Email

vwotring@gmail.com

Positions

Adjunct Associate Professor

Center for Space Medicine
Department of Pharmacology
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX US

Education

BS from Florida State University

08/1988 - Tallahassee, Florida United States

Chemistry (ACS) and Biochemistry

PhD from Saint Louis University

11/1996 - St. Louis, Missouri United States

Physiological and Pharmacological Science

Postdoctoral Fellowship at University of Alabama at Brimingham

Birmingham, Alabama United States

Neurobiology

Websites

Videos

Selected Publications

• V. Wotring "Chemical Potency and Degradation Products of Medications Stored Over 550 Earth Days at the International Space Station." AAPS J. 2015;
• V. Wotring "Medication Use by U.S. Crewmembers on the International Space Station." FASEB J. 2015 Nov;
• Varsha Jain and Virginia Wotring "Medically induced amenorrhea in female astronauts." npj Microgravity. 2016 Apr 21;2 Pubmed PMID: 16008
• J. Kast, Y. Yu, CN. Seubert, V. Wotring, H. Derendorf "Drugs in space: Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics in astronauts." Eur J Pharm Sci. 2017 May 19; Pubmed PMID: 28533143

Projects

Dose Tracker Application for Monitoring Crew Medication Usage, Symptoms, and Adverse Effects During Missions.

NASA (10/2013 - 09/2018)

This multi-mission spaceflight study collects medication usage data (medications taken, including dosages and dosing frequency, perceived efficacy and adverse events) directly from crew volunteers using an iOS application specifically written to streamline the user experience.

Memberships

American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists

American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

Aerospace Medicine Association

Center for Reproductive Health, BCM