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About the AsMAPurpose: The Aerospace Medical Association is organized exclusively for charitable, educational, and scientific purposes. It is the largest, most-representative professional membership organization in the fields of aviation, space, and environmental medicine. AsMA is an umbrella group providing a forum for many different disciplines to come together and share their expertise for the benefit of all persons involved in air and space travel.. The Association has provided its expertise to a multitude of Federal and international agencies on a broad range of issues, including aviation and space medical standards, the aging pilot, and physiological stresses of flight. AsMA's membership includes aerospace medicine specialists, flight nurses, physiologists, psychologists, human factors specialists, and researchers in this field. Most are with industry, civil aviation regulatory agencies, departments of defense and military services, the airlines, space programs, and universities. Approximately 25% of the membership is international. Through the efforts of the AsMA members, safety in flight and man's overall adaptation to adverse environments have been more nearly achieved. What is Aerospace Medicine?Aerospace medicine concerns the determination and maintenance of the health, safety, and performance of persons involved in air and space travel. Aerospace Medicine, as a broad field of endeavor, offers dynamic challenges and opportunities for physicians, nurses, physiologists, bioenvironmental engineers, industrial hygienists, environmental health practitioners, human factors specialists, psychologists, and other professionals. Those in the field are dedicated to enhancing health, promoting safety , and improving performance of individuals who work or travel in unusual environments. The environments of space and aviation provide significant challenges, such as microgravity, radiation exposure, G-forces, emergency ejection injuries, and hypoxic conditions, for those embarking in their exploration. Areas of interest range from space and atmospheric flight to undersea activities, and the environments that are studied cover a wide spectrum, extending from the “microenvironments” of space or diving suits to those of “Spaceship Earth” This page contains the following information on AsMA. Click the links to find out more.
Vision StatementThe International Leader in Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine. Mission StatementApply and advance scientific knowledge to promote and enhance the health, safety and performance of those involved in aerospace and related activities. Guiding PrinciplesThe Aerospace Medical Association will
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The Aerospace Medical Association has kept pace with the advances in aerospace medicine by presenting scientific investigations and papers in the specialty. Through the years, thousands of papers have been presented at the Annual Scientific Meeting. Papers are also published in the Association's official journal, Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine (formerly Aerospace Medicine). Objectives
To achieve these objectives, the Association:
GovernanceThe Aerospace Medical Association is governed by the Council (view list), composed of elected officers, elected members at large, and representatives from Constituent Organizations. The on-going business of the Association is under the direction of the Executive Committee (view list). CommitteesMuch of the business of the Association is conducted through its many active Standing Committees. To view a list of these please click here: standing committees . A full description is available in the Bylaws. HistoryThe Aerospace Medical Association (AsMA) was founded in 1929 under the guidance of Louis H. Bauer, M.D., the first medical director of the Aeronautics Branch of the Department of Commerce (which later became the FAA). Dr. Bauer and his associates dedicated themselves and the new Association to "dissemination of information as will enhance the accuracy of their specialized art...thereby affording a greater guarantee of safety to the public and the pilot, alike; and to cooperate... in furthering the progress of aeronautics in the United States." From the 1929 organizational meeting of 29 "aeromedical examiners," the Association has grown to its present strength of more than 2,600 members from over 70 countries. Careers in Aerospace MedicineAerospace Medicine, as a broad field of endeavor, offers dynamic challenges and opportunities for physicians, nurses, physiologists, human factors specialists, psychologists, bioenvironmental engineers, industrial hygienists, environmental health practitioners, and other professionals. Those in the field are dedicated to enhancing health, promoting safety, and improving performance of individuals who work or travel in unusual environments. Areas of interest range from space and atmospheric flight to undersea activities, and the environments that are studied cover a wide spectrum, extending from the microenvironments of space or diving suits to those of “spaceship Earth.” Find out more about Careers in Aerospace Medicine. Downloadable Materials
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