WMS ANNOUNCES WEM EIC APPOINTMENT

Neal W. Pollock, PhD is an Associate Professor in

Kinesiology at Université Laval in Québec, QC and
Research Chair at the Centre de medicine de plongee du
Quebec, Hôtel-Dieu de Lévis, QC. He was formerly the
Research Director at Divers Alert Network in Durham,
NC. His academic training is in zoology, exercise
physiology, and environmental physiology. His research
interests focus on human health and safety in extreme
environments. He has served Wilderness & Environmental Medicine for many years, starting
as a reviewer in 1999, then an editorial board member in 2005, an Associate Editor from
October 2014 through May 2016, and as Interim Editor-in-Chief since May 2016. We are
pleased to announce that he accepted the regular EIC appointment in April 2017. It was a
quiet transition, with his comment, “I have enjoyed the challenges both as Associate Editor
and Interim EIC. I look forward to participating in the continued evolution.”