Start & End Dates: 9/03/2026-11/06/2026 (or 12 weeks)
Location: Highfield/remote working (UK based)
Hours: 11 hours per week.
Job Purpose
As our horizons widen beyond that of our native planet our understanding of what this means for the human body is paramount in ensuring the longevity and success of a manned space mission. Long duration space flight stresses many physiological systems (e.g. cardiovascular, musculoskeletal, endocrine, etc) and mental health (mood, team dynamics, sleep, etc) and early warning of deterioration provides the best opportunity for intervention. We seek a systematic landscape review of which health parameters are (or should be) monitored in Space, how they are measured today (hardware, protocols, frequency, data quality, anything measured in tandem and how/if AI based methods are used) and how to replicate Earth based analogues of such systems that can be used as a test bed. Any information about the challenges of measuring in space should also be included within the survey of monitored parameters.
This is an additional role to that previously advertised focussed more on test-bed identification and plans for addressing research gaps.
Key Accountabilities/Responsibilities
Measurement methods review
Challenges and gap identification
Test-bed replication plans (Earth analogues)
Essential Skills
Background in one of: biomedical engineering, human physiology, space medicine, human factors engineering, translational health technology (or similar)
Experience of performing literature reviews
Familiarity with use of Reference Managers
Desirable Skills
Quantitative/Data Visualisation skills (Python?)
Experience in data management
Postgraduate or relevant research experience
Works well within a team and independently
Please note that unfortunately we can not accept Certificate of Sponsorship (COS) for Casual Work at the University of Southampton.