Researchers: Proposals Sought to Analyze Commercial Astronaut Health Data

The Translational Research Institute for Space Health (TRISH) is accepting proposals for secondary analysis of de-identified commercial astronaut health and performance data housed in the EXPAND Database and Biorepository. The solicitation, part of TRISH’s Enhancing eXploration Platform and ANalog Definition (EXPAND) Program, opens the EXPAND centralized research database to the scientific community for hypothesis-driven research.

EXPAND collects health and performance measurements before, during, and after spaceflight from multiple commercial spaceflight missions. Projects selected through this peer-reviewed open call will help improve understanding of health changes experienced during short-duration missions and within a non-governmental astronaut population.

Research duration is one year. The award is non-monetary: selected investigators receive secure access to requested de-identified EXPAND datasets and limited technical support from a “data concierge” to aid with data dictionaries and study protocols.

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