[Millie Hughes-Fulford] [NASA Logo]
National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center
Houston, Texas 77058

NAME: Millie Hughes-Fulford (Ph.D.)
NASA Astronaut

EDUCATION:
Hughes-Fulford graduated from Mineral Wells High School in 1972, recieved a bachelor of science in chemistry from Tarleton State University, Stephenville, Texaas and received a doctorate in chemistry from Texas Woman's University, Denton, in 1972.

EXPERIENCE:

Since 1973, she worked at the University fo California and the Veterans Administration Medical Center, doing extensive research on cholesterol metabolism, cell differentation, DNA synthesis and cell growth.

NASA EXPERIENCE:

Hughes-Fulford served as payload specialist 2 for STS-40. After assignment by NASA, she continued her research, concentrating on a study of cellular and molecular mechanisms for bone formation as it related to space flight.