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Jay C. Buckey Jr, MD

Title(s)
Professor of Medicine

Additional Titles/Positions/Affiliations
Director, Space Medicine Innovations Laboratory at Dartmouth
Adjunct Professor, Thayer School of Engineering

Department(s)
Medicine

Education
Cornell University, BSEE 1977
Cornell University Medical College, MD 1981

Programs
Other

Websites
http://engineering.dartmouth.edu/people/faculty/jay-buckey/
http://www.dartmouth-hitchcock.org/findaprovider.html#/provider/312?from=search
https://path.dartmouth.edu/account/login.php
https://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/missions/sts-90/mission-sts-90.html
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-90.html

Contact Information

Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
One Medical Center Dr.
Lebanon NH 03756

Email: jay.buckey@dartmouth.edu


Professional Interests

Central auditory processing as a marker of neurocognitive function
Space physiology and medicine
Hyperbaric medicine
Audiology, hearing assessment
Computer-based psychological training and treatment programs
Visual changes after spaceflight
Virtual reality applications

Grant Information

The Space Medicine Innovations Laboratory is a multidisciplinary research lab with a global reach.

The lab’s current areas of research are:
• Assessing brain function using the brain’s auditory system in people with various conditions (HIV, Zika, Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s).

• Developing new audiological tests for use both in the US and the developing world.

• Testing and developing self-directed, autonomous, interactive-media-based behavioral health tools and virtual reality for use in isolated and confined environments (e.g. Antarctic stations) and other settings.

• Use of hyperbaric oxygen for research and clinical applications.

• Other technology/science projects for NASA/Department of Defense – Previous areas of interest have included motion sickness, space-related bone loss, visual changes in astronauts, noise-induced hearing loss.

Biography

Books:

Space Physiology from Oxford University Press
https://global.oup.com/academic/product/space-physiology-9780195137255?cc=us&lang=en&

The Neurolab Spacelab Mission: Neuroscience Research in Space
Results from the STS-90, Neurolab Spacelab Mission
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/24323554_The_Neurolab_Spacelab_Mission_Neuroscience_Research_in_Space_Results_from_the_STS-90_Neurolab_Spacelab_Mission


Selected Publications

 

Ocular Changes in Human Spaceflight.
Gupta R, Dongre R, Langston W, Stephanian B, Alsawaf A, Panzo N, Memon H, Ong J, Afshin EE, Kim J, Micheletti JM, Mason CE, Wostyn P, Zwart SR, Smith SM, Gibson CR, Waisberg E, Masalkhi M, Buckey JC Jr, Mader T, Beheshti A, Lee AG
Prog Retin Eye Res. 2026 Oct 9;:101535. doi: 10.1016/j.preteyeres.2026.101535. Epub 2026 Oct 9.
PMID: 42855039

Numerical Model of the Eye for Understanding Acute Microgravity-Induced Ocular Changes.
Carroll DJ, Rothrock SA, Phillips SD, Knaus DA, Kattamis NT, Hayman APA, Fellows AM, Zegans ME, Buckey JC
Aerosp Med Hum Perform. 2026 Aug;97(8):584-591. doi: 10.3357/AMHP.6835.2026.
PMID: 42542323

Peripheral and central auditory impairment linked to heavy metal exposure in Nicaraguan children from artisanal mining communities.
Kachadoorian M, Lee T, Fitzgerald J, Geffert M, Rieke C, Clavier O, Fuente A, Gui J, Zhou J, Li S, Jackson B, Karagas M, Mojica K, Gonzalez-Quiroz M, Niemczak C, Buckey J, Saunders J
J Glob Health. 2026 Jul 17;16:04192. doi: 10.7189/jogh.16.04192. Epub 2026 Jul 17.
PMID: 42464958

Response times from gap detection threshold testing relate to cognitive processing speed in young adults.
Niemczak C, Ealer C, Froese K, Fellows A, Leigh S, Mirza S, Gui J, Magohe A, Massawe E, Musiek F, Buckey J
Neuroscience. 2026 Sep 11;611:251-260. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2026.07.010. Epub 2026 Jul 3.
PMID: 42398888

Large Language Models as Behavioral Health Teammates in Long-Duration Spaceflight.
Dvorak C, Buckey JC Jr
Aerosp Med Hum Perform. 2026 Jul;97(7):516-523. doi: 10.3357/AMHP.6892.2026.
PMID: 42386193

Head-Down Tilt Bed Rest-A Problematic Weightless Analog for SANS.
Buckey JC
JAMA Ophthalmol. 2026 Aug 1;144(8):690-691. doi: 10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2026.2297.
PMID: 42313415

Factors Associated With Hematuria Resolution and Hematuria Admissions After Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy for Chronic Radiation Cystitis.
Booher AG, McGonagle KE, Peacock JL, Silverman EM, Hannigan PM, Bornt LC, Bihrle W 3rd, Buckey JC, Moses RA
Urol Pract. 2026 Jun 16;:101097UPJ0000000000001041. doi: 10.1097/UPJ.0000000000001041. Epub 2026 Jun 16.
PMID: 42302178

In Reference to Adjunctive Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy or Intratympanic Steroids in Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss?
Ganga K, Niemczak C, Buckey J
Laryngoscope. 2026 Nov;136(11):E144-E145. doi: 10.1002/lary.70670. Epub 2026 Jun 7.
PMID: 42252517

Central auditory tests reveal deficits in HIV treatment.
Kambhampaty AK, Niemczak CE, Hill RA, Howe CG, Leigh SM, Lichtenstein J, Roth RM, Adhikari M, Zhang L, Fellows AM, Magohe A, Palumbo P, Gui J, Massawe ER, Buckey JC
Front Public Health. 2026;14:1751685. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2026.1751685. Epub 2026 May 20.
PMID: 42245361

Altered Diffusion Tensor Image Analysis Along the Perivascular Space in People With Human Immunodeficiency Virus: Association With Cognition and Diagnostic Utility for Asymptomatic Neurocognitive Impairment.
Xue K, Shi Y, Gan Y, Zhang R, Xu X, Buckey JC, Wu J, Song F, Zhang Z, Shan F, Zhan Y
J Infect Dis. 2026 Aug 3;234(1):112-121. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiag265.
PMID: 42173507

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