ABOUT IAMFSP
The IAMFSP is a Constituent Society of the Aerospace Medical Association (AsMA), and provides research to the body of information in flight medicine.
The mission of IAMFSP is to promote the enhancement of the effectiveness of military aviation through increased understanding of the physical, pathological or psychological factors associated with the flight environment.
IAMFSP affirms that this is best accomplished through research, analysis, teaching and the provision of informed operational guidance.
Our core membership consists of Flight Surgeons who are qualified as Military and Professional Pilots, but we also welcome pilots with other aerospace human factors‐ related or medical training that share our values of enhancing human performance and safety in the military aviation environment.
We represent significant experience in a wide range of aircraft and aeromedical topics. Our members come from around the world, including Argentina, Canada, Germany, Israel, Mexico, Slovenia, Sweden the United Kingdom, and the United States.
What we do
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We test, experience and learn with our own bodies the effects of flight
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Test flying and man‐rating (where necessary) the physiology training devices: Human centrifuge, SD trainer, Altitude Chamber, Ejection Seat Trainer, NVG trainer etc.
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Incorporating Human Factors into designing new physiology training devices
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Formulating and conducting aerospace physiology training programs and conceiving new training methods
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Synthesizing operational medical and aviation knowledge and experience to find new ways to optimize the human factor in the airframe
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Serving as subject matter expert on aerospace physiology and medicine for research and policy development
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Professors in Aerospace Medicine and other Medical/Engineering/Pilot areas.