Inaugural event for the Center for Aerospace Physiology

The Center for Aerospace Physiology will host a two-day inaugural event April 29–30 in Thwing Center’s ballroom.

The event will feature speakers including:

• Cynthia Beall, Distinguished University Professor and the Sarah Idell Pyle Professor of Anthropology at Case Western Reserve University
• Jay Dean, professor at University of South Florida’s Department of Molecular Pharmacology & Physiology and adjunct professor in the Department of Military and Emergency Medicine
• Richard D. Arnold, director of the Naval Aerospace Medical Research Laboratory in Dayton
• Ryan S. Mayes of the United States Air Force, 711th Human Performance Wing, USAF School of Aerospace Medicine
• David J. Alexander, NASA flight surgeon, Medical Operations Branch, Space Medicine Division, Johnson Space Center
• Walter Boron, Myers/Scarpa Professor & Chairman, Department of Physiology & Biophysics at Case Western Reserve University

For more information and free registration, please contact dpb_aero@case.edu or visit the event website.

About the Center

The Center for Aerospace Physiology, housed within the Department of Physiology & Biophysics at the School of Medicine, includes a team of multidisciplinary scientists who collaborate closely with flight surgeons and aerospace physiologists from NASA, the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Navy to develop new strategies enabling humans to live and thrive within austere environments on earth, the upper atmosphere, and beyond.

The center’s partnership with scientists at Naval Medical Research Unit-Dayton, and those within the 711th wing of the United States Air Force, also will provide new opportunities for students seeking research experience in aerospace physiology. Opportunities may include CWRU-based laboratory rotations, on-base internships and the option to take courses at the United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine.