[3] Newman is the Apollo Program Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics and Engineering Systems at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Newman's research expertise is in aerospace biomedical engineering, investigating human performance in varying gravity environments.

[4] The Space Shuttle Dynamic Load Sensors (DLS) experiment measured astronaut-induced disturbances of the microgravity environment[clarification needed] on mission STS-62.

[5][6] She also developed the MICR0-G space flight experiment to provide a sensor suite and study human adaptation in extreme environments.

[7] She was the MIT Principal Investigator on the Gravity Loading Countermeasure Suit, or Skinsuit,[8] which flew the International Space Station as an ESA technology demonstration from 2015 to 2017.