Emma Tucker is a Research Fellow in the College of Health and Medicine and an emergency medicine registrar (Australasian College for Emergency Medicine) at the North Canberra Hospital Emergency Department. Emma's research specialises in the effect of microgravity on the cardiovascular system. After completing a PhD in Astrophysics and a medical degree, Emma held an Aerospace Medicine clerkship at the NASA Johnson Space Center. She is a member of the Australian Space Agency’s Technical Advisory Group on Space Medicine and Life Sciences.