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Dr Neal W Pollock diving Fiordland. Image by Associate Professor Dr Simon J Mitchell

Dr. Neal W. Pollock is a Research Director at Divers Alert Network (DAN) [1] and a Research Associate in the Center for Hyperbaric Medicine and Environmental Physiology at Duke University Medical Center, both in Durham, North Carolina.

His academic training is in zoology, exercise physiology and environmental physiology. His research interests focus on human health and safety in extreme environments. He is actively involved in projects of flying after diving, breath-hold safety, astronaut decompression and ultrasonic assessment of decompression-induced bubbles. His field research activity includes six seasons of Antarctic diving.[2]

Neal is the Chairman of the American Academy of Underwater Sciences Foundation [3] and serves on editorial boards of Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine and Wilderness and Environmental Medicine. He has served as a reviewer for 12 peer-reviewed journals.

Articles

Kernagis Dawn N, McKinlay Casey, Kincaid Todd R (2008). "Dive Logistics of the Turner to Wakulla Cave Traverse". In: Brueggeman P, Pollock Neal W, eds. Diving for Science 2008. Proceedings of the American Academy of Underwater Sciences 27th Symposium. Dauphin Island, AL: AAUS;.

Sheldrake, Sean; Pollock, Neal W. "Alcohol and Diving". In: Steller D, Lobel L, eds. Diving for Science 2012. Proceedings of the American Academy of Underwater Sciences 31st Symposium. Dauphin Island, AL: AAUS; 2012.

Talks On-Line

Thermal Physiology and Protection, Rebreather Forum 3, Friday 18th May 2012 09:15

- Part one; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yixnr07AiTI

- Part two; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-hbjaWG2cw

Awards

AAUS Service Award (2007-2012 BOD Service) American Academy of Underwater Sciences, September 2012

Johnson Space Center Group Achievement Award (STS134/ULF6 In-Suit Light Exercise Team) National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), September 2011

Peer Reviewer Recognition Award Wilderness and Environmental Medicine, June 2010

Dr. Mary Anne Rokitka Award (30th Annual) Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society, Great Lakes Chapter, October 2009

References

  1. ^ http://www.diversalertnetwork.org/research/
  2. ^ http://tea.armadaproject.org/king/11.18.2001.html
  3. ^ http://www.aausfoundation.org/#!about-us/

LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/neal-pollock/6a/517/618

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