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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Faculty

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

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

Assistant Professor in Aerospace Engineering
University of Colorado – Boulder Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences

Instructor and Aerospace Medicine Resident
Australasian College of Aerospace Medicine University of Notre Dames, Australia

Section Chief, Wilderness and Environmental Medicine
Associate Professor in Emergency Medicine
University of Colorado School of Medicine

Assistant Professor of Medicine-Cardiology
University of Colorado School of Medicine

Kbr-Wyle Operational Flight Surgeon
Space Medicine Operations Division
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Assistant Professor in Aerospace Medicine
University of Texas Medical Branch