Professor, Extreme Environments Laboratory, University of Portsmouth, UK.
Professor, Extreme Environments Laboratory, University of Portsmouth, UK.
Professor Tipton has worked at the Universities of Surrey and Portsmouth. He is a visiting professor at King’s_x000d_
College London and SETU Waterford, Ireland. He was Consultant Head of the Environmental Medicine Division_x000d_
at the Institute of Naval Medicine from 1996 to 2004. He has published over 850 scientific books, papers,_x000d_
reports and abstracts on drowning, thermoregulation, environmental and occupational physiology, and_x000d_
survival in the sea._x000d_
Professor Tipton was a Trustee/Director of Surf Lifesaving GB, he is a member of the Council of the RNLI as_x000d_
well as a Consultant to the Medical Director of the RNLI. He has been a consultant in survival and thermal_x000d_
medicine to the Royal Air Force, UKSport and the English Institute of Sport. Prof Tipton is Chair of the National_x000d_
Water Safety Forum (https://nationalwatersafety.org.uk/), a Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine, and a_x000d_
Fellow, Trustee and President-elect of The Physiological Society (https://www.physoc.org/). He was awarded_x000d_
his MBE for services to physiological research in extreme environments; the Ireland Medal for saving lives from_x000d_
drowning worldwide; and the H&L Swiftwater rescue lifetime achievement award from the USA.