Join us for an exclusive Q&A session with Shawna Pandya, now set to become Canada’s first female commercial astronaut!
Recorded at the 2024 Space Medicine Course, this insightful session covers the evolving field of space medicine, the future of commercial spaceflight, and what it takes to become an astronaut.
What You’ll Learn in this Q&A:
- Why Shawna pursued commercial spaceflight instead of the Canadian Space Agency
- How nurses, physiotherapists, and pharmacists fit into space healthcare
- The physiological challenges of long-duration space missions
- The reality of training for suborbital spaceflight
- Her research on continuous glucose monitoring in microgravity
- Career advice for medical professionals entering aerospace medicine
Shawna has spent years training for this once-in-a-lifetime mission, conducting microgravity research, parabolic flights, and extreme environment testing. Now, she’s preparing to take her first flight to space!
Don’t miss this incredible conversation with one of the pioneers shaping the future of space medicine.
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