anna wadhwa 🚀

md+phd student @HarvardMed @MITAeroAstro 🥼 prev @NASA 🚀 medicine and human space exploration 🐈‍⬛🪴🏎️ 🏃‍♀️⛷️

[anna wadhwa 🚀 @ImAstroAnna]

So fitting that my first first-author paper was published today on the moon landing anniversary!🚀

From my time with @NASA_Johnson @NASAInterns: Reviewing interactions btwn radiation and microgravity on immune health using spaceflight-analog models👩‍🚀

https://t.co/E12MjajsKX

[anna wadhwa 🚀 @ImAstroAnna]

TLDR: An RPM can enable us to simulate the reduced-gravity environment of space right at the benchtop! Now we know how to optimize our RPM usage and experimental design to ensure this is done accurately ✨

Thanks for reading! Link to the paper again: https://t.co/YEhZmnsuD1

7/7

[anna wadhwa 🚀 @ImAstroAnna]

🚨 New paper alert!

Doing science in space is expensive, operationally challenging, and low throughput. But what if we can bring the spaceflight environment to our science? 👀

We have a new paper out now discussing how we can do this! Read on to see what we found... 🧵 (1/7)

[anna wadhwa 🚀 @ImAstroAnna]

Finally, and perhaps most critically, we suggest usage guidelines for an RPM (optimal rotation rates, sample size, duration) to enable accurate and rigorous experimental design by spaceflight scientists.

6/7

[Harvard Medical Student Review @hmsreview]

What would YOU wish for the future of medicine? 🎄

We called on @harvardmed students to reflect on the past 25 years of medical progress, and to dream what the next 25 might look like--read their answers at the link in our bio!

Foreword by Dr. Jeremy Faust @medpagetoday

[ASGSR Students @ASGSRstudents]

Calling all ASGSR student members:
YOU could be part of the next ASGSR student board working to make student events and outreach for our community! Election nominations close TOMORROW!

Form: https://t.co/WSoaKuunJN

[anna wadhwa 🚀 @ImAstroAnna]

Logged onto this platform for the first time in months to see someone posted one of my Tiktok videos (lol) talking about the cuts to scientific funding, our MD-PhD program, etc. Who can guess what the comments were about? 😕

Hint: they were NOT happy I'm a WOC @ Harvard Med...

[anna wadhwa 🚀 @ImAstroAnna]

@Suzierizzo1 My first time logging onto this website in a while, thank you for amplifying my video!! The ongoing cuts to scientific funding are a travesty and will harm so so many communities 😭😥

[Michael Pohlen @MichaelPohlen]

Excited to be working with @framonauts to acquire the first x-rays of a human in space next week during the Fram2 mission! More details here: https://t.co/z7vi940QiQ and https://t.co/XfoWKDR1Rl

[Let's Talk Space Medicine @TalkSpaceMed]

Join me on Orbit 13 as I meet MD-PhD student extraordinaire @ImAstroAnna and discuss her journey in the field of space medicine!

https://t.co/0u2obCphdW

[NASA Watch @NASAWatch]

Space scientists have put together an open group letter (https://t.co/ninTswJWQW): "To NASA leadership and our elected representatives: We write as members of the space science community who are dismayed by the impact of recent events on taxpayer-funded, NASA-supported science, missions, and communities. Many of us chose this profession motivated by a desire to push the boundaries of what is possible and widen our understanding of the universe, and to do so in the public interest. Space science research has inspired generations of scientists and engineers, while pushing U.S. innovation forward.

... Recent events and actions directly damage our ability to do the work we value. We wish to call attention to several occurrences that have unfolded over the past weeks.

... We also recognize that even in times of upheaval, all of us have the power to stand up for our values, for each other, and for the work we believe in. We hope you will join us in advocating for broadening access to publicly funded science, empowering NASA-funded projects to recruit strong, diverse teams, and building a future in which scientific progress truly benefits all of us. The American people deserve nothing less."

#NASA #NOAA #NSF #AdAstra

[Toby Li @tobyliiiiiiiiii]

This morning, @Vast announced the Haven-1 space station qualification article has passed a structure proof test, a critical milestone, before launch.

The launch date for Haven-1 has pushed 9 months to May 2026, with its first crewed 2-week mission in June.

It’s important to recognize Vast’s speed of development for Haven-1. First announced in May 2023, the company is on a pace to develop the first commercial space station that has never before been seen in human spaceflight.

[SpaceNews @SpaceNews_Inc]

Thales Alenia Space wins contract for Gateway airlock https://t.co/YdlTiXRFt8

[NASA Internships @NASAInterns]

You have less than a month to apply for our @NASA summer 2025 internships! 🚀

Get your resume in order and apply: https://t.co/pUmAlqhkvB

[anna wadhwa 🚀 @ImAstroAnna]

@Orbital_Perigee

[anna wadhwa 🚀 @ImAstroAnna]

@shawnapandya My jaw’s on the floor, that’s ridiculous!! Sorry this happened 👎

[NASA's Johnson Space Center @NASAJohnson]

22 years ago, we tragically lost the Columbia STS-107 crew upon reentering the atmosphere. We will never forget the lives and legacy of Rick Husband, William McCool, Michael Anderson, David Brown, Kalpana Chawla, Laurel Clark, and Ilan Ramon.

#NASARemembers