Dr. Newman specializes in investigating astronaut performance across the spectrum of gravity. She is currently the Principal Investigator (PI) on the MICR0-G space flight experiment to quantify astronaut intravehicular activity (IVA) onboard the International Space Station. She has been a funded NASA PI throughout the past decade to investigate and establish an EVA database for microgravity and partial gravity environments as well as to utilize technology and robotics for advanced EVA.