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University of Central Florida BEEAST

University of Central Florida Biobank for Extreme Environments, Aviation and Space Travel

Who can join

Ages 18 and older · All sexes · Healthy volunteers welcome

Inclusion Criteria:

* Primary Enrollees: adults, ages 18 and older, and persons who travel (such as space travel) or live in extreme environments (such as Antarctica).
* Secondary Enrollees: Referred adult family members (such as siblings and spouses) of primary enrollees.
* Tertiary Enrollees: Adult persons from the general public can enroll to serve as matching controls. Tertiary enrollees will be screened based on age, gender, race and ethnicity, country of residence, disease/ conditions and employment history.
* Pregnant women may choose to enroll.

Exclusion Criteria:

* adults unable to consent,
* minors (under age 18)
* prisoners

About the study

Since the inception of aerospace travel, NASA has been collecting biospecimens from professional astronauts for research. With the recent growth of civilian aerospace travelers, there is a need for biospecimen banking for civilian astronauts. This protocol addresses this gap by being a biobank for civilian astronauts, their family members (to be controls) and others who are also doing travel to extreme environments (pilots, submariners).

Sponsor: University of Central Florida · Participants: 10,000 · Started: Jan 13, 2025

Contact the study team

• Britney-Ann Wray, BS, CTBS, CCRP · Phone: 4072668742

Official record on ClinicalTrials.gov — NCT06781424

Locations in the U.S.

From ClinicalTrials.gov, data retrieved Oct 1, 2026. Each study sets its own eligibility; the study team decides who can join.