Scott J. Wood, Ph.D.
Senior Research Scientist
scott.j.wood@nasa.gov

Dr. Wood is a graduate of Texas A&M University and Baylor College of Medicine. Dr. Wood’s research focus is on adaptive changes in sensorimotor function following space flight and the clinical assessment of vestibular pathophysiology underlying balance disorders. He is a Principal Investigator on various projects funded by NASA/NSBRI, NIH and the Navy investigating how the linear motion detectors in the inner ear, the otolith organs, contribute to the control of gaze, posture and gait, spatial orientation, and orthostatic mechanisms. Dr Wood has maintained an affiliation with Legacy Health System in Portland OR and the Naval Aerospace Medical Research Laboratory in Pensacola FL. He recently joined USRA in July 2004 as a staff scientist in the Human Adaptation and Countermeasures Office Neurosciences Laboratory.