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Join us for the opening episode of our new Season, where we hear from our partners at the Canadian Society of Aerospace Medicine. CSAM was set up in 2019 by pioneers in the field, from whom you hear today. Their stories highlight the range of careers within aerospace medicine and a breadth of experience. A high-reaching episode from passionate pioneers. Do not miss this one.

Recommended in this podcast:

Canadian Society of Aerospace Medicine: https://csam-scma.ca/
Canadian Student and Residents Organisation (C-Stars): https://csam-scma.ca/cstars
Royal Canadian Air Force
Royal Canadian Air Cadets: https://aircadetleague.com
Principles of Aviation and Space Medicine Course:
- https://www.utmb.edu/spph/aerospace-medicine/principles-of-ASM
ESA Space Medicine Physician Course:
- https://www.esa.int/About_Us/EAC/Space_physician_training_course
Dr Tarek Sardana: Flight Surgeon and Founder
- Profile:
  - https://aviationmedintl.com/team/tarek-sardana/
- Aerospace Medicine Residency US Navy:
  - https://www.med.navy.mil/Navy-Medicine-Operational-Training-Command/Naval-Aerospace-Medical-Institute/Department-53AR-Residency-in-Aerospace-Medicine/
Dr Adam Sirek:
- Co-Founder (Leap Biosystems): https://leapbiosystems.ca/adamsirek
- Astronaut Candidate Profile: https://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/astronauts/recruitment/profiles.asp?sirek-adam
- Canadian Space Agency Johnson Space Center Aerospace Medicine Fellowship
Dr Joelle Thorgrimson: Canadian Flight surgeon:
- https://uwaterloo.ca/sustainable-aeronautics/profiles/dr-joelle-thorgrimson
Elevate Aviation: Provides mentorship to those who are looking to explore aviation careers
- https://elevateaviation.ca
King’s College London Aerospace Medicine MSc/ PgDip: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/study/postgraduate-taught/courses/aerospace-medicine-msc-pg-dip

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Aerospace Medicine Podcast takes AsMA 2024

This short episode is from the Aerospace Medicine Association’s Annual scientific meeting, taking place in Chicago, Illinois, where our team have been in the last week!

Listen for catch-ups with former guests, and an insight into the flagship event of the Aerospace Medicine year.

Recommended in this podcast:

Our sponsors: the Canadian Society of Aerospace Medicine: https://csam-scma.ca/
Aerospace Medicine Association: https://www.asma.org/home

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A flashback to an old episode which was sitting in our archives from the origins of the podcast in 2020, this is a real inspirational tale from a person at the beginning of their aerospace medicine career. Explore how Ste’von goes from the autopsy lab to taking the opportunities to explore the aerospace medicine career and his journey through to his third year of medical school. Light-hearted but still full of useful tips, this is one of our favourite episodes yet! We highly recommend you follow Ste’Von and see his journey, as he is sure to be a leader in the field in the future. Recommended in this podcast:* Aerospace Medicine Association: https://www.asma.org/home * Aerospace Medicine Students and Residents organisation: https://www.amsro.org * University of Texas Medical Branch Aerospace Medicine Residency Programme: https://www.utmb.edu/spph/aerospace-medicine/residency-program * European Space Agency Space Medicine: https://www.esa.int/About_Us/EAC/Space_Medicine * Books: + Chasing space - Leland Melvin + Surviving the extremes - A doctor’s journey to the limits of human endurance - Kenneth Kamler + Freedom flyers - The Tuskegee airmen of WW2 - J. Todd Moye

Ste’von’s links!:* Email: stevonvoice@gmail.com * Instagram (@stevonvoice): https://www.instagram.com/stevonvoice/?hl=en * Twitter (@stevonvoice): https://twitter.com/stevonvoice?lang=en-GB * LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/ste-von-voice-do-mbs-91a6b3a1/

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What does a flight surgeon at NASA do, and what are the paths to become one? Our latest interview with Drs Ronak Shah and Natacha Chough answer exactly that. Dr Shah is the current Aerospace Medicine Director at UTMB and has previously served as the Medical Director at Johnson Space Center. Dr Chough is a current NASA flight surgeon and is also a UTMB faculty member on the Aerospace Medicine residency. Each has their own story to their career which they enthusiastically share in this episode. One which is absolutely not to be missed. Recommended in this podcast:* Aerospace Medicine Association: https://www.asma.org/home * AMSRO: https://www.amsro.org * Principles of Aviation and Space Medicine Course: https://www.utmb.edu/spph/aerospace-medicine/principles-of-ASM * UTMB Aerospace Medicine Residency: + LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/utmb-aerospace-medicine-972b0a211/ + Twitter: @UTMB_Aerospace * NASA Johnson Space Center Aerospace Medicine Clerkship: + https://www.nasa.gov/feature/aerospace-medicine-clerkship * Cooke Scholarship: https://www.jkcf.org/our-scholarships/

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Join us for a fascinating interview with David Powell, current pilot, doctor and Chief Medical Advisor at the International Air Transport Association. We take a deep dive into his life as a Royal New Zealand Air Force officer, his various aeromedical qualifications and varied experience in commercial aviation medicine including as the Chief Medical Officer of Air New Zealand and on the frontline of Civil aviation’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Recommended in this podcast:

Aerospace Medicine Association: https://www.asma.org/home
International Airline Transport Association: https://www.iata.org/
University of Otago Master of Aviation Medicine (MAvMed): https://www.otago.ac.nz/courses/qualifications/mavmed.html#:~:text=Overview,Retrieval%20and%20Transport%20(PGDipAeroRT)
University of Otago Occupational and Aviation Medicine Unit: https://www.otago.ac.nz/wellington/departments/medicine/postgraduate/occupationalaviationmedicine/index.html
King’s College London Aviation Medicine: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/study/postgraduate-taught/courses/aerospace-medicine-msc-pg-dip

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How does a young physician from Switzerland become a faculty member of the Mayo Clinic in Internal Medicine and Aerospace Medicine, a lead researcher in Galvanic Vestibular stimulation and co-editor of ‘Fundamentals of Aerospace Medicine’? Jan Stepanek’s international career takes us along this journey in incredible detail, highlighting opportunities and experiences with a characteristic enthusiasm and charm from a leader of the field. This is interspersed with clinical examples making this an episode not to be missed.

Recommended in this podcast:* Aerospace Medicine Association: https://www.asma.org/home * Mayo Clinic Minnesota Aerospace Medicine Fellowship: https://college.mayo.edu/academics/residencies-and-fellowships/aerospace-medicine-fellowship-minnesota * Mayo Clinic Aerospace Medicine and Vestibular research: + https://www.mayo.edu/research/labs/aerospace-medicine-vestibular-research/overview * Fundamentals of Aerospace Medicine link (Not affiliated): + https://www.amazon.co.uk/Fundamentals-Aerospace-Medicine-Stepanak-Fogarty-dp-197514385X/dp/197514385X/ref=dp_ob_title_bk

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Wing Commander Posselt is a trailblazer in the United Kingdom and international Aerospace Medicine community. As one of the first graduates of the United Kingdom Aviation and Space Medicine training pathways in the UK, she talks us through her experiences of training and how to take advantage of opportunities including a space analogue mission in the Omani desert, the University Air Squadrons and ASMA. She is a pioneer in the UK Space Medicine sector and it is an honour to welcome her to the podcast.

Recommended in this podcast:

Aerospace Medicine Association: https://www.asma.org/home
University Air Squadrons: https://www.raf.mod.uk/our-organisation/university-air-squadrons/
King’s College London Aerospace Medicine MSc/ PgDip: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/study/postgraduate-taught/courses/aerospace-medicine-msc-pg-dip
Austrian Space Forum: https://oewf.org/en/
Next Generation of Aerospace Medicine: https://nextgenasm.wordpress.com
Royal Aeronautical Society Aerospace Medicine Conference: https://www.aerosociety.com/get-involved/specialist-groups/safety/aerospace-medicine/
Bonnie Social media:
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/Bonposselt
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bonnie-posselt-ba484b9b/

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Welcome once again to the Aerospace Medicine podcast. In today’s episode we bring you a deep dive with Shawna Pandya, a family practice physician, pilot-in-training, skydiver, scuba-diver and a citizen-scientist astronaut candidate with Project PoSSUM. With degrees in Neuroscience, Space Studies and Medicine, our interview explores the meandering path Shawna has taken to get to where she is today as well as highlighting key opportunities which exist for everyone interested in aerospace medicine. We hope you enjoy.

Explored in this podcast:

Shawna’s links:
- Website: http://shawnapandya.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shawnapandyaofficial
- Twitter (@shawnapandya): https://twitter.com/shawnapandya
- Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shawnapandya/
- Instagram (@shawnapandya): https://www.instagram.com/shawnapandya/?hl=en
Recommended Courses:
- University of Texas Medical Branch Principles of Aviation and Space Medicine course: (https://www.utmb.edu/pmph/aerospace-medicine/pasm-course)
- National Outdoor Leadership Wilderness Medical Provider Course: (https://www.nols.edu/en/coursefinder/session_search/wilderness-medicine/)
- ESA Space physician course: https://www.esa.int/Education/ESA_Academy/Participate_in_ESA_Academy_s_Online_Human_Space_Physiology_Training_Course
- World Extreme Medicine: https://worldextrememedicine.com/
- PoSSUM: https://projectpossum.org/
- International Institute of Astronautical Sciences:
  - Website: https://astronauticsinstitute.org/
  - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/astronauticsinstitute
  - Twitter (@ILAS_NLC): https://twitter.com/iias_nlc?lang=en

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Join us on the latest episode of the Aerospace Medicine Podcast, where we are in conversation with Ahmed Baraka, a pharmacist by background and a key player in the development of the African Aerospace Medicine Association and the founder of the AMSRO research chapter in Alexandria, Egypt.

Ahmed tells us about how space has been an outlet for him after growing up in a warzone leading him to set up the first AMSRO chapter in the Middle East. He then uses his experience to take a deep dive into Space Pharmacy! We learn a huge amount and hope you do too!

Explored in this podcast:

The Aerospace Medicine Association: http://www.asma.org/home
The Aerospace Medicine Students and Residents Organisation: https://www.amsro.org/
The Space Generation Advisory Council: https://spacegeneration.org/

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Join us in our latest episode of the aerospace medicine podcast, where we interview Dr Jeremy Robertson, a former civilian airline pilot turned doctor who used his diagnosis of Type 1 Diabetes to improve care for Type 1 pilots all over Australia.

This episode is a light-hearted but deep dive into Jeremy, an insight into the life of Australian Aviation Medicine examiners, and the story of how Type 1 Diabetics have now become medically qualified to fly commercial aircraft. We hope you enjoy it.

Follow Jeremy on Instagram (@type_1_pilot) for more insights into his incredible life and flying experiences.

Recommended in this podcast:

Mitchell SJ, Evans AD. Flight safety and medical incapacitation risk of airline pilots. Aviat Space Environ Med. 2004;75(3):260-268. (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15018295/)
US protocol for Insulin Dependent Diabetics:
- https://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/avs/offices/aam/ame/guide/dec_cons/disease_prot/itdm/
UK Protocol for Insulin Dependent Diabetics:
- https://www.caa.co.uk/uploadedFiles/CAA/Content/Standard_Content/Medical/Metabolic_and_Endocrinology/Files/v5.0%20Nov%202018%20Diabetes%20Guidance%20Material.pdf
Pilots with Diabetes: UK based agency based around the promotion of Aviation within the diabetic community:
- http://pilotswithdiabetes.com
NerdyApril - Type 1 Diabetic/ Aerospace Engineer/ NASA International Space Station Controller (https://www.instagram.com/nerdyapril/)
Books:
- Frigate Bird, PG Taylor
- The Lonely Sky, William Bridgeman
- Dare to dream, Douglas Cairns
Jeremy’s socials:
- Instagram: @type_1_pilot (www.instagram.com/type_1_pilot)
- LinkedIn: https://au.linkedin.com/in/doctorjeremyrobertson

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Join us in part one of our latest episode of the aerospace medicine podcast, where we interview Dr Jeremy Robertson, a former civilian airline pilot turned doctor who used his diagnosis of Type 1 Diabetes to improve care for Type 1 pilots all over Australia.

Follow Jeremy on Instagram (@type_1_pilot) for more insights into his incredible life and flying experiences.

Recommended in this podcast:

Mitchell SJ, Evans AD. Flight safety and medical incapacitation risk of airline pilots. Aviat Space Environ Med. 2004;75(3):260-268. (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15018295/)
US protocol for Insulin Dependent Diabetics:
- https://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/avs/offices/aam/ame/guide/dec_cons/disease_prot/itdm/
UK Protocol for Insulin Dependent Diabetics:
- https://www.caa.co.uk/uploadedFiles/CAA/Content/Standard_Content/Medical/Metabolic_and_Endocrinology/Files/v5.0%20Nov%202018%20Diabetes%20Guidance%20Material.pdf
Pilots with Diabetes: UK based agency based around the promotion of Aviation within the diabetic community:
- http://pilotswithdiabetes.com
NerdyApril - Type 1 Diabetic/ Aerospace Engineer/ NASA International Space Station Controller (https://www.instagram.com/nerdyapril/)
Books:
- Frigate Bird, PG Taylor
- The Lonely Sky, William Bridgeman
- Dare to dream, Douglas Cairns
Jeremy’s socials:
- Instagram: @type_1_pilot (www.instagram.com/type_1_pilot)
- LinkedIn: https://au.linkedin.com/in/doctorjeremyrobertson

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Welcome back to another episode of the Aerospace Medicine podcast. Today’s focus is a news flash, a quick deep dive into an aerospace medicine topic of interest which has recently caught our eye.

Today we look at a recent experiment launched to the International Space Station looking at the potential to grow human tissue in space. We explore how the experiment is performed and what the implications are for further research. We hope you enjoy!

References:

https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=8039
https://spacetango.com
https://www.spacedaily.com/m/reports/Producing_human_tissue_in_space_999.html

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Episode 1 - Terry Martin

Join us in our inaugural episode of the Aerospace Medicine podcast, where we are interviewing Dr Terry Martin, a former RAF doctor and helicopter pilot. His extensive career provides a perfect introduction to the breadth of the field, including air crash investigation, aeromedical retrieval and space medicine.

His first hand experiences of working as an RAF doctor, working in aeromedical retrievals and the British-Russian Juno programme, provides unique first hand experiences into the incredible world of aerospace medicine. We look forward to bringing you on this journey.

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Welcome to the Aerospace Medicine podcast, hosted by Daniel and Rohan, two doctors working within the UK’s NHS. Our mission is to inform, involve and inspire anybody interested in the field of aerospace and aviation medicine. In our introductory episode we talk about the mission of the Aerospace Medicine Podcast and what to expect from the next few months!

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The Aerospace Medicine Podcast: Recent Episodes

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