20th Annual Louis A. Cottle Medical Education Conference

Please join us for the 20th Annual Louis A. Cottle Medical Education Conference - An Introduction to Space Medicine! Welcome to the 20th Annual Louis A. Cottle Medical Education Lecture! Join us for an insightful event at the Beechwood Hotel where medical professionals gather to learn and network. Our Keynote Speaker is Dr. Erik Antonsen. Dr. Antonsen has focused his career at the intersection of medicine and engineering for human spaceflight. He is the CTO of Advancing Frontiers, a consulting company providing spaceflight integration services. Prior to that he worked in many roles across industry, academia, and government. At NASA he was the Element Scientist for Exploration Medical Capabilities in the NASA Human Research Program from 2015-2018 where he led the research element in developing systems medicine approaches to designing medical systems. Following that he was the Assistant Director for Human System Risk Management in the Human Health and Performance Directorate at NASA Johnson Space Center from 2018-2021 where he was responsible for chairing the NASA Human System Risk Board and working with human spaceflight programs to prioritize research and operational investments that protect human health and performance in space.