Ever Upward: February 2019

AsMA Fellows Scholarship Winner to attend (no lunch purchase is necessary to participate in the meeting). e AsMA Fellows Scholarship Committee is pleased to e omissions are listed as strikethroughs. e additions an-nounce their selection of the 2019 scholarship winner. are italicized and underlined. Kseniya S. Masterova, B.S. (M.D., Ph.D. Student), was the 1st Place ARTICLE II. VISION, MISSION, AND GOALS winner ($2,000) for her presenta- tion and publication of a manu- D. Goals: script on "Portable Autorefractors (1) Provide governance of the Association to maintain a for Detecting Axial Length Changes sound financial structure and ensure continuity of the in Space.” Unfortunately, there was Association. no 2nd Place winner ($1,000) this (1) Provide opportunities for education and promote re- year. search. e AsMA Fellows Scholarship is (2) Provide members opportunities for professional funded by the AsMA Foundation growth and development. and is presented annually to two (3) Represent the discipline of Aerospace Medicine to AsMA members who are students in an aerospace medicine professional, commercial, and governmental organiza- residency program, graduate program in aerospace medicine tions and advocate policies and standards. (Master or Ph.D.), medical certificate or aerospace diploma Governance of the Association is necessary to maintain a course, or in a full time education/training program in the al- sound financial structure and ensure continuity of the lied fields of nursing, physiology, human factors, psychology, Association in service to its goals. ergonomics, and engineering. Selection criteria include de- livering a slide or poster presentation as a first author at the Rationale: Governance of the Association is not a goal, but a AsMA Annual Scientific Meeting and then submitting a means to achieving the other three goals and, as such, should manuscript as first author for publication in AsMA’s Aero- be stated differently. space Medicine & Human Performance (AMHP) journal based on the same topic and/or material covered in the slide New Offsite Extreme Medicine or poster presentation. e 1st and 2nd Place Winners are Workshop in Las Vegas selected by the AsMA Fellows Scholarship Committee based on the highest scientific value, originality, quality and rele- Drs. Cheryl Lowry and Brian Pinkston will be providing a vance of the applicant’s presentation and AMHP manuscript new and exciting workshop in Las Vegas at the end of the th related to the field of aerospace medicine (including allied AsMA 90 Annual Scientific Meeting. is workshop will scientific disciplines). Special consideration is given to those be held on Friday, May 10, 2019, and is titled applicants who are at an early stage in their career develop- “Introduction to Desert and Extreme Medicine.” ment. e scholarship monetary awards are used for the pur- e workshop will be conducted at the Red Rock Canyon pose of underwriting, in whole or in part, the cost of registra- National Conservation Area west of the Rio All Suite Hotel. tion fees, transportation, hotel accommodations, or any other Bus transportation and lunch will be provided as part of the valid fees or expenses incurred by the winners in relation to $200.00 registration fee. Buses will depart the Rio All Suite their attendance at one or more scholarly meetings on topics Hotel at 7:00 AM to make the 30-40 minute trip to the Red related to aerospace medicine. Rock Canyon National Conservation Area. e workshop will begin at 8:00 AM and is scheduled to end at 5:00 PM. Buses transportation back to the hotel is also included in the Proposed Bylaws Change registration fee. In accordance with Article XII of the Bylaws of the Aerospace is is intended to be an introductory workshop focused Medical Association, the following proposed change to the on medicine and expedition support in an extreme (desert) Bylaws are printed herein. ey will be voted upon at the environment. Extreme environments are increasingly used by next Annual Business Meeting to be held Tuesday, May 7, NASA and other researchers as analogs to long-duration 2019. e meeting is open and all members are encouraged missions. Additionally, adventure travel is becoming increas- ingly popular. AsMA members may either support or partici- Visit Us on Social Media! pate in research expeditions and adventure travel. Wilderness Connect with AsMA online via any of the accounts below: Medical Society (U.S.) and World Extreme Medicine (UK) See ‘Extreme Medicine’, p. N5 Twitter: https://twitter.com/aero_med FB: www.facebook.com/AerospaceMedicalAssociation Read Current News Online! LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ The News pages are updated regularly as we receive 2718542?trk=tyah&trkInfo=tarId:1404740611720, news. Members: check the Job Fair: new jobs are tas:Aerospace Medical,idx:1-1-1 posted monthly!

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N4 AsMA Newsletter • February 2019 From ‘Extreme Medicine’, p. N4 New Members are the primary providers of this sort of Continuing Medical AsMA welcomes 31 new members in February. Education (CME). Our members would benefit from an op - • Bland, Scott; Greensboro, NC, portunity for adventure/expedition CME provided by AsMA, • Celloe, Annabelle; Kambah, Australian Capital Territory, in joint providership with the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society (UHMS), at this conference. th • Cornejo, Jose; Cercado de , When registering for the AsMA 90 Annual Scientific • de Saram, Joseph; Sheffield, Derbyshire, Meeting online, you will find this workshop on the second • Dixon, Jordan; Boulder, CO, United States page of the list of ticketed events. Screen captures are pro - • Dodge, Robin; Enid, OK, United States vided below to assist you in finding the workshop during the • Eveson, Leanne; Bordon, Hampshire, United Kingdom online registration process. • Fahlsing, Christopher; Washington, DC, United States At the bottom of the first page of ticketed events, you’ll • Haberman, Mackenzie; Hanover, NH, United States find ursday, May 9, 2019, with the Space Medicine • Hansen, Daniel; Rutherford, NJ, United States Luncheon and the AsMA Honors Night functions listed. Just • Hart, Corey; Fairborn, OH, United States beneath those functions you’ll find a link title Next Page> in • Kearns, Devin; Fairchild AFB, WA, United States the middle of the page. Select the Next Page> link (see • Kerkoff, Steffen; Cologne, below). • Lindgren, Kjell; League City, TX, United States On the second page, you’ll find Friday, May 10, 2019, • Lutz, Jacob; Fort Wayne, IN, United States listed. e only function available on that day is the • Marcus, Nicole; Mount Laurel, NJ, United States “Introduction to Desert and Extreme Medicine” Workshop. • Mistry, Amit; Oklahoma City, OK, United States Click on the +Select button and then click on the Next> but - • Oliveira, Edson; Mafra, ton to continue with your online registration (see below). • Patel, Vishal; Davie, FL, United States For more details on this exciting new workshop, select the • Putman, Esther; Lexington, KY, United States >Details button under the short description (see below). For a • Rodriguez, Brian; Galveston, TX, United States brochure on the workshop, please visit https://www.asma. • Schmitz, Jan; Koln, Germany org/asma/media/AsMA/pdf-meetings/2019-annual-meeting/ • Scott, Rachel; Rogersville, MO, United States Intro-to-Extreme-Med_brochure.pdf . • Simonson, Richard; Daytona Beach, FL, United States • Skinner, omas; Lincoln, CA, United States • Somsel, Elizabeth; Holloman AFB, NM, United States • ompson, Ryan; FPO AP, United States • Wang, Shih-Hao; Taoyuan District, Taiwan • Weesner, Kathryn; Leawood, KS, United States • Wheeler, Andrew; Norfolk, VA, United States • Wusk, Grace; Blacksburg, VA, United States

ERAU Offering HFACS Workshops e Human Factors Analysis Classification System (HFACS) is recognized as the “Gold Standard” in human factors analy - sis and classification. Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Next Page: Click the ‘Next Page’ button at the bottom of the page (ERAU), recognized worldwide as the pinnacle in aviation in the middle to access the new workshop. and aerospace education, has teamed with HFACS, Inc., to provide specialized human factors training to promote im - proved human performance and safety. Workshops are being offered on the following dates: • May 7–8, 2019; Daytona Beach, FL • July 16–17, 2019; Las Vegas, NV • September 17–18, 2019; Las Vegas, NV • December 17–18, 2019; Las Vegas, NV e intensive, two-day workshops teach updated cutting- edge techniques to help organizations identify the causes of errors and develop preventative measures to lower risk and improve performance. For more information or to register, please visit the ERAU HFACS Workshop site . Registration is available now for all 2019 HFACS Workshops.

Extreme Medicine Workshop: Click the ‘Details’ button for a CME and MoC Now Included! longer description. The cost of CME and MOC credits are now included in the Want more info on the annual meeting? registration cost for the annual meeting. Attendees will re - Visit www.asma.org/scientific-meetings/asma-annual- ceive a survey after the meeting which will ask if they wish scientific-meeting - links are in the left-hand column. to claime CME or MOC credits.

AsMA Newsletter • February 2019 N5 ABPM Offers Electronic MoC Exams Registration is now open for GLEC 2019 Diplomates: the American Board of Preventive Medicine The first conference of its kind, the IAF Global Conference (ABPM) will be offering their Maintenance of Certification on Space for Emerging Countries (GLEC) aims to actively exams electronically. is is for all Diplomates certified in engage emerging countries in the space scene and to any of the ABPM’s Specialties of Aerospace Medicine, bring together the international community. It will take Occupational Medicine, Public Health, and General place April 24-26, 2019, in Marrakesh, Morroco. Preventive Medicine (collectively as “Specialties”) or its For more or to register, please visit Subspecialties of Addiction Medicine, Clinical Informatics, http://glec2019.org/ . and Undersea & Hyperbaric Medicine (collectively as “Subspecialties”) and who are eligible to take a Maintenance Upcoming FAA AME Seminars of Certification (MOC) examination. e electronic adminis - Dates Location Seminar Type tration of the MOC examination will allow the Diplomate to March 25-29, 2019 Oklahoma City, OK Basic use his or her own computer that will provide the Diplomate May 6-9, 2019 Las Vegas, NV AsMA with remote access to an electronic version of the MOC ex - June 10-14, 2019 Oklahoma City, OK Basic amination for the Specialty or Subspecialty for which the Aug. 2-4, 2019 Washington, DC Refresher Diplomate is seeking recertification. For more on the elec - PLEASE NOTE: The only FAA seminar AsMA takes regis - tronic exams, please see the press release at https://www.the - trations for is the one held in conjunction with our annual abpm.org/2018/12/27/the-american-board-of-preventive- meeting in May. For all others, please contact the FAA. medicine-will-begin-offering-remotely-proctored-computer- Visit: http://www.faa.gov/other_visit/aviation_industry/ based-administration-of-its-maintenance-of-certification- designees_delegations/designee_types/ame/seminar_ moc-examinations/ . schedule/ to learn more.

NEWS OF CORPORATE MEMBERS Two UTMB Employees Honored when they take certain medications, are in poor physical con - dition, or suffer from illnesses such as diabetes, high blood Dr. Gulshan Sharma, UTMB’s Chief Medical and Clinical pressure, or heart disease. For outdoor workers, what consti - Innovation Officer, has been named a PrimeMover of 2018 tutes cold stress and its effects can vary across different parts by HealthLeaders, a multi-platform media company dedi - of the country. In regions where workers are unaccustomed cated to meeting the business information needs of health to winter weather, near freezing temperatures are considered care executives and professionals. PrimeMovers are defined factors for cold stress. as executives who are transforming health care financially, —Please see https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/updates/upd-01-23- clinically and operationally. In addition, Dr. Randall J. Urban 19.html for more on this. has been named principal investigator of UTMB’s Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) program. UTMB is one of 62 institutions funded via a National Institutes of KBRwyle Helps Marines Maintain Health CTSA. Dr. Urban will build upon the work begun by Combat Readiness the outgoing CTSA Principal Investigator Dr. David Herndon. KBR, Inc., announced that its global government services —Please visit https://www.utmb.edu/internalmedicine/ business, KBRwyle, has been awarded a 6-month contract ex - news-events/news-article/2019/01/08/dr.-gulshan-sharma- tension by the U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) to continue to named-a-primemover-of-2018 and https://www.utmb.edu/ in - provide prepositioning and logistics support services for the ternalmedicine/news-events/news-article/2019/01/08/dr.-ran - USMC Blount Island Command. KBRwyle has operated dall-j.-urban-named-principal-investigator-of-utmb-s-clinical- under this contract for almost 10 years, demonstrating the and-translational-science-award-(ctsa)-program for more on Marine Corps’ trust in KBRwyle to help maintain combat these articles. readiness for U.S. troops. Under this contract, KBRwyle ac - quires, maintains, and prepositions mission-critical supplies NIOSH Reminds Workers to Stay and equipment, such as combat vehicles, rations, water, fuel, Safe in the Cold medical supplies, and artillery and ammunition for troops de - ployed worldwide. KBRwyle provides logistics services that With winter in full-swing nationwide, the National Institute include supply support, inventory management, IT support, for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) reminds work - preservation and packaging, shipping and receiving, and ers whose job requires them to work outdoors in cold, wet, maintenance in and outside of the United States. A majority icy, or snowy conditions to “be prepared and be aware” to of this work is performed in Jacksonville, FL, but KBRwyle prevent cold-related illnesses and injuries such as hypother - also supports prepositioned stock in and Norway, as mia and frostbite. Anyone who has to work in a cold envi - well as aboard 12 Navy ships in the Indian and Pacific ronment may be at risk of cold-related illnesses and injuries, Oceans. or “cold stress.” Workers who may not be able to avoid work - —Visit https://kbr.com/about/newsroom/press-releases/ ing outdoors in cold weather could include police officers, 2019/01/21/kbrwyle-continues-to-help-us-marines-maintain- snow cleanup crews, sanitation workers, farmers, construc - combat-readiness-worldwide to read more. tion workers, and many others. Workers face increased risks See ‘Corporate News’, p. N7

N6 AsMA Newsletter • February 2019 From ‘Corporates,’ p. N6 Corporate News Bites Mayo Clinic Finds AI Detects ALPA: e Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l (ALPA), re - Silent Heart Disease cently named David Krieger to serve as general manager A Mayo Clinic study finds that applying artificial intelligence effective January 1. As ALPA’s most senior staff member, (AI) to a widely available, inexpensive test—the electrocar - Krieger will work directly with pilot leadership on the diogram (EKG)—results in a simple, affordable early indica - strategic planning, financial, and administrative functions tor of asymptomatic le ventricular dysfunction, which is a of the union. roughout his ALPA career, Krieger has precursor to heart failure. e research team found that the been instrumental in the oversight of ALPA’s financial, AI/EKG test accuracy compares favorably with other com - operational, statistical, economic, and labor-agreement mon screening tests, such as mammography for breast can - analyses. To read more about this, please visit cer. e findings were published in Nature Medicine . e http://www.alpa.org/news-and-events/news-room/2019-01- Mayo study reports that the best existing screening test for 08-david-krieger-new-general-manager. asymptomatic le ventricular dysfunction is to measure na - Go2Altitude: Biomedtech of Australia has been chosen triuretic peptide levels (BNP), but results of BNP have been by the Royal Australian Air Force to provide its hypoxia disappointing, and the test requires blood draws. In their training systems to the new air academy at RAAF East study, Mayo Clinic researchers hypothesized that asymp - Sale. e systems comprise a six-person computerized tomatic le ventricular dysfunction could be reliably detected classroom with a two-person cockpit trainer and includes in the EKG by a properly trained neural network. e study a simulator for recognizing hypoxia symptoms. Training concluded that AI applied to a standard EKG reliably detects can be done using a helmet or oxygen mask to assist pilots asymptomatic le ventricular dysfunction. in recognizing their symptoms. For more on this, please see —Please see https://newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/mayo- https://www.defenceconnect.com.au/key-enablers/3396- clinic-research-uses-artificial-intelligence-to-develop-inexpensive- biomedtech-australia-to-provide-hypoxia-training-to-adf. widely-available-early-detector-of-silent-heart-disease/ for more on IFALPA: e International Federation of Air Line this. Pilots Association (IFALPA) recently released a position paper on unescorted passengers on the apron. ey were SAA Partners with Gazoo made aware that at some airports, passengers are able to Racing Team walk onto the apron unescorted and unsupervised be - tween the airplane and terminal. ey feel this is a threat South African Airways Cargo (SAA Cargo) is proud to be the to safety and security. e full paper can be downloaded at official airfreight partner of the Toyota Gazoo Racing South https://www.ifalpa.org/media/3133/18pos22-unescorted- Africa Team at the 2019 . e race took place passengers-on-the-apron.pdf. from 6 to 17 January in Peru, . e Dakar NKI: NeuroKinetics, Inc.’s (NKI’s) Chief Technology Rally is one of the biggest motorsports events in the world Officer, Alex Kiderman, Ph.D., is a contributing author of and is seen as the pinnacle in off-road motor racing and the a new book on mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI). e ultimate test of vehicle durability. e partnership, which has book, Neurosensory Disorders in Mild Traumatic Brain been in place since 2012, involves transportation of the racing Injury, combines scientific and clinical work in mTBI to vehicles to Sao Paulo, , enroute to Lima, Peru for the provide a comprehensive view of defining, diagnosing, start. e shipment consists of two vehicles and spares, and treating neurosensory disorders associated with which weigh about 8500 kg. mTBI. To see more on this, please visit https://www.neuro- —Please visit https://www.flysaa.com/about-us/leading-car - kinetics.com/project/kiderman-author-mtbi-book/. rier/media-center/media-releases/newsroom for this and other articles. MEETINGS CALENDAR Calls for Papers March 5-7, 2019 ; Singapore Aviation Safety Seminar; Sept. 9-13, 2019 ; 24th International Symposium on Singapore Aviation Academy, Singapore. For more infor - Shiftwork & Working Time; Coeur d'Alene, ID, United mation, please visit https://10times.com/singapore- States. Interested participants are invited to submit ab - aviation-safety-seminar . stracts for oral and poster presentations. For submission March 11-13, 2019 ; 16th EuroSciCon Conference on guidelines, please visit https://www.eiseverywhere.com/ Immunology; Hyatt Place Amsterdam Airport, ehome/363296/symposia/ . For more about this meeting, . Please visit https://immunology.euroscicon. see https://www.eiseverywhere.com/ehome/363296/ com/ for more information. 793502 . The submission deadline is March 1, 2019 . May 17-22, 2019 ; American Thoracic Society 2019 Oct. 28-Nov. 1, 2019 ; HFES 63rd International Annual Annual Scientific Meeting; Dallas, TX. Please visit Meeting; Seattle, WA, United States. Make plans to attend http://conference.thoracic.org/ for more information. and participate in the 63rd International Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. HFES is Want to see your company’s news here? calling for proposals; the deadline is March 4, 2019, at 6 Become a Corporate and Sustaining Member! PM EST . For more information on the meeting, please visit Visit www.asma.org/for-corporations to learn more or http://www.hfes2019.org/ . request information from the Home Office.

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