Biography

Jennifer Fogarty, Ph.D., is the Program Translational Scientist for the NASA Biological and Physical Sciences Division in the Science Mission Directorate. Dr. Fogarty was recently the Chief Scientific Officer for the Translational Research Institute for Space Health (TRISH) at Baylor College of Medicine and the NASA Human Research Program. Dr. Fogarty has more than twenty years of operational, science strategy, and research experience in medical physiology and human health and performance in extreme environments. Her mission is to improve health, performance, and quality of life by increasing access to high-quality healthcare in space and on Earth, and empowering astronauts, patients, and medical providers with evidence-based precision medicine and technologies.

Dr. Fogarty leads an innovative Division and works to curate research and technology development portfolios addressing some of the most challenging human health and performance risks. Her work focuses on developing and expanding medical technologies for use in remote medicine, telemedicine, and the emerging autonomous medical systems that will be needed for deep space exploration. Dr. Fogarty prioritizes communication and collaboration between industry, academia, government, commercial spaceflight programs, and international partners. She continues to value and seek partnerships to discover and assess fundamental and mechanistic discoveries that will lead to innovative prevention and treatment strategies to sustain health and performance.