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Jonathan Steller standing arms crossed with a earth and astronaut graphic overlay that say: Medicine Meets Micro-gravity: Launching students into space-age careers

Oct 22, 2025 | The Anteater Alumni Magazine

Medicine Meets Micro-gravity

Professors Jonathan Stellar, MD, and Ariana Nelson, MD, are developing the first-ever mission-based space medicine program.
Headshots of Ariana Nelson and Jon Steller

Sep 18, 2025 | UC Irvine Health Affairs

UC Irvine Pioneers Space Medicine Education

UC Irvine School of Medicine is the first medical school in the U.S. to create a foundational Space Medicine Mission-Based Program for medical students. Learn more about this first-of-its-kind program and two School of Medicine faculty members leading this innovative program.

Kaveri Curlin and Christopher Yang stand in front of a plane, doing the UCI "zot" sign with their hands.

May 27, 2025 | UC Irvine School of Medicine

Mission to Explore Space Medicine: COSMOS Rotation Takes Students to New Heights

Graduating UC Irvine medical students Kaveri Curlin and Christopher Yang share their experience with COSMOS 401, a new four-week immersive rotation, “Concepts of Space Medicine and Orbital Systems.”