Founders
Ana Catarina Queiroga
David Szpilman
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 Janeiro). This Centre is a pre-hospital emergency facility at the Rio de Janeiro Beaches, specially... See more
Jonathon Webber
Joost Bierens
Michael Tipton
Justin Sempsrott
Justin has been an Ocean Lifeguard since 1996 in Jacksonville Beach, Florida. While attending medical school at the University of South Florida in Tampa, he had the opportunity to see firsthand the immense need for lifeguard and drowning education in... See more
Roberto Barcala Furelos
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 Nursing (RN). Professor Barcala-Furelos is a lifeguard and lifeguard instructor. Currently is a professor ... See more
Invited Honorary
Linda Quan
Linda Quan MD is Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Washington School of Medicine and a pediatric emergency medicine phy... See more
Andreas Claesson
Dr. Andreas Claesson has been teaching swimming, ice-rescue and lifesaving courses at the Tylösand SLSC since 1996 and has a PhD... See more
Paddy Morgan
Paddy is a Consultant Anaesthetist and Trauma Team Leader based in Bristol (UK) where he is also a Pre-Hospital Critical Care Doct See more
Billy Doyle
Billy Doyle has over thirty years’ experience as a volunteer lifeguard in New Zealand at Piha beach where he is a qualified advanc... See more
Shayne Baker
Shayne Baker is an experienced lifesaver and water safety advocate/educator that has been involved in drowning prevention strategi... See more
Peter G. Wernicki
Dr. Wernicki graduated from the University of Virginia, and Rutgers Medical School. He completed his Orthopedic Surgery ... See more
Richard Franklin
Richard Franklin PhD, FPHAA, FARL, MSocSc has worked in Public Health with a focus on the area of Injury Prevention and Safety Pro... See more
Allart Venema
Allart Venema, MD, is an anesthesiologist at the University Medical Center Groningen in the Netherlands with a special interest in... See more
Amy Peden
Amy Peden has extensive experience in the field of drowning prevention research, policy and practice. She is currently employed as... See more
Andrew Short
Andrew Short is a surfer and marine scientist specializing in coastal processes and beach dynamics. He has degrees from the Univer... See more
Gavin Perkins
Gavin Perkins is Professor of Critical Care Medicine at the University of Warwick. He leads the emergency and critical care group... See more
José Palacios Aguilar
Coordinator of the Research Group “Aquatic Activities and Lifesaving “. Department of Physical Education and... See more
Jennifer Blitvich
Associate Professor Jenny Blitvich is Deputy Head, School of Health Sciences and Psychology at Federation University Australia. He... See more
G Keith McElory
Keith is a Senior Research Associate in the Faculty of Health at Federation University, Australia, where he worked for over 30 yea... See more
Tessa Clemens
Dr. Tessa Clemens is a Research Fellow in the Centre for Global Child Health at SickKids Hospital in Toronto. Her area of focus is... See more
Teresa Stanley
Teresa is Research & Development Manager at WaterSafe Auckland in New Zealand. The key goal of this role is to develop researc... See more
Andrew Schmidt
Andrew is an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of Florida College of Medicine in Jacksonville, FL. He st... See more
David S. Warner, In memorium
Dr. Warner is Professor of Anesthesiology, Neurobiology, and Surgery at Duke University. In addition to being a practicing neuroan... See more
Adam Wooler
Dr. Tessa Clemens is a Research Fellow in the Centre for Global Child Health at SickKids Hospital in Toronto. Her area of focus is... See more
Rob Brander
Originally from Canada, Associate Professor Rob Brander is a coastal geomorphologist and surf safety educator based at the Univers... See more
Jenny Smith
Dr Jenny Page is a senior lecturer and chartered psychologist based at the University of Chichester. Jenny’s research focuse... See more
Brendan Donohoe
Brendan Donohoe BSc, MSc, is a computer analyst employed by Local Authorities, where he is working in the area of Geographic Infor... See more
Dan Graham
Dan Graham has taught water safety and rescue skills in a variety of disaster-prone environments for over twenty years. He is currently studying for... See more
Aminur Rahman
Dr. Aminur Rahman is a renowned child drowning prevention expert nationally and internationally. Currently he has been work... See more
John Connolly
John Connolly is a retired Primary School Head Teacher with over 40 years lifesaving experience as a voluntary and professional li... See more
Barbara Byers
Barbara Byers brings over 10 years of marketing and advertising experience to her current roles as the Public Education Director... See more
John Pearn
Professor Emeritus of Paediatrics and Child Health, The School of Medicine, The Faculty of Health Sciences, The University of Quee... See more
Kevin Moran
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
Tom Mecrow is a public health researcher and programme practitioner, with a focus on drowning prevention in low-income countries... See more
Stathis Avramidis
Stathis Avramidis, DipEd, BEd, MSc, PhD serves water safety as an athlete, lifeguard, instructor, academic, and media professional... See more
Norman (Norm) Farmer
Norm has extensive experience in not for profit management, water safety programs, and aquatic facility design, management and operation... See more
Justin Scarr
Justin contributes to drowning prevention research through various roles including as Chief Executive Officer of the Royal Life Saving Society – Australia... See more
Afilliated
Silvia Aranda García
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 Institut... See more
Martin James Barwood
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 year... See more
Lauren Nimmo
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
Justine Leavy
Justine Leavy is a Teaching and Research Academic and completed her PhD in 2013 titled: An evaluation of a Western Australian state-wide physical activity mass media campaign from... See more
Heather Massey
Heather was educated at Loughborough University, UK, during this time she worked as a swimming teacher, pool and open water lifeguard, before joining the Institute of Naval Medicin... See more
Gemma Crawford
Gemma has more than 15 years of experience in the practice, advocacy, teaching and research of health promotion and public health. She is currently a Teaching and Research Academic... See more
Daniel Hartmann
Dr. Daniel Hartmann holds a Dipl. Geol. (M.Sc. in Geology) from Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (1980), and Ph.D. in Geology from Aarhus University (Aarhus, Denmark, 1989)... See more
Cristian Abelairas Gómez
His academic background is rooted in social sciences, albeit with a strong multidisciplinary character. Cristian Abelairas-Gómez is graduated in Physical Activity and Sport Science... See more
Luis M Pascual
Become Junior Lifeguard at age 12, professional at 17, and advanced Swimming and Rescue Instructor at 20. In 1996 he cofounded ESS a charitable organisation dedicated to drowning prevention and training lifeguards. See more
Seth Hawkins
Dr. Seth Collings Hawkins is one of only a few American physicians holding dual board certification in both emergency medicine and EMS, and has worked for over twenty years in wild... See more
Audrey Giles
Audrey is an Associate Professor in the School of Human Kinetics at the University of Ottawa. For over ten years, she has conducted research with Aboriginal peoples in Canada’s nor... See more
Clare Eglin
Clare undertook her BSc and PhD in physiology at the University of Sheffield. In 1994 she joined Prof Michael Tipton as a post-doc at Surrey University and then moved to the University of Portsmouth in 1998 where .... See more
Tina van Duijn
Tina van Duijn is a skill acquisition scientist with a background in Sport and Exercise Science. In her earlier work, she investigated the effect of using ... See more
Adrian Mayhew
Adrian Mayhew has 25 years in the UK Fire & Rescue Service and has served as an officer in Fire along with completing a six year secondment to National Resilience as part of the... See more
Bernadette Matthews
Dr Bernadette Matthews has extensive experience in public health research, specialising in drowning prevention for more than 15 years. Her work spans the epidemiology of fatal drowning, non-fatal ... See more
Danielli Mello
David Zane
With a career in public health at local and state health departments in Texas (USA), Dave has used epidemiological tools to collect, analyze, and disseminate reports on drownings and has promoted water safety... See more
Marcos Mecías-Calvo
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 effectiveness of professional... See more
Cody L. Dunne
William Koon
Olga Marques
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... See more
Nina Nytrai
Rebecca Sindall
Becky works as a public health engineer and researcher in South Africa. She is a trustee of Nile Swimmers and leads their Research and Vulnerable Communities programmes. On behalf... See more
Ismael Sanz Arribas
Ismael researches and teaches bachelor's and master's degrees at the Faculty of Education and Sport Sciences of the Autonomous University of Madrid (Spain). He... See more
Niklas Breindahl
Niklas is a medical doctor, researcher, educator, and lifeguard interested in drowning epidemiology and the medical aspects of drowning, aquatic incidents and lifesaving. Niklas is the Medical Doctor for Surf Life Saving Denmark, the National Course Director on ... See more
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Collaborator
Danny Ayling
Jo Talbot
Ramses Martin i Biosca
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 sa... See more
Bridget Velasco
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 Co... See more
Leonardo Manino
Ashley Ridge
Victoria Laxton
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 traini... See more
Leonardo Springer
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
William D. Ramos
Residing within the Department of Health & Wellness Design under the umbrella of the Indiana University School of Public Health –Bloomington as an Associate Professor, Dr. Ramos’ research is focused on examining the impact of both built and... See more
Gary Johnson
Jamie Linnea Luckhaus
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
Hannah Calverley
Hannah is currently studying a PhD at Federation University Australia. Her research will focus on the impact of alcohol on youth drowning, with the aim of developing the education... See more
Jeroen Seesink
Molly B. Johnson
Mónica Fernández Robles (Toti)
NAEMT - PHTLS, EPC, AHDR, PTEP, TECC, GEMS, EMS SAFETY Instructor
ECSI INSTRUCTOR - CPR and First Aid
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Kurt Cordice
Born and raised in Canada, Kurt is also a citizen of St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG), West Indies. He has resided in several countries around the world, including SVG, Sweden and South Korea. He has been... See more
Benjamin Sharpe
visual and cognitive psychology to understand the contributors of successful... See more
Samuel T. Proffitt
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 medical lieutenant for ocean rescue, responsible... See more
Nathalie Martin
Nathalie Martin, M.A., is a communications executive renowned for her expertise in developing and leading strategic initiatives for both internal and external communications, including executive and business strategy communications, PR issues ...See more
Acasia Clark
Acacia is Co-Founder of the U.S. Drowning Research Alliance, where she serves as Director of Research & Innovation and Co-Chair of Policy & Partnerships. Acacia is a public health researcher, consultant, and MPH candidate in California... See more
Angela Wild
Angela Wild is an experienced aquatics professional dedicated to water safety education. Her career includes broad experiences with aquatic legislation, customer service, risk management, facility operations, research design, and curriculum design... See more
Stephen Waterman
My mission is to drive substantial advancements in drowning prevention, swimming and water safety training and education. Passionate about inland waterways safety especially in remote and regional communities... See more
Dr Asif Channer
Is a seasoned Disaster and Emergency Management Professional in Pakistan with a wealth of expertise. He is a medical doctor with post-graduation in public health, he is also a psychologist, criminologist and international ... See more
Rúben Miguel Lopes Guerreiro
I am a professional firefighter at the Firemen Company Setubal Saples and I live in Lisbon. Since 2017, I integrate the Aquatic Media Intervention Group, acting as a diver, a rescue vessel conductor and aquatic rescue trainer. With extensive experience in aquatic saving, I have actively contributed to the enhancement of salvage operations. ... See more
Institutional
SOBRASA
EPSA
Lifeguard Without
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 deve... See 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 hea... See more
