Human Health and Performance

National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Johnson Space Center (NASA-JSC). Multi-disciplinary support is provided in a variety of areas, including medical operations, occupational health, behavioral health, and scientific research. UTMB has many years of experience in providing board-certified physicians in medical specialties such as Aerospace Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Occupational Medicine, Internal Medicine, Family Medicine, and Psychiatry. UTMB physicians are assigned to the contract and, in collaboration with KBR, develop medical requirements and medical operations procedures for the International Space Station (ISS), and support research at the Johnson Space Center.

Our Services

Medical Operations

UTMB physicians provide services to KBR and NASA, including monitoring, safety oversight, and medical care for NASA astronauts, families, and staff at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia; Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan; and other related facilities. Many of the flight surgeons who support medical operations in Russia also provide direct medical support to astronauts during ISS missions. Physicians are certified to work in the Mission Control Center in Houston, and also support NASA with commercial crew training, launches, and landings.

Behavioral Health

Behavioral health and performance is part of the comprehensive care in support of spaceflight operations. UTMB psychiatrists and psychologists play a valuable role in advising, administering, and performing professional and scientific work including prevention, diagnosis, therapy, and referral in aerospace psychiatry. UTMB personnel are also involved in ground-based analog projects. Additionally, assistance is provided with various aspects of mission preparation, in-flight services, and post-flight recovery for crews and their families of ISS and other missions.

NASA Human Research Program

The Human Research Program is dedicated to discovering the best methods and technologies to support safe, productive human space travel. A variety of research scientists are employed by UTMB in support of the HRP mission. This includes investigatory endeavors in a number of areas such as human factors, medical risk assessment and system design, food science, and advanced medical technologies.

Current Job Openings

The following represent the current job openings within the UTMB Aerospace Medicine Program

Physician - Aerospace Medicine

 

 
 

A token of thanks to all our HHP personnel for their continued support of the NASA/KBR mission:

Yael Barr, MD, MPH

Keith Brandt, MD, MPH

Natacha Chough, MD, MPH

Richard Cole, MD, MPH

Quinn Dufurrena, MD, MPH

Chad Faber, DO

William Fernandez, MD, MPH

Eric Kerstman, MD, MPH

Amy Kreykes, MD, MPH

Jennifer Law, MD, MPH

Carlos Navarro, MD, MPH

Ariana Nelson, MD

Derek Nusbaum, MD, PhD, MPH

Prashant Parmar, MD

Shean Phelps, MD, MPH

David Picken, MD, MPH

Kristi Ray, DO, MPH

Martin Robinette, PhD, AuD

Kimberly Seaton, PhD

Mark Sheehan, MD, MPH

Jonathan Stabile, DO, MPH

Jonathan Steller, MD

Emily Stratton, DO, MPH

Corey Theriot, PhD

John Trentini, MD, PhD

Ann Tsung, MD, MPH

William Valencia, MD, MPH

Simone Willingham, MD

Sara Zwart, PhD