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Nomination for election as EUBS Executive Committee Vice-President 2009 Costantino BALESTRA Born 13 February 1964 in Udine (Italie) Nationality: Belgian (2 nd nationality, Italian) Married, with three children Education Diving education Professional background Since 2001 Lecturer in the pedagogic habilitation studies (Université Libre de Bruxelles) (Pôle Universitaire de Bruxelles Wallonie Since 2002 Professor, Haute Ecole Paul Henri Spaak (Pôle Universitaire de Bruxelles Wallonie) Director of the Environmental & Occupational Physiology Laboratory Since 2000 Special Projects Director for Europe for the Diving Safety Lab (DAN Europe) Since 2000 Lecturer for the Belgian Osteopathic College (applied research methods) Since 1999 International consultant on dysbaric problems in astronauts Since 1998 Visiting Professor, School of Medicine, University of Belgrade, for post graduate studies in baromedicine Since 2004 Expert for the Belgian Rehabilitation Commission C.A.P.A.E.S. Since 2004 Part-time Professor, Padua University, in Motor Sciences Since 2004 Legal expert for national and international scuba diving problems Since 2005 Part-time professor, Scuola Superiore Sant Anna (Pisa) Since 2006 Expert pour la commission Européenne pour l évaluation des crédits à octroyer. Since 2006 Member of the Belgian National Scientific Board for Motor Sciences Scientific awards and distinctions 2006 Winner of the Spin Off Contest in Brussels; winner with the Flomedi project on flowmediated dilation. 2004 Zetterström Award, EUBS Annual Meeting (Ajaccio) 2002 DAN-EUBS 2002 Award: fostering hyperbaric medicine and physiology together with P.Germonpré 1996 Winner of the KINE 2000 Prize for the study of the patency of the cardiac foramen ovale in handicapped divers 1995 Meritorious Educational Excellence Award for innovation, leadership and professionalism in diving education for the disabled person (PADI Europe) 1988 Winner of the Van Goethem-Brichant Foundation Prize for the project : Pour une plus grande mobilité des personnes handicapées se déplaçant en chaise roulante. Scientific publications and activities Author and co-author of more than 150 scientific publications Co-author of two books: Balestra C, Germonpre P, Marroni A, Cronje FJ. PFO and the Diver. Flagstaff, AZ: Best Publishing; 2007. Balestra C, Boancheaux E, Balestra C. Introduction à la communicaction. Bruges: Die Keure/La charte; 2008. Contributor to several book chapters Member of the Editorial Board, European Journal of Applied Physiology Reviewer for : Journal of Applied Physiology; British Journal of Sports Medicine; European Journal of Applied Physiology; European Journal of Neurophysiology; International Journal of Ultrasound Medicine; Applied Physiology & Nutrition; Journal of Sport Sciences
Nominations for election as EUBS Executive Committee Member-at-Large 2009 Andreas Møllerløkken
Jean-Michel Pontier Open letter from the EUBS ExCom A message from the EUBS 2009 Annual Meeting conveners
EUBS Annual Scientific Meeting 2010 Preliminary Announcement Royal New Zealand Navy Hospital Introductory Course in Diving Medicine Oh, Siren Narcosis
The Hyperbaric Research Prize Asian Hyperbaric & Diving Medical Association XIth International Meeting on High Pressure Biology Dates: 31 August 1 September, 2009 Venue: Faculty of Sciences, University of Brest, Brest, France Organizing Committee: Philippe Sebert (Brest, France) Yoram Grossman (Beer-Sheva, Israël) Steve Daniels (Cardiff, UK) Registration: 80 Contact: <philippe.sebert@univ-brest.fr> The Alfred Hospital, Australia