Space and Extreme Environment Medicine

Space and Extreme
Environment Medicine

To us, the sky is not the limit.
It’s the doorstep…

The University of Colorado Aerospace Medicine Program is an interdisciplinary collaboration between experts in medicine, engineering, spaceflight, education, simulation, and remote environment expedition support.

The program aims to support clinical, educational, research, and design projects intended to serve explorers in the most extreme environments on and off Earth.

Our faculty hail from NASA, The NSF, The Wilderness Medical Society, The American Academy of Underwater Sciences, The Wildlife Conservation Society, and International partners.

We have supported and traveled with expeditions to Antarctica, Greenland, The Arctic Circle, the Himalayas, Kilimanjaro, The International Space Station, Star City Russia, the depths of Earth’s oceans, and numerous space analogue simulations.

We run innovative simulation courses, support record breaking extreme environment expeditions, conduct cutting edge research, and produce wide reaching public media.

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Courses and Projects

Space Suit Design and EVA Research

Dual Degree Medical Doctorate/Master of Aerospace Engineering (Bioastronautics)

Exploration Medicine Podcast

News and Press

Faculty

Benjamin Easter, MD, MBA

Co-Founder of the CU Space and Extreme Environment Medicine Program

Assistant Professor in Emergency Medicine

University of Colorado School of Medicine

Deputy Element Scientist

NASA Exploration Medicine Capabilities Element

Dana Levin, MD, MPH

Co-Founder of the CU Space and Extreme Environment Medicine Program

Assistant Professor in Emergency Medicine

Columbia University Vagelos School of Medicine

Systems Engineering and Integration Physician

NASA Exploration Medicine Capabilities Element

Allie Anderson, PhD

Assistant Professor in Aerospace Engineering

University of Colorado – Boulder Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences

James Kurrle, MBBS, MS

Instructor and Aerospace Medicine Resident

Australasian College of Aerospace Medicine University of Notre Dames, Australia

Jay Lemery, MD, FACEP, FAWM

Section Chief, Wilderness and Environmental Medicine

Associate Professor in Emergency Medicine

University of Colorado School of Medicine

William K. Cornwell III, MD, FAHA

Assistant Professor of Medicine-Cardiology

University of Colorado School of Medicine

Richard Cole, MD, MPH

Kbr-Wyle Operational Flight Surgeon

Space Medicine Operations Division

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Assistant Professor in Aerospace Medicine

University of Texas Medical Branch

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