Aerospace Medicine Medical School Concentration

The Aerospace Medicine Concentration is designed to educate medical students currently enrolled in the UTMB John Sealy School of Medicine about Aerospace Medicine and space biomedical research. Students are introduced to aerospace physiology, space medicine and space life sciences research, and introductory course in aerospace medicine, and career opportunities.

UTMB Aerospace Medicine Medical School Concentration

Curriculum

Year 1

Year 2

  • Aerospace Medicine Grand Rounds
  • Aerospace Medicine Journal Club
  • Aerospace Medicine Didactics

Year 3

  • Aerospace Medicine Grand Rounds
  • Aerospace Medicine Journal Club
  • Aerospace Medicine Didactics

Year 4

Students must contribute a cumulative 5 months of their medical education to aerospace medicine. Students also benefit from UTMB Health’s close relationship with the Johnson Space Center and from interactions with directors of the Aerospace Medicine Residency program at UTMB Health. Upon graduation students are recognized as “Scholars in Aerospace Medicine".

The concentration is open to applications from MS1s only annually.

  • Application deadline is September 1 annually.
  • Orientation is October annually.

 

Contacts

UTMB Aerospace Medicine Concentration
University of Texas Medical Branch
301 University Boulevard
Galveston, Texas 77555-1150

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John Marshall, MD, MPH
Concentration Director

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Megan Martinez
Concentration Coordinator
megemart@utmb.edu