Pam Melroy
NASA Deputy Administrator
NASA Astronaut
NASA Headquarters
Vanessa Wyche
Center Director
NASA Johnson Space Center
Kathryn Lueders
Associate Administrator
Space Operations Mission Directorate
NASA Headquarters
J.D. Polk, DO, MS, MMM, CPE, FACOEP, FAsMA
Chief Health and Medical Officer
NASA Headquarters
Ken Bowersox
Deputy Associate Administrator
Space Operations Mission Directorate
NASA Astronaut
The Honorable Charles F. Bolden Jr.
12th NASA Administrator
Major General, USMC (Ret.)
Founder and CEO Emeritus, The Charles F. Bolden Group LLC
Arlington, VA
The following speakers are in order of presentation:
Craig E. Kundrot, Ph.D.
Director
Biological and Physical Sciences Division
Science Mission Directorate
NASA Headquarters
Bette Siegel
Program Executive
Space Operations Mission Directorate
NASA Headquarters
Jancy C. McPhee, Ph.D.
Associate Chief Scientist, Human Research Program
NASA Johnson Space Center
Michelle Frieling
Deputy Director
Human Health and Performance
NASA Johnson Space Center
Joseph P. Dervay MD, MPH, MMS
Flight Surgeon
NASA Johnson Space Center
Alexandra (Sandra) Whitmire, Ph.D.
Element Scientist
Human Factors and Behavioral Health and Performance
NASA Johnson Space Center
Lisa C. Simonsen, Ph.D.
Senior Scientist, Radiation Systems Integration
NASA Headquarters
Michael Barratt, MD, MS
NASA Astronaut
NASA Johnson Space Center
John Allen, Ph.D.
Program Executive for Crew Health and Safety and the Human Research Program
Space Operation Mission Directorate
NASA Headquarters
Serena Aunon-Chancellor, MD
NASA Astronaut
NASA Johnson Space Center
Julie A. Robinson, Ph.D.
Chief Scientist, Human Exploration and Operations
Manager (Acting), Science & Technology Utilization
NASA Headquarters
Ed Powers, MD
Associate Professor and Director, Aerospace Medicine
University of Texas Medical Branch
Michelle Rucker
Human Mars Architecture Team Lead
NASA Johnson Space Center
Robert L. Howard, Jr., Ph.D.
Habitability Domain Lead and Co-Lead, Center for Design and Space Architecture
NASA Johnson Space Center
Sudhakar L. Rajulu, Ph.D.
Technical Manager, Anthropometry and Biomechanics Facility
Biomedical Research and Environmental Sciences Division
NASA Johnson Space Center
Richard Williams MD MPH FACS
Director, Three Rivers and Eastern Shore Health Districts
Virginia Department of Health
Former NASA Chief Health and Medical Officer
Suzanne T. Bell, Ph.D.
Lead, Behavioral Health and Performance Laboratory
NASA Johnson Space Center
Cynthia Null, Ph.D.
NASA Technical Fellow, Human Factors
NASA Engineering and Safety Center
Mary Van Baalen, PhD
Acting Assistant Director, Human System Risk Management
NASA Johnson Space Center
James Pattarini, MD
Flight Surgeon
NASA Johnson Space Center
David Francisco
Technical Fellow for Health, Medical & Performance Spaceflight Standards
Office of the Chief Health and Medical Officer (OCHMO)
NASA – Headquarters
Sharmi Watkins, MD, MPH
Assistant Director for Exploration
Human Health & Performance Directorate
NASA Johnson Space Center
Steven H. Platts, Ph.D.
Chief Scientist
Human Research Program
NASA Johnson Space center
Dorit Donoviel, Ph.D.
Executive Director, Translational Research Institute for Space Health (TRISH)
Associate Professor, Center for Space Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine
Victor Glover
NASA Astronaut
NASA Johnson Space Center
Maneesh Arya, PMP, Ph.D.
Analog Science Coordinator
Human Factors and Behavioral Performance
Human Research Program
NASA Johnson Space Center
Guillaume Weerts, MD
Head of Space Medicine
European Space Agency
Joern Rittweger, Prof. Dr. Med.
Head, Department Muscle & Bone Metabolism
DLR Institute of Aerospace Medicine
Jennifer Fogarty, Ph.D.
Director of Applied Health and Performance
Sophic Synergistics, LLC.
Emmanuel Urquieta, M.D., M.S.
Chief Medical Officer/Interim Chief Scientist
Translational Research Institute for Space Health
Assistant Professor, Center for Space Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine
Jimmy Wu
Senior Biomedical Engineer
Translational Research Institute for Space Health
Center for Space Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine