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We’re very excited to announce our next SMI meeting will take place online April 29th at 18.30pm with Dr. Marc O’Griofa

Dr. O’Griofa has had a unique and unconventional medical career to date, working as an Aquanaut for NASA’s NEEMO mission as well as a tactical physician and in private industry with Flight Zero G.

Come and hear about his thrilling career trajectory and the opportunities available in these areas.

Free tickets available here: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/neemo-and-beyondan-irish-journey-from-sea-to-space-tickets-321845176587

We’re catching up with all the space medicine goings on from the last month – it’s been busy!

Space Medicine Ireland Co-founder Dr. Lisa McNamee won a second place award for her science communication video ‘What is an analogue space mission?’ for the Royal Aeronautical Society.

To watch the video and learn more about space analogue missions click here.

The Space Medicine Ireland team had more news to celebrate this month with not one but two abstracts accepted to the International Astronautical Congress in Dubai.

Dr. Philip Brady, along with Dr. Shawna Pandya and Dr. Lisa McNamee had two abstracts accepted for presentation in the life sciences arena.

The Space Medicine Ireland team is delighted to announce the 2021 Space Medicine Bursary worth €500 and open to all medical students with an interest in space medicine.

Deadline November 30th and further details available on the ‘Bursary’ page.

Get writing!

Amazing opportunity to participate in the European Space Agency’s online human space physiology training course.

Available to medical students and students of biomedical science, this three-week fully online course is now open for applications.

The course takes place in October 2021 and further details can be found here.

Interested in aerospace medicine research?

Get in touch with our committee today. We’re always working on projects and are open to collaboration.

Mainly we’re interested in novel research, collaborations with other fields e.g. engineering and analysis of current literature trends and knowledge gaps.

If you’ve a research background or are just interested in getting started, we’re happy to chat further.

Aerospace Medicine deals with the health and care of those individuals who travel in air and space. Some useful resources and organisations below. Feel free to get in touch if you’d like to add to this list.

 

Aerospace Medical Association

Aerospace Medicine Student and Resident Association

Austrian Space Forum

Women in Aerospace