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Editorial Board
Editors-in-Chief
- Mike Grocott, University of Southampton, UK
- Hugh Montgomery, University College London, UK
Section Editors
- Malcolm Collins, South African Medical Research Council, South Africa
- Richard Moon, Duke University Medical Center, USA
- Timothy Noakes, University of Cape Town, South Africa
- William Paloski, University of Houston, USA
- Robert Roach, University of Colorado, Denver, USA
- Michael Tipton, University of Portsmouth, UK
Deputy Section Editors
- Kevin Fong, University College Hospital, UK
- Phil Hennis, University College London, UK
- Jim House, University of Portsmouth, UK
- Denny Levett, University College London, UK
- Daniel Martin, University College London, UK
Editorial Board
- Damian Bailey, University of Glamorgan, UK
- Martin Barwood, University of Portsmouth, UK
- Michael Bennett, University of New South Wales, Australia
- Konrad Bloch, UniversitätsSpital Zürich, Switzerland
- Gerardo Bosco, University of Padova, Italy
- Alf Brubakk, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
- Christopher Byrne, University of Exeter, UK
- Stephen Cheung, Brock University, Canada
- James Clark, King's College London, UK
- Jonathan Clark, Baylor College of Medicine, USA
- Gilles Clement, International Space University, France
- Tracy Cushing, Denver Health and University of Colorado , USA
- Clare Eglin, University of Portsmouth, UK
- Thomas Endrusick, U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, USA
- Yoram Epstein, Tel Aviv University, Israel
- Peter Germonpre, Military Hospital Brussels, Belgium
- George Havenith, Loughborough University, UK
- Martina Heer, Profil Institut für Stoffwechselforschung GmbH, Germany
- Simon Hodder, Loughborough University, UK
- Susan Hopkins, University of California San Diego, USA
- Christopher Imray, Warwick Medical School & Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, UK
- Colleen Julian, University of Colorado Denver, USA
- Bengt Kayser, University of Geneva, Switzerland
- Beat Knechtle, Gesundheitszentrum St. Gallen, Switzerland
- Jason Lee, DSO National Laboratories and National University of Singapore, Singapore
- Benjamin Levine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, USA
- Folke Lind, Karolinska University Hospital, Sweden
- Andrew Lovering, University of Oregon, USA
- Heather Lunt, University of Portsmouth, UK
- Simon Mitchell, University of Auckland, New Zealand
- Daniel Moran, Sheba Medical Center, Israel
- Lori Ploutz-Snyder, NASA, USA
- Daniel Roiz de Sa, Institute of Naval Medicine, UK
- Mikael Sander, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
- Kohei Sato, Japan Women's College, Japan
- Denise Smith, Skidmore College, USA
- Andrew Subudi, University of Corolado, USA
- Jeroen Swart, Sports Science Institute of South Africa, South Africa
- Nigel Taylor, University of Wollongong, Australia
- Doug Thake, University of Coventry, UK
- Peter Tikuisis, Defence R&D Canada, Canada
- Robert van Hulst, Academical Medical Center Amsterdam , The Netherlands
- Hitoshi Wakabayashi, Chiba Institute of Technology, Japan
- Lindell Weaver, University of Utah, USA
Aims & scope
Extreme Physiology & Medicine is a peer-reviewed open access, online journal focussing on integrative human physiology under conditions of physiological stress, including that exerted by extreme environments, exercise and certain clinical conditions.
Topics of interest include the physiological and medical implications of exposure to:
- High altitude and hypoxia
- Hyperbaric conditions and diving
- Aerospace
- Extremes of Temperature
- Intense or Endurance Exercise
Underpinning the journal is the concept that the study of human systems under extreme stress can enhance understanding of disease processes and the treatment of patients. We particularly welcome papers that recognise the relevance of boundary physiology to human disease states and their management.
In vitro and animal studies will only be considered where they represent a frame-shift in understanding of, or an important methodological contribution to, human physiological research. The suitability of such studies should be discussed with the Editors prior to submission.
Editors' profiles
Profile of Mike Grocott
Mike Grocott is professor of anaesthesia and critical care at the University of Southampton and a consultant in critical care medicine at Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust. He co-founded and now directs the UCL Centre for Altitude, Space and Environmental Medicine and has led a number of high altitude medical research projects. Notably, in 2007, he led the Caudwell Xtreme Everest expedition, the largest systematic field study of hypobaric hypoxia to date, with over 200 subjects studied at Everest Base Camp and physiological measurements up to 8400 metres.
Profile of Hugh Montgomery
Hugh Montgomery is Professor of Intensive Care medicine at University College, London (UCL), where he also directs the Institute for Human Health and Performance.
His work has focussed (although not exclusively) on the use of genetic tools to understand human physiological responses to environmental stimuli, as a means to explore their dysregulation in complex disease states. He thus reported the first association of a genetic variant with human physical performance. He has since described the role of genetic variants in influencing the human cardiac, metabolic and musculoskeletal responses to exercise. In systems biology, his work has explored the roles of tissue and cellular renin-angiotensin systems in health and disease. He also has a strong interest in the human adaptive response to hypoxia- being science lead for the 2007 Caudwell Xtreme Everest Expedition, and publishing on the population genetic aspects of high-altitude adaptation. He has authored over 160 peer-reviewed papers.
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