Irene D. Long

Irene Duhart Long (1951, in Cleveland, Ohio, - ) is an American physician and an official at the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. She was the first female Chief Medical Officer at the Kennedy Space Center.

In 1973, Long received her bachelor's degree in Biology from Northwestern University. In 1977, she received her medical degree from the Saint Louis University School of Medicine followed by residencies at the Cleveland Clinic, Mt. Sinai Hospital in Cleveland, and Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio in aerospace medicine, where she received her Masters of Science degree in Aerospace Medicine.

In 1982 Long went to work for NASA as a physician. In 1994, she was appointed director of the Biomedical Operations and Research Office at the Kennedy Space Center. In 2000, she was appointed as Chief Medical Officer and Associate Director of Spaceport Services at the Kennedy Space Center.

Awards

 * 1986 - Kennedy Space Center Federal Woman of the Year Award
 * 1995 - Society of NASA Flight Surgeons Presidential Award
 * 1998 - Women in Aerospace Outstanding Achievement Award
 * 2001 - Ohio Women’s Hall of Fame
 * 2005 - Women of Color Technology Awards Conference Lifetime Achievement Award