Welcome once again to the Aerospace Medicine podcast. In today’s episode we bring you a deep dive with Shawna Pandya, a family practice physician, pilot-in-training, skydiver, scuba-diver and a citizen-scientist astronaut candidate with Project PoSSUM. With degrees in Neuroscience, Space Studies and Medicine, our interview explores the meandering path Shawna has taken to get to where she is today as well as highlighting key opportunities which exist for everyone interested in aerospace medicine. We hope you enjoy.

Explored in this podcast:

• Shawna’s links:
  • Website: http://shawnapandya.com/
  • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shawnapandyaofficial
  • Twitter (@shawnapandya): https://twitter.com/shawnapandya
  • Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shawnapandya/
  • Instagram (@shawnapandya): https://www.instagram.com/shawnapandya/?hl=en
• Recommended Courses:
  • University of Texas Medical Branch Principles of Aviation and Space Medicine course: (https://www.utmb.edu/pmph/aerospace-medicine/pasm-course)
  • National Outdoor Leadership Wilderness Medical Provider Course: (https://www.nols.edu/en/coursefinder/session_search/wilderness-medicine/)
  • ESA Space physician course: https://www.esa.int/Education/ESA_Academy/Participate_in_ESA_Academy_s_Online_Human_Space_Physiology_Training_Course
  • World Extreme Medicine: https://worldextrememedicine.com/
  • PoSSUM: https://projectpossum.org/
  • International Institute of Astronautical Sciences:
    • Website: https://astronauticsinstitute.org/
    • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/astronauticsinstitute
    • Twitter (@ILAS_NLC): https://twitter.com/iias_nlc?lang=en

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