Previous Projects

Virtual Reality-Based Pre-Flight Astronaut 3D Navigation Training (First Award Fellowship)

Hirofumi Aoki, Ph.D.

Pharmaceutical Countermeasure Effects on Tissue-Level Quality of Immobilized Bone (Postdoctoral Fellowship)

Devendra Bajaj, Ph.D.

Predicting Sensorimotor Adaptation to Altered Gravity by Measuring Vestibular Perceptual Thresholds (First Award Fellowship)

Torin K. Clark, Ph.D.

Mitigating Neurobehavioral Vulnerabilities to Space Radiation (First Award Fellowship)

Catherine Davis, Ph.D.

Mitigating Neurobehavioral Vulnerabilities to Space Radiation (Career Advancement Award)

Catherine M. Davis, Ph.D.

Enhancing the Efficacy of Musculoskeletal Countermeasures Using Computer Simulation (Postdoctoral Fellowship)

Andrea M. Hanson, Ph.D.

The Use of Aspirin and Other NSAIDs to Ameliorate Muscle Atropy Due to Simulated Weightlessness (Postdoctoral Fellowship)

Andrew Judge, Ph.D.

Ultrasonic Assessment of Anisotropic Mechanical Properties of Cancellous Bone after Disuse with and without Anti-Resorptive Therapy (Postdoctoral Fellowship)

Luis Cardoso Landa, Ph.D.

Whole Joint Health: Investigating Modeled Spaceflight Changes in Mice (First Award Fellowship)

Anthony G. Lau, Ph.D.

Altered Ocular Structure/Function and Mitigation of Peri-Optic Nerve Edema During Simulated Microgravity (First Award Fellowship)

Brandon R. Macias, Ph.D.

Crosstalk Between Subchondral Bone and Articular Cartilage in Reduced Gravity May Contribute to Catastrophic Joint Damage (Career Advancement Award)

Liliana F. Mellor, Ph.D.

Signaling at the Vestibular Calyx Synapse (First Award Fellowship)

Frances L. Meredith, Ph.D.

Class III Histone Deacetylases as a Defense Against Radiation-Induced DNA Damage (First Award Fellowship)

Philipp Oberdoerffer, Ph.D.

Development of a Noninvasive, Handheld Immunosensor (Postdoctoral Fellowship)

Amy Ouellette, Ph.D.

Molecular Mechanisms that Impact Transcription of Myosin Genes in Human Skeletal Muscle in Response to Unloading: Role of Resistance Exercise (Postdoctoral Fellowship)

Clay E. Pandorf, Ph.D.

Physiologically-Based Modeling of Sleep-Wake Scheduling and the Effects of Pharmaceuticals (Postdoctoral Fellowship)

Andrew J.K. Phillips, Ph.D.

Variability in Flow Distribution within the Lung and its Effects on Deposition and Clearance of Inhaled Particles in Normal and Reduced Gravity (First Award Fellowship)

Rui Carlos Sa, Ph.D.

Impacts of Bed Rest, Exercise and Aging on Dynamic Ventricular-Arterial Coupling (Postdoctoral Fellowship)

Shigeki Shibata, M.D., Ph.D.

Investigating High-Frequency Vestibular Function: A Potential Flight Diagnostic (First Award Fellowship)

Jocelyn E. Songer, Ph.D.

Effects of Abnormal Loading on Tibiofemoral Articular Cartilage Composition (Postdoctoral Fellowship)

Richard B. Souza, Ph.D.

Sleep, Physical Inactivity, Circadian Rhythms and Cardiovascular Vulnerability (First Award Fellowship)

Saurabh Thosar, Ph.D.

The Role of Intestinal Inflammation in Acute Effects Induced by Exposure to Protons During Solar Particle Events: A Mouse Model Approach (First Award Fellowship)

Daniela Trani, Ph.D.

Oxidative Stress and Charged Particle Irradiation Alter Multipotent Stem Cells to Elicit Acute and Functional Changes in Target Organ Systems (Postdoctoral Fellowship)

Bertrand P. Tseng, M.D., Ph.D.

Role of LINC complex in Maintenance of MSC ßcatenin Signaling Under Microgravity (First Award Fellowship)

Gunes Uzer, Ph.D.

Contribution of the Vestibular and Sympathetic Nervous Systems to Space-Induced Bone Loss (Postdoctoral Fellowship)

Guillaume Vignaux, Ph.D.

Career Development and Outreach Program