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Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety Recently, she was accepted to the School of Medicine at the
and Health, DHHS (NIOSH); 1994:115:Publication No. University of Toledo to obtain her physician assistant degree.
94-110.
57. Adams MA, Freeman BJ, Morrison HP, et al. Mechanical Dr. Serres is a biomedical engineer in the Department of
initiation of intervertebral disc degeneration. Spine. 2000; Aeromedical Research at the USAF School of Aerospace Medi-
25:1625–1636. cine in the 711 Human Performance Wing at Wright Patterson
58. Videman T, Sarna S, Battié MC, et al. The long-term ef- Air Force Base, Ohio. She earned her PhD in engineering from
fects of physical loading and exercise lifestyles on back- Wright State University in 2008. She conducts aeromedical re-
related symptoms, disability, and spinal pathology among search focusing on the optimization of Airmen performance in
men. Spine. 1995;20:699–709. adverse environments.
59. SEAL+SWCC: Official Naval Special Warfare Website.
(n.d.). BUD/S training guides. http://www.sealswcc.com Capt Russell is a family health physician assistant working
/seal-default.aspx#. in the capacity as a research monitor for the 711th Human
60. Bricknell MC, Craig SC. Military parachuting injuries: a Performance Wing at Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.
literature review. Occup Med. 1999;49:17–26. She is responsible for providing medical and safety oversight
during human subject research.

Capt Locke is a flight surgeon currently stationed at Osan
Dr. O’Hara is affiliated with the Department of Aeromedical Air Base, Republic of Korea. He is assigned to the 25th Fighter
Research, U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine, Spe- Squadron, an attack squadron in the most forward-deployed
cial Forces (Airmen & Adverse Environments) Division, US- air base in the world. Captain Locke attended the University
AFSAM/FHC, Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. E-mail: of Southern California for his undergraduate degree and then
Reginald.ohara@wpafb.af.mil or reginald.ohara@yahoo.com. the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in
Bethesda, Maryland, for his medical degree. Captain Locke
Ms. Henry is a former intern in the United States Air Force is currently in his second year as a flight surgeon with aspira-
School of Aerospace Medicine (USAFSAM) in Dayton Ohio. tions to eventually train in anesthesiology.

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