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From left, Drs. Matthew Makowski, Ronak Shah, Amy Kreykes, Mary Van Baalen, and John Marshall stand beneath the Aerospace and Exploration Medicine patch on a screen.

October 28, 2026, 3:11 p.m. by Harrison Chao

The UTMB School of Public and Population Health opened its Department of Aerospace and Exploration Medicine Oct. 27. Inaugural chair Ronak Shah traced how a single residency grew into a department with three training pathways and a fourth on the way.

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