Researcher

She has published over 200 scientific papers and reviews, has served on editorial boards of scientific journals, and was Associate Editor of Pharmacological Reviews. She holds 3 patents, including one for the Human Powered Centrifuge (US patent #5616104). Her research focused on understanding the hormone and behavioral mechanisms underlying the response to stress and coping and applying that knowledge to operational conditions in aviation and space. In parallel she led the ground research that developed the framework for understanding how spaceflight and Earth's gravity affect the human body. She was the first to carry out head-down bed-rest studies in women and compare the changes in fluid and electrolyte regulation and their post-bed-rest orthostatic response to that of men. For this work and her leadership in the space sciences, she received numerous awards including the Strughold and Leverett Awards from the Aerospace Medical Association, the Jeffries Award from the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Women in Aerospace, and NASAs Exceptional Scientific Achievement and two Exceptional Leadership Awards. She is a

• Member of the International Academy of Aeronautics and Astronautics
• Research Fellow of the International Strategic Studies Association
• Fellow of the Aerospace Medical Association
• Fellow of the World Economic Forum
• Distinguished Speaker on "Leadership" at the Global Strategic Forum, 2005.