Turning Dizzy
Original title: Draaien en dvizelen
Duration: 36’
Producer: Lut Gouwy
Director: Jo Frere
Participant: Philippe Bijvoet
Company: VRT - CANVAS
Scientific field: Medicine & Technologies
Year: 2006
Country: Belgium
“Turning dizzy” tells us the story of healthy people suddenly turning into patients because of motion sickness and of healthy astronauts getting sick in space. Professor Floris L. Wuyts of the University of Antwerp is head of the Vesticbular Function Lab and responsible for the development of new techniques for vestibular function assessment in patients with dizziness problems. His scientific breakthroughs let to grants by NASA to investigate the effect of specific medication on space motion sickness, as well as disorientation in astronauts.
The European Space Agency (ESA) appointed him as a Principal Investigator (PI) for studying the vestibular function in cosmonauts after return to earth. It resulted into Aurea, the Antwerp University Research Centre for Equilibrium and Aerospace.
Turning Dizzy
