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29. US Special Operations Command. Altitude illness. J Spec UHM, he completed an internship at a LeveI I Trauma Cen-
Oper Med. 2011;Winter:31–32. ter and a residency in physical medicine & rehabilitation then
practiced sports medicine in an orthopedic surgery group. He
is currently board certified in the specialtiess of aerospace, oc-
cupational, and undersea hyperbaric medicine.
Dr O’Hara is a research physiologist in the United States Air
Force School of Aerospace Medicine (USAFSAM), Special Lt Col (Ret) Wright, PhD, CAsP, is a full-time faculty
Forces (Airmen & Adverse Environments) Division, 711th member at the USAF School of Aerospace Medicine in the
Human Performance Wing at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Department of Aeromedical Research, WPAFB, Ohio. He re-
(WPAFB), Ohio. Dr O’Hara was stationed in the Republic of tired from active duty after 22 years of service as an aerospace
Korea from 2008 to 2011, where he worked with Air Force physiologist. Dr Wright is currently serves as a senior research
and Army Special Forces as an exercise physiologist prior to physiologist and leads a diverse team of aeromedical and per-
being reassigned to the 711th Human Performance Wing at formance researchers focusing mainly on high altitude and
WPAFB, Ohio. E-mail: Reginald.ohara@wpafb.af.mil. acceleration effects on the human body. He is also a private
pilot, currently building his second experimental airplane, and
Dr Serres is a biomedical engineer in the Department of is board certified in aerospace physiology.
Aeromedical Research at the USAF School of Aerospace Medi-
cine in the 711 Human Performance Wing at Wright-Patterson Mr Ordway is research exercise physiologist with the US
Air Force Base, Ohio. She earned her PhD in engineering from Air Force Research Labs, 711th Performance Wing at Wright
Wright State University in 2008. She conducts aeromedical re- Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. He is currently pursuing his
search focusing on the optimization of Airmen performance in master’s of science degree in exercise physiology from The
adverse environments. University of Dayton, Dayton, OH.
Col Dodson, MC, CFS, ANG, is a full-time faculty member Maj Powell is an aerospace physiologist assigned to the De-
at the USAF School of Aerospace Medicine in the Department partment of Aeromedical Research at the USAF School of
of Aeromedical Research WPAFB, Ohio, as well as a staff Aerospace Medicine in the 711 Human Performance Wing
member on a quarterly basis at the UHM Fellowship Program at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Major Powell con-
and Multiplace Hyperbaric Chamber Wilford Hall San Anto- ducts aeromedical research focusing on the optimization of
nio MHS, Texas. Initially active duty, he has over 30 years of Airmen performance in adverse environments.
military service and is the current State Air Surgeon for New
Jersey, where he teams with the Army NG State Surgeon to Ms Wade is a research physiologist in the Department of
support AFSOC and USASOC units. His research and that Aeromedical Research at the USAF School of Aerospace Medi-
of 711th Human Performance Wing USAFSAM teams he is cine in the 711 Human Performance Wing at Wright-Patterson
on continue to address the needs of USSOCOM forces, for Air Force Base, Ohio. She conducts human performance re-
all branches. Dr Dodson has been on multiple deployments, search focusing on the effects of exercise, altitude, and accel-
supporting all branches of US, Allied, and Coalition forces. eration on Airmen performance.
Prior to his residency in aerospace medicine and fellowship in

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