Space motion sickness/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/141618/n/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/141618/nResearch into these conditions can also help patients on Earth. For example, Urquieta says multiple studies have shown that space travel increases stress and oxidation in the body. Because stress and oxidation contribute to inflammation which is a major contributor to multiple diseases, studies on ways to prevent inflammation in space may lead to anti-aging treatments on Earth, he says. Research on radiation exposure can impact cancer patients undergoing radiation therapy, and developing medical technologies for the extreme of space could improve medical care on Earth, especially in isolated areas./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/141618/n
He noted that telehealth was created by the space program to help astronauts who became ill in space and was later instrumental in caring for patients during the pandemic./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/141618/n
As NASA plans to send humans to Mars, medical care of space travelers will become even more critical as astronauts will be in space for 900 days. Because a spacecraft/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/141618/u2019s space is so limited, physicians and scientists must develop technologies to diagnose and treat conditions remotely with far fewer tools than they have on Earth, he says. Such research discoveries could improve care to members of the military and patients in rural and remote areas worldwide./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/141618/n
Creating a Space Medicine Curriculum/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/141618/n As an educator, Urquieta will develop a space medicine curriculum that will be relevant to students across UCF, including those in medicine, nursing, engineering, computer science, and optics and photonics. He says he hopes that such an interdisciplinary program will help create space medicine experts who can better communicate and collaborate in keeping space travelers healthy./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/141618/n
/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/141618/u201cThis is a challenge currently,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/141618/u201d he says. /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/141618/u201cWe need to create learning programs where students learn to understand and speak each other/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/141618/u2019s technical languages. Engineers are focused on fixing the problem. We as doctors are focused on fixing the people./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/141618/u201d/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/141618/n
He wants to create a UCF master/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/141618/u2019s degree in space medicine. The only such program /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/141618/u2014 at Wright State University where Urquieta trained /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/141618/u2014 has closed. So UCF/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/141618/u2019s program would be the only one in the nation open to graduate students. Similarly, he hopes to create a fully accredited aerospace medicine residency program to add to the College of Medicine/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/141618/u2019s graduate medical education program, which is one of the fastest growing in Florida. This civilian residency program will be the second one in the nation./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/141618/n
/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/141618/u201cWith these educational programs, we can train tomorrow/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/141618/u2019s space medicine leaders,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/141618/u201d he says./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/141618/n
Urquieta received his M.D. and did his residency training in emergency medicine at UniversidadAnahuac Mexico Norte in Mexico City. He says he became interested in space medicine because his father is an aerospace engineer and his grandfather is a pilot. Urquieta earned his professional pilot/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/141618/u2019s license during medical school. He has also experienced spaceflight training, having spent 30 days in a windowless spaceflight analog (NASA/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/141618/u2019s Human Exploration Research Analog) to understand the isolation astronauts experience./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/141618/n
Edward Ross is chair of the Department of Medicine and has spearheaded the growth of the space medicine program, including the recruitment of Urquieta. Ross says Urquieta/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/141618/u2019s hiring will magnify UCF/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/141618/u2019s role in space medicine./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/141618/n
/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/141618/u201cThis takes us to the next level in aerospace medical research and education,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/141618/u201d he says. /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/141618/u201cWe can help make space travelers safer and bring those medical discoveries back to Earth./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/141618/u201d/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/141618/n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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