How I built a first aid kit for astronauts

Dr. Virginia E. Wotring is the Assistant Professor at the Center for Space Medicine and the Department of Pharmacology, the Chief Scientist and Deputy Director, Translational Research Institute at Bayer College of Medicine, and Science and Integration Manager for the National Space Biomedical Research Institute. Her research involves examining the changes in physiology and pharmacology that occur in the confined, closed, microgravity, elevated radiation environment of a space mission. Two of her projects are being conducted onboard the International Space Station: the design and implementation of a new iOS-based app for iPad collection of medication use data directly from crew members during space flight missions and an examination of potential alterations in pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics in the spaceflight environment.