Jennifer Fogarty

Baylor College of Medicine

Jennifer Fogarty, Ph.D. is the Chief Scientific Officer for the Translational Research Institute for Space Health (TRISH) at Baylor College of Medicine and a former Chief Scientist of 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 evidenced-based precision medicine and technologies. As Chief Scientist of TRISH, Dr. Fogarty leads an innovative, high-risk research and development portfolio to address space exploration's most challenging human health and performance risks and focuses on developing and expanding medical technologies for use in remote medicine, telemedicine, and the emerging autonomous medical systems. 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 lead to innovative prevention and treatment strategies to sustain health and performance. Dr. Fogarty received her Ph.D. in Medical Sciences from Texas A&M University College of Medicine. Other appointments include Assistant Professor at Baylor College of Medicine’s Center for Space Medicine and Department of Medicine, and Editor of the Fundamentals of Aerospace Medicine, 4th and 5th editions.