{"id":141618,"date":"2024-05-28T09:59:48","date_gmt":"2024-05-28T13:59:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/141618///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/141618//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/141618//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/141618//?p=141618"},"modified":"2025-04-15T20:02:46","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T00:02:46","slug":"ucf-to-expand-space-medicine-research-curriculum-aimed-at-keeping-space-travelers-healthy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/141618///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/141618//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/141618//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/141618//ucf-to-expand-space-medicine-research-curriculum-aimed-at-keeping-space-travelers-healthy/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/141618//","title":{"rendered":"UCF to Expand Space Medicine Research, Curriculum Aimed at Keeping Space Travelers Healthy"},"content":{"rendered":"

UCF/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/141618/u2019s College of Medicine has hired an internationally recognized space medicine expert to expand research into how spaceflight affects humans and create a space medicine curriculum for students across the university./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/141618/n

Emmanuel Urquieta comes to UCF after serving as chief medical officer of the NASA-funded Translational Research Institute for Space Health (TRISH) led by the Baylor College of Medicine. He will serve as vice chair for aerospace medicine in the college/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/141618/u2019s Department of Internal Medicine and hold the academic rank of associate professor./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/141618/n