F. Drew Gaffney, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

F. Drew Gaffney

American astronaut

Date of Birth: 09-Jun-1946

Place of Birth: Carlsbad, New Mexico, United States

Profession: astronaut, physician, military officer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Francis Andrew "Drew" Gaffney is an American doctor.
He previously worked for NASA and participated in the STS-40 Space Life Sciences (SLS 1) Space Shuttle mission in 1991 as a payload specialist.
Gaffney was a co-investigator on an experiment that studied human cardiovascular adaption to space flight.
The SLS-1 mission crew completed over 18 experiments in nine days, bringing back more medical data than any previous NASA flight.
Dr.
Gaffney became a member of the Institute of Medicine’s Committee on Space Biology and Medicine, serving from 1992 to 2000.
He is a professor of medicine (cardiovascular disease) at Vanderbilt University and continues to serve as a consultant and reviewer for human spaceflight-related studies. He is currently a professor of medicine at Vanderbilt University.
Gaffney has over 50 publications in the areas of cardiovascular regulation and space physiology.