Your WEM Fortnightly Round-Up
Your WEM Fortnightly Round-Up: final Space Medicine places, new research, WEM26 updates, poster competition news and more.
Thursday 28th May 2026
Your WEM Fortnightly Round-Up
A brief look at the latest updates, stories, research, and course news now live across the WEM site and News Hub.
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Last Chance to Join
Final Places Remaining on World Extreme Medicine’s Space Medicine Course
Our upcoming Space Medicine Course at Muncaster Castle is nearing its final places, with final opportunities now available to join the four-day programme this June.
Bringing together astronauts, physicians, engineers, and explorers, the course explores the realities of healthcare in space, human performance under pressure, and the future of medicine beyond Earth.
From microgravity physiology to managing medical emergencies where evacuation is impossible, this is a rare chance to learn directly from experts operating at the frontier of aerospace and extreme medicine.
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Upcoming Courses
Build capability for medicine beyond the usual walls
Explore upcoming WEM courses across space, expedition, alpine, and remote environments.
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Research Paper
Asteroid Samples Are Rewriting the Story of Our Solar System
Scientists analysing samples returned from asteroids by missions including Hayabusa, Hayabusa2, and OSIRIS-REx are uncovering new clues about how planets formed, how water and organic compounds may have reached Earth, and how we can better understand potentially hazardous asteroids.
The pristine material, collected directly from space and protected from terrestrial contamination, is offering researchers an unprecedented look into the origins of our Solar System and the building blocks of life itself.
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Job Opportunity
CADUS Launches Training Coordinator Recruitment for Ukraine Medical Education Programme
Humanitarian organisation CADUS is recruiting a Ukraine-based Training Coordinator to support the delivery of paediatric emergency care, MedEvac, and psychosocial resilience training across the country.
The 12-month role will involve coordinating medical education programmes, supporting local and international trainer teams, and strengthening emergency healthcare capacity in Ukraine through partnership-led humanitarian training initiatives.
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Webinar
MSc in Extreme Medicine Discovery Evening
World Extreme Medicine and University of Exeter are hosting a live online webinar on Thursday 25th June at 7pm (BST) for anyone interested in the MSc in Extreme Medicine.
The session will explore how the programme supports healthcare professionals working across expedition, humanitarian, remote, and operational environments, while balancing study alongside professional commitments. Attendees will also have the opportunity to ask questions directly to the team during the live Q&A.
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Next Gen
Wild Trials 2026 Challenges UK Medical Students on Dartmoor
Wild Trials 2026 brought together medical students from across the UK earlier this month for a weekend of high-pressure wilderness medicine scenarios on Dartmoor.
Supported by World Extreme Medicine faculty member Will Duffin, the event tested clinical decision-making, teamwork, and adaptability through creative remote medicine simulations inspired by this year’s Jurassic Park theme. Teams from University of Bristol, The University of Manchester, and University of Liverpool took the top three places.
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Conference
WEM26 Speaker Line-Up Continues to Grow
The World Extreme Medicine Conference 2026 team has been busy confirming and announcing new speakers for this year’s event, with more names still to come.
From expedition and pre-hospital medicine to humanitarian response and aerospace health, WEM26 is bringing together global voices from across the world of extreme medicine ahead of November’s conference in Edinburgh.
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Poster Competition
WEM26 Poster Competition Now Open for Entries
The WEM26 Poster Competition is now open, giving researchers, clinicians, students, and professionals the opportunity to showcase their work at this year’s conference in Edinburgh.
From expedition and humanitarian medicine to operational and remote healthcare, entrants are invited to share original research, case studies, and ideas with a global extreme medicine audience. Shortlisted submissions will be displayed during WEM26, with finalists also invited to present their work live during the conference weekend.
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You’ve made it to the bottom
Join the Women’s Health in Extreme Medicine Conversation
Thanks for reading.
Following some brilliant recent discussions within the WEM community, we’ve now launched a dedicated Women’s Health in Extreme Medicine WhatsApp group, open to all.
The group has been created to continue conversations around women’s health across expedition, wilderness, operational, humanitarian, diving, aerospace, and remote medicine. From hormonal health and HRT to pregnancy in austere environments, operational performance, research ideas, and shared lived experience, it’s a space for open, evidence-based discussion and connection.
Whether you work in these environments directly or simply want to learn more and contribute to the conversation, you’re very welcome to join us.
By joining, you’re agreeing to our community guidelines.
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