Released: 28.03.18
In ground-breaking research, Marjon researchers are tackling a critical issue in the diving community: the high death rate of recreational scuba divers. The 鈥淔it to Dive鈥� initiative is a collaborative research project between 91视频 and DDRC healthcare, investigating the impact of diving to cardiovascular health and whether a targeted exercise intervention could improve divers鈥� fitness to dive.
DDRC is based on 91视频 Science Park and works closely with NHS and emergency services, providing diving treatment, research, education, training, medicals and wound care services. DDRC healthcare has contributed resources and personnel expertise equivalent to 拢40K for the next two years for the successful completion of the project. Preliminary data will be presented this June in Florida, USA during the Undersea & Hyperbaric Medical Society Scientific Meeting.
The team working on the project includes Associate Professor Giorgos Sakkas, who is an internationally known competitive free diver, and Director of the Exercise Medicine & Wellbeing (EMpoWER) research cluster at Marjon, and Dr Gary Smerdon, the CEO of DDRC healthcare. The Fit to Dive project is one of the Marjon鈥檚 Mayflower Doctoral Fellowships awarded to Jo Alexiou as her PhD research project.
