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.    ..read more

Welcome to the first in our ‘Physiology Buster’ episodes, where we talk about a topic which is close to our hearts.  To help on today’s episode, we bring in Veronika Puisa. She is a GP trainee based in the UK, who holds Masters level qualifications in Aviation Medicine, is a PPL holder and keen skydiver. With her, we delve into the history, physiology and process of ejection seats. A fun episode which maintains the ‘Deep Dive’ which we remain passionate about. Hope you enjoy! Veronika’s links: Instagram: @Veronika_Puisa (https://www.instagram.com/veronika_puisa/) Twitter: @VeronikaPuisa ..read more

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 Chief Medical Officer 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 Me ..read more

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 ..read more

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/ Fa ..read more

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 Aerosp ..read more

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 exper ..read more

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. 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 ..read more

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://ww ..read more

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 o ..read more