A Constituent Association of the Aerospace Medical Association.
Henry L. Taylor founded AsHFA in1990.
AsHFA UPCOMING EVENTS
AsHFA WEBINAR SERIES
Spatial Disorientation Accidents in General Aviation
Dr. Hannah Baumgartner is an Engineering Research Psychologist for the FAA. She leads the Fatigue and Human Performance lab in the Human Factors division at the Civil Aerospace Medical Institute. Dr. Baumgartner has a broad range of research interests including fatigue across aviation operations, evaluating decision making in agricultural aviation operations, and human factors risks and mitigations associated with shiftwork in helicopter air ambulance operations.
Dr. Baumgartner received her Ph.D. in Biopsychology from the University of Michigan and has a background in neuroscience, psychology, and human factors. She is a member of various safety related groups including the U.S. Helicopter Safety Team’s Fatigue Working Group and co-leads the Fatigue Working Group under the Human Factors Task Force Aviation Rulemaking Committee.
Date & Time: Thursday October 22th. Noon EST
Location: Online. Zoom Link: https://zoom.us/j/4389336253
AsHFA at AsMA2026
The Aerospace Medical Association and the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society (UHMS) will celebrate their 2nd joint meeting on May 17-21, 2026, at the Sheraton Downtown Hotel in Denver, CO, USA.
The year’s theme is “Boundless Frontiers, Relentless Progress.”
More information is at https://asma-uhms-asm.org/.
WHO WE ARE
As a constituent organization of the Aerospace Medical Association (AsMA), the Aerospace Human Factors Association (AsHFA) advances AsMA’s mission with a focused commitment to human performance and human-systems integration in aerospace and other extreme environments.
AsHFA brings together professionals from diverse disciplines—including human factors engineering, aerospace psychology, physiology, systems design, personnel selection, training, and life support—to understand and improve how humans interact with complex systems in aviation, space, undersea, and operational environments.
ASHFA GOALS
TO ENCOURAGE HUMAN FACTORS CONSIDERATIONS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF AEROSPACE SYSTEMS
TO APPLY OUR KNOWLEDGE OF HUMAN PERFORMANCE TO SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT AND INTEGRATION
TO PROMOTE RESEARCH ON FACTORS AFFECTING HUMAN PERFORMANCE IN HIGH-CONSEQUENCE ACTIVITIES
TO COLLABORATE WITH OTHER GROUPS WITH SIMILAR INTERESTS
LIAISON ACTIVITIES
AsHFA has established liaison with other scientific organizations, such as APA Division 21 (Division of Applied Experimental and Engineering Psychology), the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, DOD Human Factors Engineering Technical Advisory Group, SAE G10, SAFE, and others to exchange information and further its goals.