings developed technology that has been used in clinical studies at Harvard Medical School.

A true renaissance woman, Dr. Bondar is an acclaimed photographer of the natural wonders of our planet. She is the author of three critically acclaimed books featuring her stunning photography of the Earth both from space and on the ground. Roberta’s photographs of the deserts in the American Southwest and the Canadian Arctic became a well received exhibition entitled The Deserts of North America which is currently on tour. In April, 2005, Hoopers Gallery in London, England, premiered Roberta’s exhibition, Ancient Ruins and Desert Dunes a new look at the Roman ruins found in the Libyan portion of the Sahara Desert.

As a space scientist and neurologist Dr. Roberta Bondar is a much sought-after speaker who makes exciting connections between how our brains adapt in space and how we can adapt to constantly-changing business environments here on Earth. With innovative ideas about how to navigate in uncharted territory, she offers her abilities as a leader and visionary to corporations and organizations throughout North America. Dr. Bondar demonstrates the adaptive thinking necessary for changing perspectives in our contemporary world.

Respected for her expertise and animated commentary, Roberta Bondar has been a guest of television networks such as CNN, BBC, PBS and the CBC as well as many radio stations throughout the U.S. Dr. Bondar has co-anchored the Discovery Channel's coverage of space shuttle launches at the Kennedy Space Center.

Dr. Bondar has been recognized with the NASA Space Medal, inducted into Canadian Medical Hall of Fame for her pioneering research in space medicine and into the International Women’s Forum’s Hall of Fame. In addition, she has received 24 honorary doctorates from Canadian and American universities. In 2006, TIME magazine named her among North America's best explorers.

Roberta Bondar is the author of three photographic essay books: Touching the Earth about her astronaut experiences, Passionate Vision ~ Discovering Canada’s National Parks and Canada ~ Landscape of Dreams. Recently published is a catalogue of her desert photography entitled, The Arid Edge of Earth. Currently, Dr. Bondar is Chancellor of Trent University in Peterborough, Ontario and she continues photographing the deserts of the world.

Her achievements include:

• World's first astronaut-neurologist
• On the space shuttle Discovery mission in 1992, Dr. Bondar conducted scientific experiments in the first International Microgravity Laboratory
• For more than a decade at NASA Dr. Bondar headed an international research team, continuing to find new connections between astronauts recovering from the microgravity of space and neurological illnesses here on Earth such as stroke and Parkinson's disease.
• Globally recognized for her ground-breaking research in space medicine
• Dr. Bondar's techniques have been used in clinical studies at Harvard Medical School and the University of New Mexico
• From her research she has created HyperThink™, a perspective and process that helps companies make adaptive decisions when entering uncharted territory
• Dr. Bondar is the author of four critically acclaimed books featuring her photography of the Earth.
• Currently, Dr. Bondar is also Chancellor of Trent University in Peterborough, Ontario.

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