UCF’s Center for Aerospace and Extreme Environments Medicine (CASEEM)
UCF’s new Center for Aerospace and Extreme Environments Medicine (CASEEM) is a multidisciplinary center includes faculty experts in medicine, engineering, computer science, psychology, arts and educational leadership who work together to research and develop new technologies for keeping space travelers healthy as well as soldiers on military missions, deep sea explorers and mountain climbers.
UCF’s location near the Kennedy Space Center and the opportunity to collaborate in research and education across its colleges are major assets in making the university a recognized leader in space medicine.
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At the center, UCF faculty physicians will work with engineers and computer scientists to create and test new technologies to diagnose and treat health problems in the confines of space and other extreme environments. Psychology faculty will help identify solutions to the mental health implications of space travel, including isolation and living in a confined area. Leadership science researchers will identify the best ways to select and train astronaut teams for optimum effectiveness.
These discoveries also could help patients on Earth. For example, technologies developed to protect astronauts from radiation could help cancer patients receiving radiation therapy. Understanding how space travel advances aging and inflammatory processes in the body could uncover new anti-aging therapies.