We’re excited to announce that Jeremy Cohen has won our 2025 PowerLab C competition!
Jeremy is a PhD student at the University of Waterloo in Canada. His PhD focuses on venous blood flow regulation using high-frame-rate ultrasound to visualize vector blood flow, and ECG.
A recent addition to Jeremy’s research program is the impact of altered gravity on cardiovascular regulation and hemodynamic responses. Under the guidance of Dr Richard Hughson and Dr Jason Au, Jeremy has been working with the European Space Agency and Novespace, taking these cardiovascular measures during parabolic flights. This has enabled Jeremy and his team to assess the impact
of hypergravity and microgravity on the cardiovascular system. This research can help us to understand cardiovascular regulation in general, but is also uniquely able to help space agencies like NASA and the ESA understand the effect space travel has on their astronauts, and why astronauts develop cardiovascular issues like jugular thrombosis.
Parabolic flights are expensive and short on space and time. Throughout each parabola, passengers spend roughly 20 seconds at 2Gs, 20 seconds at 0G, and another 20 seconds at 2G before returning to 1G.
“Our research aims to capture beat-to-beat hemodynamic responses—such as arterial pressure, and ECG—during the transition from hypergravity to microgravity. These rapid changes in gravitational loading offer a rare opportunity to probe vascular compliance, venous return, and autonomic compensation in real-time,” Jeremy says, “the compact, modular design and high-frequency acquisition capabilities of the PowerLab C-Series uniquely position it as an ideal tool for flight-based physiological monitoring, particularly within the time-constrained microgravity windows of each parabola.”
Congratulations Jeremy! We look forward to seeing how your next flight goes!
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