The Frontiers of Space Medicine

Episode 15 Nutrition in space In this episode, we will discuss about nutrition in space! We will go over a review article published in Aug 2021, titled “Nutrition as Fuel for Human Spaceflight” by Dr. Scott Smith, the manager of Nutritional Biochemistry laboratory at NASA Johnson Space Center. To access the original article -> https://journals.physiology.org/doi/abs/10.1152/physiol.00011.2021?journalCode=physiologyonline If you have any questions or comments, please reach out via a survey https://forms.gle/vTrLiBGsDxN5E76v7 or tweet with hashtag, #FrontSpaceMed

Episode 14 Drug pharmacokinetics in space In this episode, we will discuss about drug pharmacokinetics in space! We will go over a review article published in Feb 2022, titled “Physiological adaptations affecting drug pharmacokinetics in space: what do we really know? A critical review of the literature.” To access the original article -> https://bpspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/bph.15822 If you have any questions or comments, please reach out via a survey https://forms.gle/vTrLiBGsDxN5E76v7 or tweet with hashtag, #FrontSpaceMed

Episode 13 Blood Transfusion in Space In this episode, we will discuss about blood transfusion in space! What is "floating blood bank"? We will go over a study published in Sep, 2019, in Transfusion, titled “Blood transfusion for deep space exploration.” To access the original article -> https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/trf.15493 If you have any questions or comments, please reach out via a survey https://forms.gle/vTrLiBGsDxN5E76v7 or tweet with hashtag, #FrontSpaceMed

This week will be a quick coffee break episode again. I will share with you a few questions/comments I got from listeners, and talk a little about the updates on the astronaut selection process. If you have any questions or comments, please reach out via a survey forms.gle/vTrLiBGsDxN5E76v7 or tweet with hashtag, #FrontSpaceMed

Episode12  Astronaut's skin mycobiome In this episode, we will go over a study published in Jan, 2021, in the Journal of Medical Mycology, titled “The skin mycobiome of an astronaut during a 1-year stay on the International Space Station.” To access the original article -> https://academic.oup.com/mmy/article/59/1/106/5896690 If you have any questions or comments, please reach out via a survey https://forms.gle/vTrLiBGsDxN5E76v7 or tweet with hashtag, #FrontSpaceMed