local
TJU Doctors
Contribute to
Israeli Space
Mission JARRAD SAFFREN | STAFF WRITER
T wo Jewish doctors affili-
ated with Th omas Jeff erson
University, Zvi Grunwald and
Adam Dicker, will have their experi-
ments conducted in outer space as part
of a mission to the International Space
Station. In April, Israeli astronaut Eytan
Stibbe of the ISS will blast off to space
in a mission “in concert with NASA,”
according to TJU content specialist
Brian Hickey. Grunwald and Dicker
will not go with him, but their exper-
iments will.

Dicker’s study will look at how space
travel impacts immune functions,
oft en negatively. Grunwald helped
facilitate Dicker’s experiment as well
as two others submitted by Th omas
Jeff erson doctors, focusing on “how
gravity and the space station envi-
ronment might change an astronaut’s
urinary microbiome” and monitoring
“stress and sleep while testing stress
interventions in novice space travel-
ers,” according to a news release from
Jeff erson. Th e Ramon Foundation and
From left: Mark Tykocinski, Zvi Grunwald and Adam Dicker
Courtesy of Dr. Zvi Grunwald/Thomas Jeff erson University
58 th Annual
Behind and Beyond the Ghetto Walls
April 24, 2022 from 1:30 p.m. to 2:15 p.m.

Join us to commemorate the six million
Jews who perished in the Holocaust and
to honor the Survivors in our communities.

Featuring candle lighting, music, readings and prayers
Horwitz-Wasserman Holocaust Memorial Plaza
and live streamed on Facebook
Association of Jewish
Holocaust Survivors
of Philadelphia
jewishphilly.org/yom-hashoah-2022 If weather does not permit an in-person outdoor ceremony,
the event will be streamed live on Facebook.

Visit jewishphilly.org/yom-hashoah-2022 for updates about event
logistics, and to express your interest in attending.

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