Members
FOUNDERS
Ana Catarina Queiroga, PhD – Portugal
Catarina has since 2006 been engaged in several lifesaving projects and teaching. She is an integrated member of EPI-Unit, Public Health Institute (PoSee more...
David Szpilman, MD – Brazil
Graduated in medicine in 1982, worked from 1990 to 2010, as a doctor with lifeguards at the Drowning Resuscitation Centre (Fire Department of Rio de JSee more...
Jonathon Webber, DProf – New Zealand
Jonathon Webber is an advanced qualified lifeguard (ret.), and life member of the Piha Surf Life Saving Club and Surf Life Saving Northern Region (NewSee more...
Joost Bierens, MD, PhD – The Netherlands
Dr. Joost Bierens, MD, PhD MCDM, MCPM, was trained as anesthesiologist in Leiden (NL) and emergency physician in Leuven (Belgium). After he completed See more...
Michael Tipton, PhD – United Kingdom
Educated at the Universities of Keele and London, Professor Tipton joined the University of Surrey in 1986. After 12 years at the Robens Institute andSee more...
Justin Sempsrott, MD – USA
Justin has been an Ocean Lifeguard since 1996 in Jacksonville Beach, Florida. While attending medical school at the University of South Florida in TamSee more...
Roberto Barcala-Furelos, PhD – Spain
Professor Barcala-Furelos has a Ph.D. in Sports Sciences (University of Vigo, Spain). He has a Bachelor in Sport Sciences (PE) and Bachelor in NursingSee more...
INVITED HONORARY
Norman (Norm) Farmer, AM ESM Grad Dip Mgmt. AGSM – Australia
Norm has extensive experience in not for profit management, water safety programs, and aquatic facility design, management and opeSee more...
Linda Quan, MD – USA
Linda Quan MD is Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Washington School of Medicine and a pediatric emergency medicine phySee more...
Andreas Claesson, PhD – Sweden
Dr. Andreas Claesson has been teaching swimming, ice-rescue and lifesaving courses at the Tylösand SLSC since 1996 and has a PhD iSee more...
Paddy Morgan, MD – UK
Paddy is a Consultant Anaesthetist and Trauma Team Leader based in Bristol (UK) where he is also a Pre-Hospital Critical Care DoctSee more...
Billy Doyle, New Zealand
Billy Doyle has over thirty years’ experience as a volunteer lifeguard in New Zealand at Piha beach where he is a qualified advancSee more...
Shayne Baker PhD, OAM – Australia
Shayne Baker is an experienced lifesaver and water safety advocate/educator that has been involved in drowning prevention strategiSee more...
Peter G. Wernicki, MD – USA
Dr. Wernicki graduated from the University of Virginia, and Rutgers Medical School. He completed his Orthopedic Surgery Residency See more...
Richard Franklin, PhD – Australia
Richard Franklin PhD, FPHAA, FARL, MSocSc has worked in Public Health with a focus on the area of Injury Prevention and Safety ProSee more...
Allart Venema, MD – The Netherlands
Allart Venema, MD, is an anesthesiologist at the University Medical Center Groningen in the Netherlands with a special interest inSee more...
Amy Peden, BA, MPP – Australia
Amy Peden has extensive experience in the field of drowning prevention research, policy and practice. She is currently employed asSee more...
Andrew Short, MA, PhD, OAM – Australia
Andrew Short is a surfer and marine scientist specializing in coastal processes and beach dynamics. He has degrees from the UniverSee more...
Gavin Perkins, MD – UK
Gavin Perkins is Professor of Critical Care Medicine at the University of Warwick. He leads the emergency and critical care groupSee more...
José Palacios Aguilar, PhD – Spain
– Coordinator of the Research Group “Aquatic Activities and Lifesaving “. Department of Physical Education and SSee more...
Jennifer (Jenny) Blitvich, PhD – Australia
Associate Professor Jenny Blitvich is Deputy Head, School of Health Sciences and Psychology at Federation University Australia. HeSee more...
G Keith McElroy, BA, DPE, MEd – Australia
Keith is a Senior Research Associate in the Faculty of Health at Federation University, Australia, where he worked for over 30 yeaSee more...
Tessa Clemens, PhD – Canada
Dr. Tessa Clemens is a Research Fellow in the Centre for Global Child Health at SickKids Hospital in Toronto. Her area of focus isSee more...
Teresa Stanley, MBSt, PG Dip BA, BSc, Dip Tchg – New Zealand
Teresa is Research & Development Manager at WaterSafe Auckland in New Zealand. The key goal of this role is to develop researcSee more...
Andrew Schmidt, MD – USA
Andrew is an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of Florida College of Medicine in Jacksonville, FL. He stSee more...
Adam Wooler, MPhil – United Kingdom
Adam has considerable experience and expertise in Lifeguarding, having instigated the establishment of the Royal National LifeboatSee more...
Rob Brander, PhD – Australia
Originally from Canada, Associate Professor Rob Brander is a coastal geomorphologist and surf safety educator based at the UniversSee more...
Jenny Smith, PhD – United Kingdom
Dr Jenny Page is a senior lecturer and chartered psychologist based at the University of Chichester. Jenny’s research focuseSee more...
Brendan Donohoe BSc, MSc. – Ireland
Brendan Donohoe BSc, MSc, is a computer analyst employed by Local Authorities, where he is working in the area of Geographic InforSee more...
Dan Graham, LLB (Hons) – United Kingdom
Dan Graham has taught water safety and rescue skills in a variety of environments for over fifteen years. He is currently a RescuSee more...
Aminur Rahman, MD, MME, PhD – Bangladesh
Dr. Aminur Rahman is a renowned child drowning prevention expert nationally and internationally. Currently he has been workSee more...
John Connolly, B.Ed, MA in Education (Hons) – Ireland
John Connolly is a retired Primary School Head Teacher with over 40 years lifesaving experience as a voluntary and professional liSee more...
Barbara Byers, BBA – Canada
Barbara Byers brings over 10 years of marketing and advertising experience to her current roles as the Public Education Director fSee more...
John Pearn, MD, PhD – Australia
Professor Emeritus of Paediatrics and Child Health, The School of Medicine, The Faculty of Health Sciences, The University of QueeSee more...
Kevin Moran, PhD, ONZM – New Zealand
Kevin is a Principal Lecturer in Physical Education at the Faculty of Education, University of Auckland. Kevin has had a lifelong See more...
Tom Mecrow, MPH – United Kingdom
Tom Mecrow is a public health researcher and programme practitioner, with a focus on drowning prevention in low-income countries.See more...
Stathis Avramidis, PhD – Greece
Stathis Avramidis, DipEd, BEd, MSc, PhD serves water safety as an athlete, lifeguard, instructor, academic, and media professionalSee more...
In Memorial - Standing on the shoulders of
David S. Warner, MD – USA
Dr. Warner was a Professor of Anesthesiology, Neurobiology, and Surgery at Duke University. In addition to being a practicing neuroanesSee more...
AFILLIATED
Peter Dawes, MBA, Gad Dip – UK & Australia
Peter has an extensive background in aquatic safety organisations. Peter’s involvement is not only through research and management; he has also been a lifeguard and helicopter rescSee more...
Chris Housser, BSc, MSc, PhD – Canada
Dr. Chris Houser is the Dean of Science and a Professor in the School of the Environment at the University of Windsor in Ontario Canada. Prior to joining the University of WindsorSee more...
Malena Della Bona, MPH, BSc – Australia
Malena is the research officer responsible for the external evaluation of projects, including Keep Watch (toddler drowning prevention), Youth Water Safety and the Adult Water SafetSee more...
Marcos Mecías, PhD – Spain
Marcos Mecías-Calvo is graduated in Physical Activity and Sport Sciences and PhD in Social Sciences (Sport Sciences). The aims of his PhD were to analyze the performance and effectSee more...
Éric Téllier, PhD – France
Eric Tellier first did a master in engineering at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland. He then graduated in medicine in 2014 in Bordeaux, France. He has been See more...
Silvia Aranda-García, PhD – Spain
Silvia Aranda-García is graduated in Physical Activity Sport Sciences and studied PhD about exercise and health. She is a First aid and pathologies teacher in the National InstitutSee more...
Leonardo Manino, MSEM – Argentina
Leonardo Andres Manino is a Chief Lifeguard of Rosario City in Argentina. He´s Emergency Medical Technician – Paramedic, EMT-P and a Civil Protection and Emergency Technician. AlsoSee more...
Martin James Barwood, PhD, BSc, FHEA – United Kingdom
Dr Barwood completed his PhD with Prof. Mike Tipton and was part of Prof Tipton’s internationally recognized extreme environments research group at Portsmouth University for 8 yearSee more...
Lauren Nimmo, MPH, BHSc – Australia
Lauren has extensive experience in drowning prevention practice and research, spanning over more than 12 years. She began her water safety career as a beach lifeguard and swimming See more...
Olga Marques, PhD – Portugal
My name is Olga Marques, I graduated in Physical Education and Sports in 2010 and Master’s Degree in Exercise and Health in 2012. I was a professor in the Sports and Health DSee more...
Cody L. Dunne, MD, BSc – Canada
Cody is currently completing his Emergency Medicine residency at the University of Calgary in Alberta, Canada. Before pursuing medicine, Cody founded The Lifesaving Team, a corporSee more...
Nina Nyitrai, B Soc.Sc. – Australia
Nina’s background education is Human Movement & Recreation and she is currently completing her PhD in Aquatic Education: Drowning Prevention (through the University of NewcastlSee more...
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Collaborator
Riley Huntley, Dip. ESM – Canada
Riley is currently completing a pre-law degree with a concentration in public policy and emergency legislation at Royal Roads University in British Columbia, Canada. Prior to attenSee more...
Omid Bandarchi, MD – Iran
After graduation from the Faculty of Medicine, Guilan University of Medical Science (M.D degree), completed my 4-year residency training in diagnostic radiology and starting my carSee more...
Oscar Porras, BEng – Spain
Oscar studied a Bachelor of Engineering but he never worked as an Engineer as he found his true vocation while working as a Beach Lifeguard every summer to be able to pay for his dSee more...
Mónica (Toti) Fernandez, EMT – Guatemala
Mónica Fernández, TOTI, started working on drowning prevention with her own kids, now 15 and 14. Being a triathlon world champion, she wanted her kids to learn how to swim at an eSee more...
James Garber, AD – USA
Graduated in 1993 from Owens Technical College. Since worked concurrently as an Emergency Department RN and Critical Care Transport RN in Toledo, Ohio. Was the creator and DirectoSee more...
Nicolò di Tulio, BSc, MSc, Master Coach (National Olympic Committee) – Italy
Nicolò is a biologist with an expertise in biostatistics and a MSc in coastal management. since 2004 been engaged in several lifesaving projects, starting from competitive lifesaviSee more...
Samuel Proffitt, iMPS, MBA – USA
Sam Proffitt is a paramedic/firefighter/ocean rescue lifeguard for the Town of Wrightsville Beach fire department. He has been a lifeguard since 2000 and currently serves as the meSee more...
Stewart Seini, NHC:EMC – South Africa
Stewart is the Lifeguard Operations Manager for the National Sea Rescue Institute of South Africa and an advanced life support medic from Cape Peninsula University. He has been invSee more...
Danny Ayling, BSc – UK
I have a personal interest with drowning research as for the past 10 summers I have been employed to provide a sea and beach safety service working with the council beach patrol teSee more...
Jo Talbot, Royal Lifesaving Society, UK
I am very interested in drowning research. I work as the Commercial Director for Royal Lifesaving Society UK, I oversea the development of over 16 qualifications, teaching individuSee more...
Ramses Martin i Biosca, MSc – Spain
More than twenty years as a lifeguard, Lifeguard chief, RIB pilot, lifesaving instructor and water rescue instructor. Renowned specialist in aquatic safety and advisor in beach saSee more...
Bridget Velasco, MPH, PT – United States of America
Bridget Velasco is a public health educator with the Hawaii State Department Emergency Medical Services and Injury Prevention System Branch. She has been the Drowning and Spinal CoSee more...
Ashley Ridge, BHSc (Hons) – Australia
Ashley is an early career researcher with more than 5 years’ experience in research and program delivery and evaluation in the field of health promotion and public health. She is cSee more...
Victoria Laxton, BSc, MSc – United Kingdom
Victoria is a PhD student at Nottingham Trent University, in the United Kingdom. Her research aims to explore the role of lifeguard surveillance, with the aim of testing and trainiSee more...
Jamie Linnea Luckhaus, BSc – Sweden
Jamie Linnea Luckhaus (MPH candidate, NC-EMT) is a second-year master’s in public health student at Lund University in Sweden with a background in water safety and serving at-risk See more...
Gary Johnson, Australia
Gary is the Director of the Australian company See Clearly Now, and more widely known as the creator of Pool Super Vision™; a program that assists lifeguards and their organisationSee more...
Leonardo Springer, PhD – Portugal
Born in Lisbon – Portugal. Trained as a firefighter, first responder, rescue diver, lifeguard and lifeguard instructor, accumulates over 20 years’ experience in rescue. He holds a See more...
INSTITUTIONAL
Società Nazionale di Salvamento – Italy
The National Rescue Society (NRS) was founded in 1871 by a distinguished physician, Por. Edoardo Maragliano, and for this reason medical and health aspects have always been fundameSee more...
EPSA – Lifesaving Professional Team Argentina
EPSA, is a non governmental organization founded in 1996 in Argentina and its a full member of the International Life Saving Federation since 1997. The EPSA mission is to lead the See more...
StarGuard Elite
StarGuard ELITE (SGE) is an aquatic risk prevention agency that is internationally recognized for its elite training, certification, and consulting programs serving lifeguards, manSee more...
Lifeguard Without Borders – LWB
We are a non-profit organization composed of lifeguards and health care professionals who are devoted to doing their part, through domestic and international training, program deveSee more...
Instituto de Saúde Pública da Universidade do Porto
The Institute of Public Health of the University of Porto (ISPUP) is dedicated to creating and disseminating high quality and competitive knowledge in the broad field of public heaSee more...
SOBRASA
SOBRASA Sociedade Brasileira de Salvamento Aquático – www.sobrasa.org Drowning is a major public health problem in Brazil where 16 people die daily, four of them children unSee more...
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