Investigators
Department of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences
Department of Epidemiology and Environmental Health
Department of Rehabilitation Science
Physiology
David Pendergast, EdD
Emergency Medicine
Joseph Bart, DO
Brian Clemency, DO
Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Ann Bisantz, PhD
Lora Cavuoto, PhD
Robert E. Baier, PhD
External Advisory Board
As experts in their respective fields, the advisory board members provide input and insights into trends and topics in public safety, military, diving and clinical hyperbarics.
Steven Reis, MD (Chair)
Steve is the Associate Vice Chancellor for Clinical Research at the University of Pittsburgh and the Director of the Clinical and Translational Science Institute. He is also a former firefighter and fire department physician.
James Holm, MD
Jim is the Medical Director of the Center for Hyperbaric Medicine at Virginia Mason Medical Center and the Past President of the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine Society. He is an experienced diver and an exceptional underwater photographer.
Keith Haddock, PhD, PStat
Keith is a Senior Principal Investigator and Director of the Institute for Biobehavioral Health Research atNDRI. He completed the Statistics and Research Design and the Clinical Psychology doctoral programs at the University of Memphis. He also completed a postdoctoral fellowship in Health Psychology with the U.S. AirForce.
Joe Travale (Community Representative)
Joe is the Owner and NAUI Course Director for Dip-N-Dive. Dip-N-Dive is the premier diver training center in Western NY. Their instructors have certified more than 10,000 divers and the Dive Center is a longtime partner of CRESE.