MENU LOGIN OR REGISTER SEARCH OVERVIEW ASSOCIATION INFO Committees Governance Policy Compendium This is Aerospace Medicine Slideshows HISTORY Careers Aerospace Medicine Residency Programs & Related Courses Research Opportunities Aerospace Nursing Aerospace Physiology Certification in Aerospace Physiology Aerospace Human Factors Job Opportunities Undersea & Hyperbaric Medicine Scholarships CONSTITUENTS Aerospace Human Factors Association Aerospace Nursing Society Aerospace Physiology Society Airlines Medical Directors Association American Society of Aerospace Medicine Specialists International Association of Military Flight Surgeon Pilots Life Sciences and Biomedical Engineering Branch Society of NASA Flight Surgeons Society of U. S. Air Force Flight Surgeons Society of U. S. Naval Flight Surgeons Space Medicine Association U.S. Army Aviation Medicine Association AFFILIATES RELATED ORGANIZATIONS American Board of Preventive Medicine American College of Preventive Medicine AsMA Foundation 2014 AsMA Fellows Scholarship Winner Fellows & Associate Fellows RELATED SITES Careers Aerospace 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, physician assistants, 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." Aerospace medical practitioners serve flyers, passengers, space travelers, air traffic controllers, patients transported by air, maintenance crews, and even mountain climbers and undersea workers. The problems and challenges these people face are quite different from those faced by individuals who live and work only on the surface of the Earth. The unusual nature of aerospace medicine's needs requires that practitioners have unique expertise. Specialized education in any of aerospace medicine's diverse facets enables professionals to develop and apply their capabilities. The diverse and expanding opportunities in the field make a career in aerospace medicine unusually attractive for health professionals. To the left is a list of related fields of Aerospace Medicine with additional information about careers. Aerospace Medicine Career - An Inteview with AsMA Fellow and US Astronaut Dr. Michael Barratt (Video provided courtesy of Lofty Ambitions Blog) (Anna Leahy & Douglas Dechow Interviewers/Videographers) SCHOLARSHIPS The Aerospace Medical Association and several organizations affiliated with the Aerospace Medical Association offer several scholarships for students and residents pursuing careers in Aerospace Medicine. Go to the AsMA Scholarships webpage to learn more about these exciting opportunities. AEROSPACE MEDICAL ASSOCIATION Copyright ©2015 Aerospace Medical Association, All rights reserved Privacy Policy Copyright and Permissions Site map Contact 320 South Henry Street Alexandria, VA 22314-3579 Phone: (703) 739-2240 Fax: (703) 739-9652 CONNECT