Want to meet a real life superstar? Let us introduce you to Dr. Shawna Pandya - a medical doctor AND a citizen science astronaut. Who would have thought you could have not just one but TWO amazing careers? We talk to Shawna who tells us where her passions lie- hope she inspires you as much as [...]
It takes a lot of hard work to make it into space, and that’s only Shawna Pandya’s side job. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TELUS Optik Local supports compelling, original stories told by filmmakers from BC and Alberta by
Physician, astronaut, black belt, entrepreneur — Shawna Pandya is constantly reaching for the stars. For the multi-talented Shawna Pandya, excelling in one field isn’t enough — she has a list of accomplishments in fields from medicine to space science to martial arts. “I’m kind of a person who is like a jack of all trades,” says [...]
The SeaSpace Exploration & Research Society has selected the aquanaut crew and dive team for Project Poseidon, an unprecedented 100-day undersea research expedition at the Aquarius undersea laboratory. Owned and operated by Florida International University, Aquarius is the world's only operational undersea laboratory, making it a very unique research platform, that enables aquanauts to live, eat, [...]
A local doctor will train for years — mentally, physically and emotionally — for the chance at a trip to space that could impact our knowledge of climate change. The plane was about to take off as Shawna Pandya, an Edmonton doctor, listened to the debriefing. But it wasn’t your typical “the emergency doors are [...]
Two Edmonton doctors are going to space. At least that’s the hope, after Shawna Pandya and Michael Gallagher spent a week training in Project PoSSUM’s far-out Scientist-Astronaut Course at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Florida. The medical doctors donned spacesuits, rode on aerobatic flights and experienced changing gravity environments as part of the training that could ultimately [...]
An Edmonton women is hoping more people will make an effort to help feed the city's homeless after a 90-year-old Florida man was arrested this week for giving meals to the less fortunate. Dr. Shawna Pandya, a neurosurgical resident at the University of Alberta and ex-NASA researcher, said she was inspired by the story of 90-year-old [...]
WHY SHE’S TOP 40: From neurosurgery to aerospace research to co-creating crisis management technology— she’s serious about making the future friendly. KEY TO SUCCESS: “One of my greatest strengths-slash-flaws is seeing the potential in everything.” Shawna Pandya is in a race to the future, and on this long-distance track there is no single lane. “Every time [...]
