EDUCATION
USRA DSLS organizes and manages programs encompassing all levels of education, from elementary through postdoctoral fellowship. We have produced a wide variety of excellent educational products, including conference proceedings, abstract booklets, a biology course workbook specifically designed for engineers, a textbook for use as a supplement to high school science courses, and teaching materials for secondary school teachers and university faculty.
DSLS Seminar Series
The DSLS Seminar Series features talks on cutting research of particular interest to life scientists. The setting is informal, and the audience is encouraged to bring a brown bag lunch; soft drinks and cookies are provided.
USRA Berkner Room
3600 Bay Area Blvd.
Houston, Texas
Bioastronautics Speaker Seminar Series
The Bioastronautics Speaker Seminar Series has been established to offer seminars on cutting edge science and technology from noted speakers in the national life sciences community.
Click here for past bioastronautics speaker presentations.
Additional presentations will be announced as they are scheduled.
Aerospace Medicine Residency Program
The Division provides support for the Aerospace Medicine Residency Program sponsored by the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston and the NASA Johnson Space Center. Residents participate in the accredited two-year multidisciplinary program that seeks to prepare specialty-trained physicians to become experts in space medicine and space biomedical research.
Aerospace Medicine Grand Rounds
Monthly Aerospace Medicine Grand Rounds seminars sponsored by the Aerospace Medicine Residency Program offer a productive information exchange for both the NASA life sciences community and the medical community. The timely presentations on aviation, aerospace medicine, and microgravity science are open to the public. The seminars are presented at USRA Houston, but linked via video teleconference to NASA Headquarters; NASA Johnson Space Center; NASA Kennedy Space Center; the Mayo Clinics in Rochester, Minnesota and Scottsdale, Arizona; Massachusetts Institute of Technology; the U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine; the U.S. Army School of Aviation Medicine; the Naval Aerospace Medical Institute; the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Moscow, and the National University of Colombia in Bogotá.
*Credit for one hour of Continuing Medical Education will be given for participation in Aerospace Medicine Grand Rounds. For more information about Grand Rounds, contact Kay Nute (nute@dsls.usra.edu).
Aerospace Medicine Grand Rounds Archive
Aerospace Medicine Grand Rounds presentations, since April 25, 2000, are archived at this site. CME will not be offered for viewing the presentation on the Internet.
Bioastronautics and FundamentalSpace Biology (BFSB) Postdoctoral Research Program
From 2003 to 2006, the Universities Space Research Association's Division of Space Life Sciences (DSLS), under the direction of NASA’s Bioastronautics and Fundamental Space Biology Divisions, administered a postdoctoral research program which sought to expand microgravity research and educational opportunities by taking a proactive approach of training the next generation of space life sciences investigators. Follow this link for additional information about the program and the program alumni.
LPI/DSLS SPEAKER'S BUREAU
Scientists from USRA’s Division of Space Life Sciences and the Lunar and Planetary Institute have formed a Speaker’s Bureau to offer presentations to schools, civic groups, and other similar organizations. The aim of the Speaker’s Bureau is to introduce the public to the wonders of science. The speakers’ research covers a wide variety of topics, and in many cases, they are able to tailor their topic to the specific needs of their audience. Click here to request a speaker for the Houston region or a specific LPI/ DSLS Speaker.
2003 Summer Short Course, “Basic Biology for Engineers”
A course designed to emphasize the principles of biology for the engineers who design research equipment for the International Space Station was presented August 11–16, 2003 at the NASA Ames Research Center. Follow this link to additional course information.
Human Physiology in Space
Teacher training and demonstration workshops based upon Human Physiology in Space: A Program for America, a secondary school text that builds life sciences curriculum around the results of actual space shuttle experiments are offered through the National Space Biomedical Research Institute.
Links to Education and Outreach Sites
Aerospace Medical Association
NASA Exploration Systems Mission Directorate
Space Biology
Last updated
June 23, 2009