local
much of a factor in their results as their
physical builds.

“Th e impact of emotion on human
performance is enormous,” Grunwald
said. But beyond the importance of their
experiments, the doctors think that
it’s cool that their work will be done
in space.

“All my life I was anticipating, and I
never dreamed that this moment would
come,” Grunwald said.

“Th is is a big deal,” Dicker added.

It’s also a big deal for Philadelphia-
based TJU.

Th e school will celebrate its 200th
anniversary in 2024, and what started
as the nation’s fi ft h medical school
is now, aft er a 2017 merger with
Philadelphia University, a multi-fac-
eted institution with more than 40,000
employees and $9 billion in revenue per
year, according to Tykocinski.

“Th is is an exciting new Jeff erson,” he
said. “We’re a major national research
university. But now we’re talking about
being a major global research univer-
sity.” “Th is space mission captures all
that,” he said. JE
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