Access the draft program for the 2026 AsMA-UHMS Annual Scientific Meeting to read the abstracts that will be presented in Denver, CO.
Note that this draft is subject to change and the final Proceedings will be published in the September issue of the AMHP journal.
Last Updated: 5/21/2026
Meeting Activities Brochure
Click on the image to the left to access the meeting activities brochure. Note that this document is subject to change.
Last updated 5/15/2026.
All paid registrants will receive complimentary online access to the scientific session recordings. Online content includes speaker audio synched with presentation slides. All files will be streamable or downloadable.
All paid registrants will receive complimentary online access to the scientific session recordings. Online content includes speaker audio synched with presentation slides. All files will be streamable or downloadable.
“International Aviation and COVID-19 – Response and Recovery”
Chris Rocheleau, Chief Operating Officer, National Business Aviation Association
“Civil Aerospace Medicine in the Future – Key Issues to be Addressed”
Dr. Ansa Jordaan, Chief, Aviation Medicine Section, International Civil Aviation Organization
“How Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (hiPSCs) Can Be Used to Bioengineer an Essential Organ – The Kidney”
Aashni Shah – Caddo Parish Magnet High School, Shreveport, LA – Grade 10 – 1st Place – Louisiana Science and Engineering Fair
“Preserving Aquatic Life from the Harmful Effects of Ocean Acidification”
Susanna Chiruguru – LaGrange High School, Lake Charles, LA – Grade 10 – 1st Place – Louisiana Science and Engineering Fair
All paid registrants will receive complimentary online access to the scientific session recordings. Online content includes speaker audio synched with presentation slides. All files will be streamable or downloadable.
“Historical Issues in U.S. Aerospace Medicine: What did we know? When did we know it? Could we have Predicted it?”
Dr. Michael A. Berry
“Medical & Human Factors Challenges of New Aerospace Transportation Systems”
Dr. Melchor Antunano
“Decision Making for Hyperbaric Oxygen for Brain Injury”
Dr. Lindell K. Weaver
All paid registrants will receive complimentary online access to the scientific session recordings. Online content includes speaker audio synched with presentation slides. All files will be streamable or downloadable.
“Undersea Medicine is Out of this World! – Hyperbaric Medical Support at NASA’s Neutral Buoyancy Lab”
Dr. Robert W. Sanders
“Overcoming Barriers on the Pressure Spectrum: From the Past to the Future”
Dr. Joseph Dervay, Dr. Jonathan Clark, Dr. Richard Moon, Dr. Michael Gernhardt, Dr. Jay Dean
All paid registrants will receive complimentary online access to the scientific session recordings. Online content includes speaker audio synched with presentation slides. All files will be streamable or downloadable.
“The Urgency of Doing”
Major General (Dr.) Paul Friedrichs
“The Feedback Loop of Aerospace Medicine and Human Performance”
Dr. Anthony Wagstaff
“The Future of Science in Low Earth Orbit”
US Astronaut (Dr.) Serena Aunon-Chancellor
All paid registrants will receive complimentary online access to the scientific session recordings. Online content includes speaker audio synched with presentation slides. All files will be streamable or downloadable.
“Human Exploration…and its Consequences”
Johann-Dietrich “Jan” Wörner, European Space Agency Director General
“The Impact of Microgravity and Hypergravity on the Human Brain Studied with Advanced MRI Methods”
Professor Doctor Floris Wuyts, PhD, Faculty of Sciences, Antwerp University, Antwerp, Belgium
“Navigating the European Skies: Money Makes the World Fly Safer!”
Adriaan Heerbaart, Eurocontrol Director of theCentral Route Charges Office, Finance and Central IT Directorate (CFI)
Celebrating the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11 and the lunar landing
Mike Barratt, Bill Carpentier, Gerlad Griffin, and Milt Heflin
All paid registrants will receive complimentary online access to the scientific session recordings. Online content includes speaker audio synched with presentation slides. All files will be streamable or downloadable.
“High Altitude Physiology Without an Engine”
Morgan Sandercock, Airbus Perlan II Project
“Genomic Medicine: What, How, and Where?”
Ronald Przygodzki, M.D., Director, Genomic Medicine Implementation, Office of Research and Development, Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC, and Associate Adjunct Professor of Pathology, The George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, DC
“From Here to Mars: How the Twins Study and the Year-Long ISS Missions Have Moves Us Closer to the Red Planet”
John Charles, Ph.D., Chief Scientist of the NASA Human Research Program
All paid registrants will receive complimentary online access to the scientific session recordings. Online content includes speaker audio synched with presentation slides. All files will be streamable or downloadable.
“N = 1: Medical Debrief on an ISS Expedition”
Dr. Michael R. Barratt
“Have Flight Surgeons and Aerospace Medicine Made Aviation Safer?”
Dr. Michael A. Berry
New this year! All paid registrants will receive complimentary online access to the scientific session recordings. Online content includes speaker audio synced with Presentations along with MP3 audio files. All files can be streamed or downloaded.
Proceedings from the 86th Annual Scientific Meeting in Orlando, FL, can be purchased from the button on the right.
Proceedings from the 85th Annual Scientific Meeting in Orlando, FL, can be purchased from the button on the right.
“From Health Care to Health and Performance—A Vision for the Future of Military Medicine”
Lt. Gen. Thomas Travis, USAF, MC, Surgeon General of the U.S. Air Force, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, DC
“Human Physiology in Three Challenging Environments”
Dr. John B. West, Distinguished Professor of Medicine and Physiology, University of California San Diego School of Medicine
“The Cabin Environment and Aircrew Performance”
Professor Michael Bagshaw, MB, BCh, MRCS, FFOM, DAvMed, DFFP, FRAeS, Visiting Professor of Aviation Medicine, King’s College London and Cranfield University
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