Prof. Peter Buzzacott, MPH, PhD, is a CDAA advanced cave diver, advanced trimix, CCR diver, and former recreational and technical diving instructor. His PhD, from the University of Western Australia was on risk factors for diving injuries. He is the former Director of Injury Monitoring and Prevention at Divers Alert Network (DAN) headquarters in Durham, North Carolina, where he examined the root causes of diving incidents, injuries and fatalities. Before that, he conducted decompression experiments at the University of Western Brittany, in France. Peter has published more than 80 scientific papers, four edited book chapters and delivered >50 diving science conference presentations in 13 countries. He is currently a DAN Scholar collaborating on a number of DAN Research projects.