Dr David Newman is a member of the following academic, scientific & professional associations:
- Fellow of the Aerospace Medical Association (US)
- Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society (UK)
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine (UK)
- Fellow of the Australasian College of Aerospace Medicine
- Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors
- The International Society for Gravitational Physiology
- The Australasian Research Management Society
- Australasian Society of Aerospace Medicine
- Aerospace Human Factors Association (US)