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President’s Achievement Award

By Space Medicine Association on August 15, 2014 Awards

President’s Award Winner 2018 – Michael R. Barratt, MD

The President’s Achievement Award is presented each year for contributions to space medicine and/or contributions to the Space Medicine Association. It is chosen solely by the current President of the Space Medicine Association.

- While the advent of a new field of science is always a notable occasion, this is especially so in the case of space medicine because, among the various fields of military medicine currently being employed to support our military forces, space medicine unquestionably ranks number one in strategic importance. At the same time it occupies an eminent position in the general field of science in regard to its current and potential for future contributions to an understanding of nature’s most closely guarded secrets. Gen. Harry Armstrong, 1959
2018 Presidents Award Winner

Michael R. Barratt, MD

The recipient of the 2018 SMA President’s Award was Michael R. Barratt, MD. Specializing in aerospace medicine, Barratt is board certified in internal and aerospace medicine. He served as a flight surgeon for NASA before his selection as an astronaut, and has played a role in developing NASA's space medicine programs for both the Shuttle-Mir Program and International Space Station. His first spaceflight was a long-duration mission to the International Space Station, as a Flight Engineer in the Expedition 19 and 20 crew, during which he performed two spacewalks. In March 2011, Barratt completed his second spaceflight as a crew member of STS-133. In October 2004, he also spent 11 days underwater as a crewmember of the NASA NEEMO 7 expedition to the Aquarius underwater laboratory in the Florida Keys. From January of 2012 through April of 2013, Dr. Barratt was Manager of the Human Research Program at NASA Johnson Space Center, overseeing NASA’s research and technology development mitigating the health and performance risks associated with long duration human spaceflight. In addition to all of these accomplishments, he has literally “written the book” on space medicine (strictly speaking, edited it along with the late Dr. Sam Pool): “Principles of Clinical Medicine for Space Flight,” published in 2008 and now in revision as a second edition. Dr. Barratt’s life and accomplishments have been and will continue to advance the progress of space medicine.
Previous Award Winners

2017   Dr. Jeff Myers
2016   Genie Bopp
2015   Mark Campbell
2014   Steve Vander Ark
2013   Terrance Taddeo, M.D.
2012   Sam Pool, M.D.
2011   Mark R. Campbell, M.D.
2010   Paul Kulinski, M.D.
2009   Joe Kerwin, M.D.
2008   Igor Goncharov, M.D.

President's Lifetime Achievement Award began 2008

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