Characterizing dehydration in short-term spaceflight using evidence from Project Mercury.

Reynolds, R., Shelhamer, M., Antonsen, E., & Carpentier, W. (2024).
Npj Microgravity, 10(1), 64. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41526-024-00374-8 PDF

 

The human biology of spaceflight.

Sarma, M., Shelhamer, M. (2024).
American Journal of Human Biology, 36(3), e24048. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajhb.24048 PDF

 

Measuring Ocular Misalignment by Age at Space Center Houston to Inform Spaceflight Analysis.

Johns, N., Haberlen, S., Friello, P., Perkins, K., Sarma, M., Shelhamer, M. (2023).
Journal of Clinical and Translational Science, 7(s1), 7. https://doi.org/10.1017/cts.2023.124
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Selected discoveries from human research in space that are relevant to human health on Earth.

Shelhamer, M., Bloomberg, J., LeBlanc, A., Prisk, G. K., Sibonga, J., Smith, S. M., Zwart, S. R., & Norsk, P. (2020).
Npj Microgravity, 6(1), 1–5. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41526-020-0095-y PDF

 

Visions of a Martian Future.

Szocik, K., Abood, S., Impey, C., Shelhamer, M., Haqq-Misra, J., Persson, E., Oviedo, L., Capova, K. A., Braddock, M., Rappaport, M., & Corbally, C. (2020).
Futures, 117, 1-11. PDF

 

Exploring the links between early life and young adulthood social experiences and men’s later life psychobiology as fathers.

Sarma, M. S., Kuo, P. X., Bechayda, S. A., Kuzawa, C. W., & Gettler, L. T. (2018).
Physiology & Behavior, 193, 82–89. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physbeh.2017.11.029 PDF

 

When women work: Endocrine reactivity in women during everyday physical activity at high altitude.

Sarma, M., Gettler, L., Childs, G., & Quinn, E. (2018).
American Journal of Human Biology, 30, e23154. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajhb.23154 PDF

 

Biomedical findings from NASA’s project mercury: A case series.

Carpentier, W. R., Charles, J. B., Shelhamer, M., Hackler, A. S., Johnson, T. L., Domingo, C. M. M., Sutton, J. P., Scott, G. B. I., & Wotring, V. E. (2018).
Npj Microgravity, 4(1), 6. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41526-018-0040-5 PDF

 

Psychological and biological challenges of the Mars mission viewed through the construct of the evolution of fundamental human needs.

Szocik, K., Abood, S., & Shelhamer, M. (2018).
Acta Astronautica, 152, 793–799. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actaastro.2018.10.008 PDF

 

A rapid quantification of binocular misalignment without recording eye movements: Vertical and torsional alignment nulling.

Beaton, K. H., Shelhamer, M. J., Roberts, D. C., & Schubert, M. C. (2017).
Journal of Neuroscience Methods, 283, 7–14. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jneumeth.2017.03.009 PDF

 

Strength of baseline inter-trial correlations forecasts adaptive capacity in the vestibulo-ocular reflex.

Beaton, K. H., Wong, A. L., Lowen, S. B., & Shelhamer, M. (2017).
PloS One, 12(4), e0174977. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0174977 PDF

 

Inter-Trial Correlations in Predictive-Saccade Endpoints: Fractal Scaling Reflects Differential Control along Task-Relevant and Orthogonal Directions.

Federighi, P., Wong, A. L., & Shelhamer, M. (2017).
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 11, 100. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2017.00100 PDF

 

Integrating spaceflight human system risk research.

Mindock, J., Lumpkins, S., Anton, W., Havenhill, M., Shelhamer, M., & Canga, M. (2017).
Acta Astronautica, 139, 306–312. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actaastro.2017.07.017 PDF

 

Repair of Physiologic Time Series: Replacement of Anomalous Data Points to Preserve Fractal Exponents.

Shelhamer, M., & Lowen, S. B. (2017).
Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 5, 10. https://doi.org/10.3389/fbioe.2017.00010 PDF

 

Why send humans into space? Science and non-science motivations for human space flight.

Shelhamer, M. (2017).
Space Policy, 42, 37–40. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.spacepol.2017.10.001 PDF

 

A call for research to assess and promote functional resilience in astronaut crews.

Shelhamer, M. (2016).
Journal of Applied Physiology, 120(4), 471–472. https://doi.org/10.1152/japplphysiol.00717.2015 PDF

 

Trends in sensorimotor research and countermeasures for exploration-class space flights.

Shelhamer, M. (2015).
Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience, 9, 115. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnsys.2015.00115 PDF