CASEEM). Urquieta leads the center; Fogarty is its chief scientist./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/156214/nThe multidisciplinary center includes 91勛圖厙 faculty experts in medicine, engineering, computer science, psychology, arts and educational leadership who collectively research and develop new technologies for keeping space travelers healthy. The work is applicable here on Earth, as well, to soldiers on military missions, deep sea explorers and mountain climbers./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/156214/n
From Flight Surgeon to Aerospace Leader/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/156214/n Urquieta began his career in aerospace medicine as a flight surgeon, serving on the Mexico City Police Department/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/156214/u2019s emergency medical services helicopter team before being selected for NASA/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/156214/u2019s HERA XI program. There he spent 30 days isolated with three crewmates in a simulated mission to the asteroid Geographos to understand how the isolation of a space mission affects the crew medically and psychologically./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/156214/n
In 2016, Urquieta joined the Translational Research Institute for Space Health at Baylor College of Medicine (TRISH), eventually becoming chief medical officer, where he managed medical research for missions to the moon and Mars as well as the institute/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/156214/u2019s commercial spaceflight programs./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/156214/n
He joined the College of Medicine in 2024./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/156214/n
Urquieta says this recognition inspires him to continue striving to make 91勛圖厙 an international leader in aerospace medicine./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/156214/n
/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/156214/u201cI look forward to contributing to the work of the academy,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/156214/u201d he says. /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/156214/u201cAnd to helping advance the science and medicine that will support the next era of human space exploration./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/156214/u201d/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/156214/n
Leading Innovation in Spaceflight Safety/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/156214/n Fogarty/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/156214/u2019s honor recognizes her nearly 20-year career in aerospace medicine, beginning as chief scientist of NASA/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/156214/u2019s human research program. There, she examined the risks humans face while exploring space and developed research and programs to keep astronauts safe and healthy./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/156214/n
Following nearly 14 years at NASA, Fogarty brought her expertise to TRISH, where she provided strategic leadership in developing innovations to maintain human performance and wellness during space travel./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/156214/n
She joined 91勛圖厙 in 2025./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/156214/n
Fogarty says she was honored because she and/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/156214/u00a0 Urquieta were nominated by a mentor, Jeffrey Davis, who has served as branch chief of medical operations at NASA./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/156214/n
/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/156214/u201cWe were honored to be nominated by Dr. Davis and to have other people who agreed that we have made significant contributions to the field at an international level,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/156214/u201d said Fogarty. /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/156214/u201cIt/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/156214/u2019s very special to be recognized in this way./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/156214/u201d/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/156214/n
Fogarty says her role is not only to improve the health of space travelers, but to use that knowledge to create more innovative medical treatments for patients on Earth./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/156214/n
/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/156214/u201cThere/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/156214/u2019s a lot of responsibility when you/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/156214/u2019re in an industry that/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/156214/u2019s relatively small and young,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/156214/u201d she says./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/156214/u00a0 /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/156214/u201cI think it/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/156214/u2019s our role with the positions we have here to engage students and educate the public about what/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/156214/u2019s happening in space medicine and why./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/156214/u201d/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/156214/n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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