Daniel Cox is originally from Lanesville, IN, United States. He attended Indiana University in Bloomington for his undergraduate degree in biochemistry. He then obtained his M.D. and a Master of Engineering degree from Duke University. While at Duke, he worked with Dr. Richard Moon in the Duke Center for Hyperbaric Medicine and Environmental Physiology and with Dr. Daniel Buckland on delivering rescue medications via drone. In addition, he helped create several medical devices. He completed his Emergency Medicine residency this past year and is now a first year RAM at the University of Texas Medical Branch. His current research focuses on mitigating thermal stress for the upcoming Artemis EVAs. 

Dr. Cox is a member of the Emergency Medicine Residents’ Association, American College of Emergency Physicians, Aerospace Medicine Student and Resident Organization, and the Aerospace Medical Association (AsMA). He is also a Major in the U.S. Civil Air Patrol, an Advocacy Ambassador for the National Marrow Donor Program, and an Instructor for the Stop the Bleed program. His awards include Resident Clinician of the Year, Civil Air Patrol National Ground Team of the Year, Resident Achievement Award, the Jeffrey R. Davis, M.D., Aerospace Medicine Endowed Scholarship from AsMA, National Volunteer of the Year from the National Marrow Donor Program, and a Proclamation from the State of Ohio for service.