About Aerospace Medicine

The UTMB Aerospace Medicine Residency Program combines the facilities, faculty, and expertise of two great institutions and several partners to provide aerospace medicine training focused on space to the flight surgeons and researchers of tomorrow.

Principles of Aviation & Space Medicine

A foundation of our program, this course focuses on several areas, including the history of aviation, spaceflight and the specialty of aerospace medicine, human physiology in aviation and spaceflight among others.

Human Health & Performance

UTMB’s Aerospace Medicine team provides contract support and services to KBR Integrated Science and Engineering Group, the prime contractor for the Human Health and Performance Contract (HHPC) at NASA’s Johnson Space Center.

A Bold Mission. Realized.

Our mission is to provide the best Aerospace Medicine training in the world. Watch to learn more about the people who are fulfilling this mission and making it a reality.

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Aerospace News

Drs. Shah, Chough headline NASA’s Thought Leader Series

May 26, 2023 • 8:30 p.m. by Aerospace Med Program

Dr. Ronak Shah and Dr. Natacha Chough were the keynote speakers at the January NASA Thought Leaders event that focused on UTMB’s 30 years of leading in Aerospace Medicine education and training.

UTMB Aerospace Medicine leadership shares insights with AMSRO

May 26, 2023 • 8:00 a.m. by Aerospace Med Program

Aerospace Medicine leadership recently took part in a faculty outreach session with the Aerospace Medicine Student and Resident Organization to discuss UTMB’s program and the future of aerospace medication education.

Auñón-Chancellor featured on Curbside Consults podcast

May 6, 2023 • 9:00 a.m. by Aerospace Med Program

UTMB’s Dr. Serena Auñón-Chancellor recently was featured on an episode of the podcast of Curbside Consults, produced by the New England Journal of Medicine Resident 360, where she and Dr. Michael Barratt discussed aerospace medicine.